Client and server differ?

TripleTriple Join Date: 2007-06-18 Member: 61290Members
in Technical Support
<div class="IPBDescription">keep seeing this message</div>for some reason im trying to connect to my own dedicated server for ns2 and it keeps saying that the client and server differ i see it in my server console as well for other people trying to connect. what seems to be the problem? just started happening today.
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  • GORGEousGORGEous Join Date: 2012-02-19 Member: 146762Members, NS2 Map Tester
    edited November 2012
    By dedicated server do you mean one hosted on the computer you're not currently playing on? Or do you mean a server that you're hosting on your computer to run around and try out stuff with cheats on?


    Client/server differs most likely means you're failing the consistency checks.

    If you go to your appdata folder (open up an explorer and type %appdata%) then natural selection 2. Open the ConsistencyConfig.json file with a text editor. You can see what files your server is consistency checking. Default setup: "check": [ "game_setup.xml", "*.lua", "*.fx", "*.screenfx", "*.surface_shader", "*.fxh", "*.render_setup", "*.shader_template" ]

    So if any of your game files (steam/steamapps/common/Natural Selction 2) differ from the files on the server then this will cause client/server differ errors. Chances are you deleted some lua, edited some code, or lost a file from the above types that is causing you to fail.

    To make sure you have a default installation of NS2 open your steam library > right click NS2 > properties > local files tab > verify integrity of game cache. Considering that others are also having this problem connecting to your server, then your server may be the one with an edited file and you may want to consider reinstalling the server files.

    It could also be that people haven't updated their clients to the new build that came out a few hours ago. Or you haven't updated your server.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    That's some excellent explaining GORGEous!

    Moving to Tech Support.
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  • WhosatWhosat Singapore Join Date: 2006-11-03 Member: 58301Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Can you connect to other servers?

    If so, it means your server has not been patched or has not been properly patched to the latest build.

    Run SteamCMD with app_update 4920 <b>validate</b>
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