Server Crashes Whenever A Client Connects
Drek
Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11165Members
Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11165Members
<div class="IPBDescription">this is a seriously wierd problem</div> Ok, my NS server suddenly decided to start crashing whenever someone connected, for no apparrent reason. So I deleted my entire Natural Selection folder, reinstalled HLDS 4.1.1.0 and NS Server 2.0, tested it and it worked.
I updated it to 2.01, installed Metamod and Adminmod 2.50.58, tested the server, and it worked. I reinstalled all of my plugins and all my old configs and it started crashing again whenever someone joined.
I deactivated all of my plugins, Adminmod, Metamod, absolutely everything, I even replaced my server.cfg with a default one, and the crashes didn't go away... I'm totally stumped. I've shortened the story quite a bit however because I did try deactivating Adminmod, Metamod and the plugins in stages, and changing various cvars etc. I did this both before I deleted and reinstalled everything, and I tried it again after everything stopped working for the second time.
This is the log I am getting before the server crashes.
<!--c1--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->L 11/08/2003 - 15:02:24: "<CC>Drek<1><normalwonid><>" connected, address "192.168.0.101:27005"
L 11/08/2003 - 15:02:38: "<CC>Drek<1><normalwonid><none>" entered the game
L 11/08/2003 - 15:02:38: "<CC>Drek<-1><4294967295><none>" disconnected
L 11/08/2003 - 15:02:38: Server shutdown
L 11/08/2003 - 15:02:38: Log file closed<!--c2--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->
What happens is I connect and the server crashes while I am trying to connect. Note that it isn't actually crashing, it is shutting down for some strange reason. Notice also the super strange wonid it shows for me when it says I disconnected.
If anyone can give me any clue to what the heck is going on, I would be grateful.
Windows XP
HLDS 4.1.1.0c
AMD Athalon XP 1700+
1GB PC 2700 DDR
ATI Radeon 8500
loads of hdd space
I updated it to 2.01, installed Metamod and Adminmod 2.50.58, tested the server, and it worked. I reinstalled all of my plugins and all my old configs and it started crashing again whenever someone joined.
I deactivated all of my plugins, Adminmod, Metamod, absolutely everything, I even replaced my server.cfg with a default one, and the crashes didn't go away... I'm totally stumped. I've shortened the story quite a bit however because I did try deactivating Adminmod, Metamod and the plugins in stages, and changing various cvars etc. I did this both before I deleted and reinstalled everything, and I tried it again after everything stopped working for the second time.
This is the log I am getting before the server crashes.
<!--c1--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->L 11/08/2003 - 15:02:24: "<CC>Drek<1><normalwonid><>" connected, address "192.168.0.101:27005"
L 11/08/2003 - 15:02:38: "<CC>Drek<1><normalwonid><none>" entered the game
L 11/08/2003 - 15:02:38: "<CC>Drek<-1><4294967295><none>" disconnected
L 11/08/2003 - 15:02:38: Server shutdown
L 11/08/2003 - 15:02:38: Log file closed<!--c2--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->
What happens is I connect and the server crashes while I am trying to connect. Note that it isn't actually crashing, it is shutting down for some strange reason. Notice also the super strange wonid it shows for me when it says I disconnected.
If anyone can give me any clue to what the heck is going on, I would be grateful.
Windows XP
HLDS 4.1.1.0c
AMD Athalon XP 1700+
1GB PC 2700 DDR
ATI Radeon 8500
loads of hdd space
Comments
the only advice i could give would be that you continue to try out what causes the issue...
you are on the right way i think...
you could track the problem to plugins or configs...
so you should try to find your problem there...
what are all your config files?
only server.cfg??
IT WAS THE FREAKIN' MOTD!!!
I started using the Psychostats motd recently, and it turns out that NS can't handle it... The problem wouldn't have shown up until I ran Psychostats after a reinstall because Psychostats generates the motd, then I modified Psychostats so it would correct a character problem, then copy the motd to the mod directory.
WHAT AN #$@* WASTE OF TIME!!!
Oh well, I feel much better now. A little yelling and screaming often does the trick...