--- a/console.c	Sat May 28 10:32:09 2005 +0000
+++ b/console.c	Sat May 28 16:59:51 2005 +0000
@@ -691,6 +691,9 @@
 	memset(&aliases, 0, sizeof(aliases));
 	memset(&aliasstream, 0, sizeof(aliasstream));
 
+	if (_stdlib_con_developer)
+		IConsolePrintF(_icolour_dbg, "condbg: requested command is an alias; parsing...");
+
 	aliases[0] = aliasstream;
 	for (cmdptr = alias->cmdline, a_index = 0, astream_i = 0; *cmdptr != '\0'; cmdptr++) {
 		if (a_index >= lengthof(aliases) || astream_i >= lengthof(aliasstream)) break;
@@ -964,6 +967,9 @@
 	byte t_index = tokencount;
 	uint32 value;
 
+	if (_stdlib_con_developer)
+		IConsolePrintF(_icolour_dbg, "condbg: requested command is a variable");
+
 	if (tokencount == 0) { /* Just print out value */
 		IConsoleVarPrintGetValue(var);
 		return;
@@ -976,7 +982,6 @@
 		/* Some variables need really special handling, handle it in their callback procedure */
 		if (var->proc != NULL) {
 			var->proc(tokencount, &token[t_index - tokencount]); // set the new value
-			var->proc(0, NULL); // print out new value
 			return;
 		}
 		/* Strings need special processing. No need to convert the argument to
@@ -1035,6 +1040,8 @@
 	bool longtoken = false;
 	bool foundtoken = false;
 
+	if (cmdstr[0] == '#') return; // comments
+
 	for (cmdptr = cmdstr; *cmdptr != '\0'; cmdptr++) {
 		if (!IsValidAsciiChar(*cmdptr)) {
 			IConsoleError("command contains malformed characters, aborting");

--- a/console_cmds.c	Sat May 28 10:32:09 2005 +0000
+++ b/console_cmds.c	Sat May 28 16:59:51 2005 +0000
@@ -1086,6 +1086,8 @@
 	if (!_network_server)
 		SEND_COMMAND(PACKET_CLIENT_SET_PASSWORD)(_network_player_info[_local_player].password);
 
+	IConsolePrintF(_icolour_warn, "'company_pw' changed to:  %s", _network_player_info[_local_player].password);
+
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -1136,6 +1138,7 @@
 
 	_network_server_bind_ip = inet_addr(argv[0]);
 	snprintf(_network_server_bind_ip_host, sizeof(_network_server_bind_ip_host), "%s", inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *)&_network_server_bind_ip));
+	IConsolePrintF(_icolour_warn, "'server_ip' changed to:  %s", inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *)&_network_server_bind_ip));
 	return true;
 }
 

--- a/scripts/autoexec.scr.example	Sat May 28 10:32:09 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/autoexec.scr.example	Sat May 28 16:59:51 2005 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # send chat messages from the console with
-#
 # ] s i love this chat
 #
-alias "s" "say %!"
\ No newline at end of file
+alias s "say %!"
\ No newline at end of file

--- a/scripts/on_client.scr.example	Sat May 28 10:32:09 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/on_client.scr.example	Sat May 28 16:59:51 2005 +0000
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 echo "Setting default network client settings..."
-set name "myname"
+name = "myname"

--- a/scripts/on_dedicated.scr.example	Sat May 28 10:32:09 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/on_dedicated.scr.example	Sat May 28 16:59:51 2005 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 echo "Setting dedicated network server settings..."
-set server_pw "*"
-set server_name "My example dedicated gameserver"
+# empty the server password
+server_pw = "*"
+server_name = "My example dedicated gameserver"

--- a/scripts/pre_dedicated.scr.example	Sat May 28 10:32:09 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/pre_dedicated.scr.example	Sat May 28 16:59:51 2005 +0000
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-set server_ip 0.0.0.0
-set server_port 3979
+# set default server port, and have the dedicated server listen on all ports
+server_ip = 0.0.0.0
+server_port = 3979

--- a/scripts/pre_server.scr.example	Sat May 28 10:32:09 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/pre_server.scr.example	Sat May 28 16:59:51 2005 +0000
@@ -1,1 +1,2 @@
-set server_port 3979
+# set the server port to the default value
+server_port = 3979