[bf1942] server fail?

Darth BoBo rickbuford at greeblesnort.com
Fri Mar 7 16:03:37 EST 2003 

While no rpm guru, I'm at least familiar with setting up the BUILD. I'll 
let someone else be in charge of converting to dpkg =)

Rick

Aubrey King wrote:

>YOU ARE THE MAN!  Damn underscores.  Can we maybe put a note about that in
>the new conf or the readme somewhere?  Just in case others are as dumb as
>I was?  Assuming the README will be updated during the 1.31 release.
>
>So far as the proposed rpm goes, I think it should be called bf1942d.rpm
>:)
>
>Also.. I'm no Debian geek, but.. anyone want to try a dpkg?  No reason to
>exclude friendlies. :)
>
>Aubrey
>
>
>On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Dave Stone wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Well the only thing I see in your ServerSettings.con that might mess up the
>>way your game is listed in a broswer is the "game.serverName" setting. Right
>>now your server should show up as "Commander" because there needs to be
>>underscores between the words. Like "Commanders_Linux_Server". The same goes
>>with any welcome mesages you may add like: "TKers_will_be_banned". Also do
>>what Brad suggested and join by the servers IP address to make sure the
>>server is up.
>>
>>StOnE
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Aubrey King" <aking at gblx.net>
>>To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
>>Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:14 PM
>>Subject: Re: [bf1942] server fail?
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Rather than screen, I may write an initscript for it to run at boot.  I
>>>should make an rpm! :)  Well.. I followed the advice here, but it did not
>>>solve my problem.  I attached my serversettings just incase I'm missing
>>>something in the docs that is blatantly obvious to anyone.. My winserver
>>>sucks. :)
>>>
>>>Aubrey King
>>>Global Crossing, Ltd.
>>>IP Systems Engineering
>>>Systems Administrator
>>>
>>>On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Dave Stone wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Aubrey,
>>>>
>>>>Yea just ignor that.
>>>>
>>>>Few things to check:
>>>>
>>>>Make sure your ServerSettings.con file has the "game.serverInternet" set
>>>>        
>>>>
>>to
>>    
>>
>>>>"1" not "0" or it will not show up in ASE. I don't use gamespy but I'm
>>>>pretty sure it should work the same.
>>>>
>>>>"game.serverInternet 1"
>>>>
>>>>You wont get a prompt after all of the errors and that is normal too.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>Just
>>    
>>
>>>>run ps or top to see if the server is running.
>>>>
>>>>I run screen, start the server, detach and then the server doesn't die
>>>>        
>>>>
>>when
>>    
>>
>>>>you logout.
>>>>
>>>>Hope this helps,
>>>>
>>>>StOnE
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Aubrey King" <aking at gblx.net>
>>>>To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 6:28 PM
>>>>Subject: [bf1942] server fail?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>I tried the server today (1.3) for the first time and it seemed to
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>fail.
>>    
>>
>>>>>When I ran it, it seemed to spew a LOT of errors.  I piped it all to
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>more
>>    
>>
>>>>>and piced through it.  Here's some of what I found:
>>>>>
>>>>>STREAM_DEBUG: Loaded lexicon "Mods/BF1942/lexiconAll.dat"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con (5):
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>Game.setMenuMusicFilename
>>    
>>
>>>>>"music
>>>>>/slaughter4.bik"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con (6):
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>Game.setLoadMusicFilename
>>    
>>
>>>>>"music
>>>>>/vehicle4.bik"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con (7):
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>Game.setWinMusicFilename
>>    
>>
>>>>>"music/
>>>>>vehicle3.bik"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con (8):
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>Game.setLoseMusicFilename
>>    
>>
>>>>>"music
>>>>>/menu.bik"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con (9):
>>>>>Game.setCampaignLoseMusicFilenam
>>>>>e "music/theme2.bik"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con (10):
>>>>>Game.setDebriefingMusicFilename
>>>>> "music/briefing.bik"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error mods/BF1942/init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Mods/BF1942/init.con (5):
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>Game.setMenuMusicFilename
>>    
>>
>>>>>"music
>>>>>/slaughter4.bik"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Mods/BF1942/init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Mods/BF1942/init.con (6):
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>Game.setLoadMusicFilename
>>    
>>
>>>>>"music
>>>>>/vehicle4.bik"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Mods/BF1942/init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Mods/BF1942/init.con (7):
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>Game.setWinMusicFilename
>>    
>>
>>>>>"music/
>>>>>vehicle3.bik"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Mods/BF1942/init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Mods/BF1942/init.con (8):
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>Game.setLoseMusicFilename
>>    
>>
>>>>>"music
>>>>>/menu.bik"
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Mods/BF1942/init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>
>>>>>also,
>>>>>
>>>>>STREAM_DEBUG: Couldn't open flat archive file
>>>>>"Mods/BF1942/Archives/texture.rfa"
>>>>>STREAM_DEBUG: Couldn't open flat archive file
>>>>>"Mods/BF1942/Archives/sound_001.rf
>>>>>a"
>>>>>STREAM_DEBUG: Couldn't open flat archive file
>>>>>"Mods/BF1942/Archives/sound.rfa"
>>>>>STREAM_DEBUG: Couldn't open flat archive file
>>>>>"Mods/BF1942/Archives/menu_001.rfa
>>>>>"
>>>>>
>>>>>here's what I have..
>>>>>
>>>>>STREAM_LOG: Cpu:
>>>>>STREAM_LOG: Running on AMD Athlon(tm)  at 1160 MHz
>>>>>STREAM_LOG: Supports AMD 3DNow
>>>>>STREAM_LOG: Supports MMX
>>>>>
>>>>>more junk..
>>>>>
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Bf1942/Game/Init.con (20): ObjectTemplate.name
>>>>>MultiPlayer
>>>>>FreeCamera
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Bf1942/Game/Init.con: Property is only readable!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Bf1942/Game/Init.con (33): game.setMinorVictory
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>0.40
>>    
>>
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Bf1942/Game/Init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Bf1942/Game/Init.con (34): game.setMajorVictory
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>0.80
>>    
>>
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: Error Bf1942/Game/Init.con: Unknown object or method!
>>>>>STREAM_WARNING: called Game() constructor
>>>>>
>>>>>more unknown object errors (it seemed to error on EVERY object, just
>>>>>about).
>>>>>
>>>>>Then, it did this:
>>>>>
>>>>>STREAM_DEBUG: Adding descriptor for object of
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>templatePriest_Gunner_PCO1
>>    
>>
>>>>>id 563
>>>>>controlPointId 1 with 4 Unique properties
>>>>>STREAM_DEBUG: Minimum bit size is 16
>>>>>STREAM_DEBUG: Adding descriptor for object of templateSherman id 564
>>>>>controlPoin
>>>>>tId 0 with 10 Unique properties
>>>>>
>>>>>I figured maybe the server was running.  I looked on gamespy for it
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>and
>>    
>>
>>>>>found nothing (whereas my evil wondoze server shows up from the same
>>>>>segment.  Are these errors normal?  Do I need to modify /etc/services
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>or
>>    
>>
>>>>>xinetd at all?
>>>>>
>>>>>Please help, as I hate running windows wide open on the internet (T1)
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>for
>>    
>>
>>>>>long periods.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Aubrey King
>>>>>Global Crossing, Ltd.
>>>>>IP Systems Engineering
>>>>>Systems Administrator
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>    
>>
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>

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