Getting a little further in the process

evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py

@@ -950,6 +950,15 @@ def reboot_evennia(pprofiler=False, sprofiler=False):
     send_instruction(PSTATUS, None, _portal_running, _portal_not_running)
 
 
+def start_only_server():
+    """
+    Tell portal to start server (debug)
+    """
+    portal_cmd, server_cmd = _get_twistd_cmdline(False, False)
+    print("launcher: Sending to portal: SSTART + {}".format(server_cmd))
+    send_instruction(SSTART, server_cmd)
+
+
 def start_server_interactive():
     """
     Start the Server under control of the launcher process (foreground)
@@ -2012,7 +2021,7 @@ def main():
         init_game_directory(CURRENT_DIR, check_db=True)
         run_menu()
     elif option in ('status', 'info', 'start', 'istart', 'ipstart', 'reload', 'restart', 'reboot',
-                    'reset', 'stop', 'sstop', 'kill', 'skill'):
+                    'reset', 'stop', 'sstop', 'kill', 'skill', 'sstart'):
         # operate the server directly
         if not SERVER_LOGFILE:
             init_game_directory(CURRENT_DIR, check_db=True)
@@ -2036,6 +2045,8 @@ def main():
             stop_evennia()
         elif option == 'sstop':
             stop_server_only()
+        elif option == 'sstart':
+            start_only_server()
         elif option == 'kill':
             if _is_windows():
                 print("This option is not supported on Windows.")

evennia/server/portal/amp.py

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class Compressed(amp.String):
 
     def toString(self, inObject):
         """
-        Convert to send as a string on the wire, with compression.
+        Convert to send as a bytestring on the wire, with compression.
 
         Note: In Py3 this is really a byte stream.
 
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ class AMPMultiConnectionProtocol(amp.AMP):
 
         """
         msg = loads(packed_data)
-        print("amp.data_in: {}".format(msg))
         return msg
 
     def broadcast(self, command, sessid, **kwargs):

evennia/server/portal/amp_server.py

@@ -301,12 +301,15 @@ class AMPServerProtocol(amp.AMPMultiConnectionProtocol):
             launcher. It can obviously only accessed when the Portal is already up and running.
 
         """
+        # Since the launcher command uses amp.String() we need to convert from byte here.
+        operation = str(operation, 'utf-8')
         self.factory.launcher_connection = self
-
         _, server_connected, _, _, _, _ = self.get_status()
 
         logger.log_msg("Evennia Launcher->Portal operation %s:%s received" % (ord(operation), arguments))
 
+        logger.log_msg("operation == amp.SSTART: {}: {}".format(operation == amp.SSTART, amp.loads(arguments)))
+
         if operation == amp.SSTART:   # portal start  #15
             # first, check if server is already running
             if not server_connected:
@@ -346,6 +349,7 @@ class AMPServerProtocol(amp.AMPMultiConnectionProtocol):
                 self.factory.portal.shutdown()
 
         else:
+            logger.log_msg("Operation {} not recognized".format(operation))
             raise Exception("operation %(op)s not recognized." % {'op': operation})
 
         return {}