[Guest]

finally got my dod source server running but its not showing up in the steam favouriets list its showing as "not responding"...

the running command line looks like this...

srcds_run -game dod -norestart -port 27015 -sport 27020 +maxplayers 32 +exec port27015.cfg +map dod_donner -console

I think I need to add +sv_lan 0 to the end, can somone comfirm this....

cant be a firewall issue - as ive got the ports forwarded etc.

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[Andrew]

Hey,

Try starting the server yourself manually using the exact same command line that is shown on the servers Overview tab on GameCreate.

See if the game reports any errors, perhaps there is something that needs fixing.

[Guest]

Thu Jun 8 09:37:46 2006: ** Start GameCreate Booking: ID 313780 **
ERROR: Unknown command: LOG:
LOG: Thu Jun 8 09:37:46 2006: Launching process: /root/gamecreate/srcds/srcds_run -game dod -norestart -port 27015 -sport 27020 +maxplayers 32 +exec port27015.cfg +map dod_donner -console from directory /root/gamecreate/srcds
ERROR: Unknown command: LOG:
LOG: Thu Jun 8 09:37:46 2006: SSL >> ACK: START id=313780&pid=10715
[31 bytes] - result: 31
ERROR: Unknown command: LOG:
ERROR: Unknown command:
LOG: Thu Jun 8 09:37:49 2006: Process 10715 was confirmed by master
ERROR: Unknown command: LOG:
LOG: Thu Jun 8 09:37:49 2006: Sending PONG, waiting for response
ERROR: Unknown command: LOG:
LOG: Thu Jun 8 09:37:49 2006: SSL >> ACK: PONG
ERROR: Unknown command: LOG:
[11 bytes] - result: 11
ERROR: Unknown command:
LOG: Thu Jun 8 09:37:52 2006: Received PONG response
ERROR: Unknown command: LOG:
WAIT: PID 10715 from 10665
ERROR: Unknown command: WAIT:
CHECK: PID 10715 result -1 from 10731
ERROR: Unknown command: CHECK:
LOG: Thu Jun 8 09:38:10 2006: Check failed on process 10715 (ID: 313780)

that keeps looping.... not sure what the problem is :-s

[Andrew]

LOG: Thu Jun 8 09:38:10 2006: Check failed on process 10715 (ID: 313780)

This bit (check failed) means GC Client was told to see if process id 10715 (GC Booking ID 313780) was still running - it didnt find the process running.

So it will keep being told to restart because it thinks it has crashed.

When I say run it manually, I mean ignore gamecreate, and ssh into your server manually and try the launch cmdline gamecreate is using - see what happens.

[Guest]

any idea how to run it....?

can i run it direct from root or do i have to be in the gamecreate directory where srcds is?

what i i key into ssh?

just the command line..

srcds_run -game dod -norestart -port 27015 -sport 27020 +maxplayers 32 +exec port27015.cfg +map dod_donner -console

any ideas?

[Andrew]

Change to the srcds directory:

cd /root/gamecreate/srcds

Then start it (note, you need to prefix the command with ./ to execute a local file).

./srcds_run -game dod -norestart -port 27015 -sport 27020 +maxplayers 32 +exec port27015.cfg +map dod_donner -console

Then see what happens.

Also, there is no need to run GameCreate (or most/any gameservers) as root.

[Guest]

Auto detecting CPU
Using SSE2 Optimised binary.
Source engine binary './srcds_i686' not executable, exiting
Do Jun 8 13:26:03 CEST 2006: Server Failed

is what I get when trying to run it.

is that narrowing down the problem?

[Andrew]

Type: chmod +x srcds_i686

Then run it from the command line agian - it should work.

If so, stop that server you just started manually (CTRL+C in the window should do it), then try it via GameCreate.

[Guest]

a friend of mine said it might need a hlupdate tool?

[Guest]

ah yes it was that chmod problem hehe... works now thanks