PROPFILE "

propfilename

"

This is the name of the server prop file. Default value is 

psdata/pserver.prp

. 

BINDADDRESS "

hostname

"

The address value provides the hub process of your Palace server with a host name to 

bind to (the default value is 

localhost

). The Palace server is built to allow multiple 

frontends, each of which  listens  on its own host name, while the hub listens on an 

internal interface (e.g., localhost). The frontend processes communicate with the hub, 

where all of the processing is actually done. The resulting data is then sent back to the 

frontends, which send it out to the individual clients. Bindaddress is the binding 

address of the hub process, while frontend is the binding address of an individual 

frontend and the port number it binds to. This  parallel  design results in better 

performance and less lag. This string must be in double quotes. See 

PORT, FRONTEND

.

PORT 

portNumber

This value specifies the port number of the hub process, which is the actual location of 

your Palace server. Note that this is not necessarily the same port specified by 

FRONTEND

 (which is made known to users). See 

BINDADDRESS, FRONTEND.

SERVERROOT 

directory

The directory value specifies the name of the directory where the Palace files server 

files reside. This directory should contain directories such as /

psdata

, /

logs

, and 

/

media

. The default value is the current directory.

CHATLOG "

cc

"

The filename value allows you to specify the name of the file to which all chat 

messages will be logged. The actual filename will be

 CHATLOG.YYMMDD

, and a new chat 

file will be created every calendar day. If this command is not specified, chat logging 

will be disabled. 

NOTE   

These files will contain all chat messages, and will therefore tend to become 

quite large. 

DEBUG TRUE | FALSE

If 

DEBUG 

is

 TRUE

, the server will generate additional status messages in the log files. 

The default value is 

FALSE

.

NOTE   

 This debugging information is quite verbose, and will result in extremely 

large log files. It should only be used when you suspect a specific problem with your 

server, or prior to contacting The Palace Technical Support on the Palace website. 

NOWHISPER TRUE | FALSE

If 

NOWHISPER 

is

 TRUE

, users in your palace will not be able to whisper to other users. 

The default value is 

FALSE

. Set this keyword with the command nowhisper on page 60.

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