Simple Rcon Connection With Python

An easy way to connect to Rcon using Python, allowing game control outside the console. Useful to start or as a base for building admin / automation scripts.

Python's included with many Linux releases so it may be already installed on your server.. I believe the code should work for any game using Rcon.

Johnny Park Trail Obstacles

Johnny Park's one of the trails we tried that was still closed for the season when we first moved to Colorado. We ventured back and this time it was open.

The trail's moderately difficult, not bad in some places with several fun challenges along the way. Here's a few of the photos from the trail...

Testing Out The UrT Game Server

Urban Terror (UrT) is one of a few good games that's been ported to, and runs well on Linux systems. It's similar to Counter Strike and has a variety of game types and servers, with new maps added frequently.

We've played regularly the last few years, so I thought I'd try setting up a UrT server. I removed unneeded stuff from the package, cleaned up config files, then added simple scripts to start, stop and manage the server.