Hello Everyone!
I just wanted to give you an update on the development progress of Game Server Toolbox. It has been about a month since the last update. We have been hard at work on some new exciting features for Game Server Toolbox!
The first noticeable feature and you can see it in the below screenshot, is Server Profiles. We have designed a profile sharing system for the community to upload and share their profiles. We wanted to figure out a way to expand the game support for out users. Since this is a small development team we can only do so much in the terms of supporting new games. Now the community can step in and create profiles for ANY GAME that has a dedicated server feature. Once a person creates a profile manually for that game, they can upload it for other people to download. So, in other words, as long as the community is there, then Game Server Toolbox will stay alive for years to come!
Now, this dose not mean we will stop supporting games. There are two types of profiles. Official and Unofficial. Official Profiles are profiles created by us (SectorByte Solutions) and have been tested to work. Unofficial profiles are profiles created by other users. Those profiles have not been tested and we offer no support for those profiles. Check out the screenshot below!
The second feature is Game Server Toolbox Remote. This feature will allow the user to share their server with other users. There is a permission system for this so you can define what a user can and can’t access. So, for example, I want the user the only be able to restart the server, you can set the permissions to do just that.
The user would need to download a free version of Game Server Toolbox AKA Game Server Toolbox Remote and enter the Connection IP and Access Key to your Game Server Toolbox Installation. Then then will be able to see and access the servers and features you have set via permissions. Please note that Game Server Toolbox Remote is nowhere near fished and ready to release. It will take some time but we will get there!
With those two big features said, we needed to redesign the software from the ground up. This is why there has been no updates. In addition to the features mentioned above, we added notifications and a registered tools tab with many new tools.
The notifications feature is where you will receive notifications on the home tab about your servers. For example, start, stopping and crashing notifications. You also have the option to set a SMTP server in the settings tab and receive those notifications via email.
The Tools Tab has been redesigned along with adding many new tools. There will be tools for Notifications and Game Server Toolbox Remote just to name a few. This will not be in the next update as we are still working on it but will be done soon.
Tthis is basically just a fraction of the changes coming in the next and future updates. I just wanted to touch base will you all and let you know what’s going on. On a separate note, we will be opening our official forums and will accepting new posts in the discussions. The reason behind this is that I don’t get notified when someone posts there and want to help you guys ASAP with any issues you may have. You can contact us there or by email [email protected].
So, that’s it! I know, long update but waned to let you know what’s going on. Oh, most importantly, we should be releasing the next update that will have a majority of the features listed here in the next month or so. So, until next time, have a good week everyone!