Australian Server

juckto · Post by **juckto** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:51 pm

Bug TE to restart it, last I heard.

wob · Post by **wob** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:19 am

I'm pretty sure it's most likely I've done something wrong.

Been watching the server and messing about with settings, every time I restart it I don't see any attempts to contact a lobby server (or any remote server for that matter).

Any server admins want to have a chat?

It may be that it doesn't like Windows2008 server... or more likely my original guess - I've done something wrong ;P

AaronMoore · Post by **AaronMoore** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:58 am

wob wrote:QUOTE (wob @ Feb 6 2009, 01:19 AM) Any server admins want to have a chat?

Hey wob,

I'll be on the #3FL channel tonight, or would you prefer MSN?
(Not an admin, but I've set it up locally and am reasonably comfortable configuring everything)

Hopefully we can look at the logs and the registry and get it working.

Thanks!

Aaron

wob · Post by **wob** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:24 am

If someone could just point me at some logs anywhere I could probably figure it out.

All I have right now is the service showing as active in the list, and the registry settings I copied out of the running a server thread (and customized obviously

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AaronMoore · Post by **AaronMoore** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:29 am

Ok, cool.

Check the txt logs in the Server directory, they are datetime stamped starting with the current month.
Default location I believe is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\Server

Look for any errors todo with with not loading the config, or the core
Also, does it indicate its loaded the 31 ranks? and the maps?

Have you copied the latest igc and cvh files into the server artwork folder?

Let me know, and we'll get it sorted

Thanks!

Edit: There is a great article here: Wiki - Running a Server

Did you complete those steps?

I have found that my R4 server seems to pick up the configuration from the 1.1 location:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\1.1\Server

wob · Post by **wob** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:33 am

Ah, I was worried this was the log file:

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02/03 11:20:12.959 Debug level set from 1 to 2.

That's all it contains. One entry from 3 days ago.

AaronMoore · Post by **AaronMoore** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:08 am

It creates a file each time it starts, so there may be other more recent files with more information.

I'm not sure what stage you're at, so just to be clear:

The way I install the server is by:
- running the R3 server setup exe (install as service)
- downloading the R4 server binaries, and extracting them to overwrite the installed files
- copy the latest *.igc and *.cvh files from a client install into the server artwork folder
- running the settings.reg file to bring the new config entries in
- modifying the Core and Game registry entries as described in the Wiki (e.g. Core1 = 'cc_03' Game1 = '3FL CC')
- modifying the CfgFile entry to point to the actual config file (CfgFile = 'http://autoupdate.alleg.net/allegianceserver.cfg')
- creating a ranks.txt file in the server artwork folder with the contents here: Server Setup Crash Course
- restarting the service and checking the logs

As this is an official server, Tag will need to be installed. I dont have experience with that so the Wiki would be the place to go, and Tigereye for any questions.

Also the LobbyServer entry in the registry may need to be updated with the actual IP (again, see Tigereye)

I hope this helps,

Thanks again for the server!

wob · Post by **wob** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:35 am

I've just blown it all away and started again.

QUOTE The way I install the server is by:
- running the R3 server setup exe (install as service)[/quote]
Done
QUOTE - downloading the R4 server binaries, and extracting them to overwrite the installed files[/quote]
Done
QUOTE - copy the latest *.igc and *.cvh files from a client install into the server artwork folder[/quote]
Done
QUOTE - running the settings.reg file to bring the new config entries in[/quote]
Done - I do note that settings.reg creates a reg key of

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\1.1\Server

Where as all the howtos refer to

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\[b]1.0[/b]\Server

So I've tried both.. didn't help.
QUOTE - modifying the Core and Game registry entries as described in the Wiki (e.g. Core1 = 'cc_03' Game1 = '3FL CC')[/quote]
Done
QUOTE - modifying the CfgFile entry to point to the actual config file (CfgFile = 'http://autoupdate.alleg.net/allegianceserver.cfg')[/quote]
Done .. have also tried making a local file with the same contents and pointing at that.
QUOTE - creating a ranks.txt file in the server artwork folder with the contents here: Server Setup Crash Course[/quote]
Hadn't done this one previously, have now.
QUOTE - restarting the service and checking the logs[/quote]
Still only a single log file created with a single log entry.

edit:

Currenty registry entries:

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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\1.1\Server]
"ArtPath"="C:\\Allegiance\\Server\\Artwork"
"EXE Path"="C:\\Allegiance\\Server"
"CfgFile"="http://autoupdate.alleg.net/allegianceserver.cfg"
"Game1"="AU 3FL CC"
"Core1"="cc_03"
"Version"="1"
"Launched"="1"
"InstalledGroup"="1"
"MaxPlayersPerGame"=dword:000000c8
"LangID"=dword:00000009
"nUpdatesPerSecond"=dword:00000014
"ASGS_ON"=dword:00000001
"ASGS_RANKS_ON"=dword:00000001
"LobbyServer"="127.0.0.1"
"TableName"="ABFABEvents"
"EnabledDBEvents"=""
"EnabledNTEvents"="[DBEventLogStarted,AGCNotInitialized);[StationCreated,204);[ShipChangesSect
ors,304);[Initialize,Assert);[ArtChangedInInit,2026);[SystemError,2040);[ServerSh
utdown,4002);[NewSession,4011);[LoginServer,4022);[ChatMessage,4033);[GameCreated
,4043);[LoginGame,4052);[JoinTeam,4063);[HackLog,4073)"
"AuthServer"="http://asgs.alleg.net/asgs/asgs.asmx"
"MaxGames"=dword:00000005
"Location"="AU"
"LocalAddress"="3FL Server"

AaronMoore · Post by **AaronMoore** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:35 am

Cool, thanks for that wob.

If your'e still only getting that one line in the logs, I wonder if its possible the AGC DLL isn't registered properly, or if it's having issues (stalling) initialising DirectPlay....

Maybe try re-registering the server:

- stop the service
- open command prompt, navigate to the server directory
- run AllSrv -UnregServer
- then run AllSrv -Service
- start the service

Does the next log file contain any more info?
The Event Log should also contain some information about initialising and shutting down t he server...

Does the server have Direct Play working? You can test this by running dxdiag...

If this doesn't help, I think we may need to get more experienced server admins involved

wob · Post by **wob** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:58 am

Aaron Moore wrote:QUOTE (Aaron Moore @ Feb 5 2009, 07:35 PM) Cool, thanks for that wob.

If your'e still only getting that one line in the logs, I wonder if its possible the AGC DLL isn't registered properly, or if it's having issues (stalling) initialising DirectPlay....

Maybe try re-registering the server:

- stop the service
- open command prompt, navigate to the server directory
- run AllSrv -UnregServer
- then run AllSrv -Service
- start the service

Does the next log file contain any more info?
The Event Log should also contain some information about initialising and shutting down t he server...

Does the server have Direct Play working? You can test this by running dxdiag...

If this doesn't help, I think we may need to get more experienced server admins involved

Unregister / Re-Registered, hasn't helped.

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C:\Allegiance\Server>AllSrv.exe -UnregServer
AllSrv removed (as an NT Service).
Registry Update Successful.

C:\Allegiance\Server>AllSrv.exe -Service
Incomplete installation detected. Removing incomplete installation...
Registry Update Successful.
AllSrv service installed.
Registry Update Successful.

Log still contains the 1 line. I'd already had a poke of eventlog, yes it has entries for AllSrv, just all the stop/start/restarts I've run on the service though.

dxdiag shows DX10 installed