I'm trying another server tool for Discovery Freelancer 24/7. It's called FLHook, and it's only tool alike FLShell that might make our life easier and make our server better. FLShell didn't work in a number of ways... I don't know why exactly, but it didn't respond to some commands.
FLHook is simplier, but it does several important tasks that FLShell does not (although in general FLShell is more sophisticated).
So, here's a brief list of most obvious changes.
1) New death messages - now cause of death is displayed.
2) F1/Disconnect prevention - when player is in space and uses F1 to disconnect or uses alt-f4 to quit game, his/her spaceship will remain in space for specific amount of time. For now the time is 10000 ms. During this time, "your account is already in use" will be displayed if trying to reconnect.
If character is docked, there will be no delays.
3) Anti-dockkilling - while being dockkill-protected, the player can't be damaged by other players and can't damage other players himself. For now time delay is 6000 ms.
4) Autobuy: not tested yet, but this thing should allow players to autobuy certain equipment (like ammo) each time when entering bases.
5) Ability to run many admin commands in-game or via console. For example, we'll be able to change names 'on the run' without need to wait for server restart.
Note that I'm only testing the tool yet, so issues may arise. Although, taking into account how simple (relatively simple) it is in comparison to flshell, I don't expect any serious problems.
