battlefield-seeder

Coded by Tim Froehlich (Avatar2453, Avatar_Ko, Advacar, etc) Modified by Gregory Sarrica, Brad Rhodes

Goal: This script was made to automate seeding of Battlefield Servers. It will:

Join a server automatically if there are less than the minimum number of players in the server After joining, will minimize the game so that it takes less resources Leave the server automatically if there are more than the maximum number of players in the server Prompt you whether you want to launch or leave the game before it does so, and do it anyways if you don't respond in time (5 and 10 seconds respectively)

Pre-requisites: Internet Explorer, Being logged into Battlelog and Origin.

How to run: Just run BattlefieldSeeder.exe

How to change settings: Open BFSeederSettings.ini in notepad, modify the Settings as you want, save, and restart BattlefieldSeeder.exe.

How to stop the script: There will be an entry in your system tray with the same logo as the script. Right click it and click Exit

What are "SleepWhen[Not]Seeding" in the settings? These specify how often (in minutes) to open up internet explorer and check the player count of the server. Checking the player count occurs in the background but you will see your PC momentarily slow down when it opens IE. SleepWhenSeeding is active when BF is open, SleepWhenNotSeeding is active when BF is not open.

Settings:

ServerAddress - set the address of the server to monitor/seed
MinPlayers - auto-seeding will occur if player count is below this threshold
MaxPlayers - BF4 will exit if player count is above this threshold
Username - set to your Battlelog username
SleepWhenNotSeeding - Explained above
SleepWhenSeeding - ExplainedAbove
PlayerCountRetry - The number of retries the seeder will attempt to get the player count before quitting. Set to -1 to retry indefinitely.
EnableLogging - Enables logging to an output file that can aid in troubleshooting. Default is false.
EnableGameHangProtection - Causes the BF4 game to be closed every 30 mins and re-opened to deal with the game hanging
GameHangProtectionTimeLimit - The amount of time, in hours, before GameHangProtection is invoked AutoMuteGame - Attempts to automatically mute the game after it opens. Set to true or false

Changelog

v2.5

• fix for client patch update that broke idle avoidence
• fix for cannot find player count on startup
• feature to add auto mute of game

v2.4

• made the HangProtectionTimeLimit configurable in the .ini file
  • time is in hours
  • default is 2 hours
• merged the BF3 and BF4 seeder tools into 1 tool
  • it determines which game is being seeded by the server url
• cleaned up the folder structure to reflect these changes
• added a folder with default .ini's

v2.3

• removed wait for BF window to exist
• fixed some of the hang protection logic that may allow many hang protection windows to stack up
• added logic for idle kick avoidance
  • caveats:
    • should work in windowed mode, borderless or full screen mode
    • may cause BF sound effects to play through speakers (because BF gains focus)
    • will not work if the player is spawned, only if in the deploy menu or the main menu

v2.2

• fixed bug with hang protection timer timing out instaneously after first timeout
• fixed IE related bugs where current user couldn't be detected

v2.1

• fixed bug where seeding would not occur when player count was >= 2

v2.0

• improve handling of game crashes
• improved protection for game hangs by forcing BF4 to be restarted every half hour
• added feature to allow for multiple retries for finding player count before giving up
• fixed bug where many IE instances would be opened, eventually consuming all memory
• fix bug wher incorrect browser is spawned