Server help

Whitey · Post by **Whitey** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:25 am

Hey i need some help with the ~vc!| Clan server
before today people could play on it and connect to it it still appears on my lan but no one can join. its set to talk to master 1 i opened the ports and i dont know what changed.
il post my ip so you could moniter it and help me out with it.

Ip=192.168.1.64
im taking any suggestions so please help

-Thanks Whitey/GoD

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:41 am

I think you need to post your external address if you want to give any real information. BTW, don't trust the map view, it's like 50 km away from my actual location.

Edit: really bad guess about where it put the camera. In reality it's closer to 120 km. Combination of guessing wrong and not wanting to exaggerate.

Whitey · Post by **Whitey** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:44 am

ok its 206.116.127.144
tell me what else i can do to help "D

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:53 am

Wait until someone who can view master server logs can check some things.

Whitey · Post by **Whitey** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:57 am

DDMJ · Post by **DDMJ** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:37 am

Jonathan wrote:BTW, don't trust the map view, it's like 50 km away from my actual location.

Yea...according to the map, I live in a Cemetary

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wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:33 am

My master is master3, but it does know about your server:

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[2007/07/06 22:16:07] [1] Received new server: 206.116.127.144:4534
[2007/07/06 22:16:10] [17] Updated server: 206.116.127.144:4534
[2007/07/06 22:16:10] [17] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534
[2007/07/06 22:16:10] [17] Updated server: 206.116.127.144:4534
[2007/07/06 22:17:13] [2] Updated server: 206.116.127.144:4534
[2007/07/07 00:55:37] [2] Updated server: 206.116.127.144:4534
[2007/07/07 00:55:46] [17] Updated server: 206.116.127.144:4534
[2007/07/07 00:55:51] [0] Lost contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4534
[2007/07/07 00:55:51] [17] Updated server: 206.116.127.144:4534
[2007/07/07 08:31:48] [17] Received new server: 206.116.127.144:4535
[2007/07/07 08:31:53] [17] Updated server: 206.116.127.144:4535
[2007/07/07 08:31:53] [17] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4535
[2007/07/07 08:31:54] [17] Updated server: 206.116.127.144:4535
[2007/07/07 08:31:54] [17] Updated server: 206.116.127.144:4535
[2007/07/07 08:31:54] [1] Updated server: 206.116.127.144:4535

I can't custom connect to it, though. If you look closely you can see your server's port number changed from 4534 to 4535. This happens if you configure it to do so (duh) or if you accidentally start it while another server is still running, in which case it will just take the next free port. So either restart it and make sure that it runs on port 4534 or forward all ports from 4534 to 4540 to be safe

Whitey · Post by **Whitey** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:37 am

thanks so much

Whitey · Post by **Whitey** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:29 pm

Well everything usually works fine now then suddenly my servers will go down and not come back up

all the servers i run are
Velocity Clan Server
Velocity Fortress Server
Velocity Dogfight Server

They all are set to talk to master 1 and i have open ports but could you suggest 3 new ports possiby or some aid -Thanks.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:42 pm

How do you start your servers? It's normal that when you start them manually, they quit after 24 hours. Use either the provided init-script (it's only intended for one server, though, and requires Unix), run the servers in a batch/shell script loop, or set DEDICATED_IDLE to 0 to stop the server from quitting (may have bad long-term effects, since we cannot debug a server running for months and months).

Whitey · Post by **Whitey** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:24 am

ok and the other thing i need is what ports should i run my servers off of.
Should they be different prots such and 4534 and 4540? or the same. Or wut are some other portts i could use.?

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:12 am

Different servers can't use the same port.
Armagetron picks the next port if it can't use the one specified. The server will run fine, but NAT mappings won't adjust themselves to it.
Ports <1024 need root depending on your OS.
Ports generally in the 10000s can be assigned to sockets that don't care about their port. Collisions are unlikely due to the large space, but stay out of that range if you simply don't want trouble.
Bottom line: use unique ports in the 1000s.

Whitey · Post by **Whitey** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:35 am

Hmm well ive tried all this and yet they do not appear could some1 check the master list for me and give me any more advice?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:25 am

What was it precisely that you did?
Also, note that you can't always see servers in the internet browser that are on your own LAN. I can see the two VeloCity servers that are up just fine. It's a bit hard to determine which servers should be up, they seem to be quite bouncy:

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[2007/06/16 13:41:43] [0] Starting to lose contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name "~/Yg/~ Young Gunz Clan Server"
[2007/06/17 08:27:16] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/06/17 13:35:12] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "~/Yg/~ Young Gunz Clan Server"
[2007/06/17 22:09:03] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "~/Yg/~ Young Gunz Clan Server"
[2007/06/18 09:16:37] [0] Starting to lose contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name "~/Yg/~ Young Gunz Clan Server"
[2007/06/29 06:06:09] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "Whitey Server!!!!!!!!!!!!"
[2007/06/29 22:27:12] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/02 05:08:52] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/02 21:57:30] [0] Starting to lose contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/04 06:17:37] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/04 13:22:48] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/04 21:59:30] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/05 04:58:36] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/05 14:09:42] [0] Starting to lose contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/05 19:13:21] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/05 22:52:00] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/06 00:58:46] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/06 04:58:35] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/06 19:11:36] [0] Starting to lose contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/07 08:02:34] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4535, name: "Whitey Server!!!!!!!!!!!!"
[2007/07/07 08:27:11] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/07 13:29:12] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/07 14:51:08] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4540, name: "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/07 22:16:57] [0] Starting to lose contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/08 22:59:27] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/09 04:54:57] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/09 11:22:35] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4535, name: ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/09 11:25:48] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4540, name: "~VeloCity DogFight Server!|"
[2007/07/09 11:36:06] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4541, name: "~VeloCity Fortress Server!|"
[2007/07/09 12:49:45] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4536, name: "~VeloCity Shooting Server!|"
[2007/07/09 13:21:43] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4536, name: "~VeloCity Shooting Server!|"
[2007/07/09 14:03:41] [0] Starting to lose contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4540, name "~VeloCity DogFight Server!|"
[2007/07/09 20:17:55] [0] Starting to lose contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name "~VeloCity Clan Server!|"
[2007/07/09 20:21:08] [0] Starting to lose contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4535, name ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/09 21:56:05] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4536, name: "~VeloCity Fortress Server!|"
[2007/07/10 10:18:38] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:3660, name: "~VeloCity DogFight Server!|"
[2007/07/10 10:34:10] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4534, name: ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/10 10:40:05] [65] Acknowledged server: 206.116.127.144:4535, name: ".[CtM]=- CutThroatMafia Clan Server"
[2007/07/10 10:41:54] [0] Starting to lose contact with server: 206.116.127.144:4536, name "~VeloCity Fortress Server!|"

Maybe some of your server logs can bring clarity into this?

Whitey · Post by **Whitey** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:33 pm

Hmm i thik ive solved the problem now with your guys aid thanks.