I downloaded 1.32, and installed it to my c:\sourceserver directory

I run it in console mode via this command line syntax:

C:\SourceServer\srcds.exe -console -game sourceforts -port 27015 -noipx +log on +maxplayers 8 +map sf_skywalk

It starts up fine, but hangs at this line:

CSoundEmitterSystem::AddSoundsFromFile: No such file scripts/npc_sounds_gman.txt

maxplayers set to 8

and then just sits there, for as long as I let it.

If I say "map sf_skywalk" (or any other map name) in the server console, the server continues starting normally. People join, and they start playing as though nothing happened.

After a variable period of time, usually anywhere from 1 to 60 minutes, and seemingly at random one of three things happens:

1. the objects in the server all go bouncy bouncy and everyone drops.

2. the CPU usage goes to 100%, causing lag, and everyone drops.

3. I get a windows error saying the application has encountered an error and asking if I want to debug it using C++.

Sometimes it seems like 1, 2, and 3 happen in sequence, but I've never actually sat at the consloe and witnessed that.


I have been running HL2DM for months on this server, and CS:Source before that, and never had any problems. I have also been running HLDS dedicated HL servers since early 2000 on both Linux and Windows, with a fairly high degree of success.

We [SNAFU] all really enjoy this mod, and would like to contribute to the scene by running a server but for the moment I can't keep one going for more than an hour or two at most.

Is there going to be a stable windows dedicated server any time soon?

Thanks,

Hell

at the moment the game does tend to be a bit buggy. really the mods still in beta I think, but dont wory, this is (worringly) cokmpletly normal.

We're trying to get Knifa to work on that; we're not sure exactly how to fix it, though, since the bouncy bug is a problem in Source and it might be very tricky to get around, if we can at all.

The other things we could probably fix though.

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Try doing it with the +map command, then do map in the console bit.

Thanks for the input, and thanks for the mod, I do understand that it's not really a final releaseand that chances are pretty good that nobody on the dev team is getting a dime for their labors


The +map part is in the command line at the end, has been from the beginning. The game won't even start without that.

I even tried adding a map change (changelevel sf_skywalk) to the last line in the server.cfg (which I created for that reason and dropped in both the root of the sourceforts directory and the config folder).

I use serverdoc to restart the server when it crashes, so the crashes by themselves wouldn't be that bad if the server would just restart properly without a manual mapchange.

For now, I just won't be able to run it, because it brings that server to a halt for hours on end when it goes to 100% cpu.

Any thoughts on when we might see an update that will resolve some of the issues? I think the bouncy bouncy thing is fairly minor and probably goes away on a map change, but server crashes and runaway cpu usage are sort of deal killers for us server ops.

Thanks again

Hell

No, because I don't really know whats wrong with it.

It doesn't go away after a map change. Is there a server command to freeze all unfrozen objects before the fighting round starts? I noticed that frozen objects don't bounce.

If you use the map command in the valve.rc file, when the server starts you wont need to manually enter the map command.

e.g.

map sf_abandon

I cant help but notice you havent made a maplist.txt

Don't be lazy. Make one yourself!

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