Dedicated Server Very Strange Issue

TE5LA · 2016-03-18 02:05:14

I host a dedicated server on my own hardware with Windows 7 O/S. It has been working great until yesterday.

I have the Battlegroup 42 mod installed. I can run the server and it works fine. I can connect to it from a client and it is perfect. The problem is, it will host only one map: 4107-dnieper_river. It does not matter which maps I put in the server list, it will always launch the same map. If I issue a "NextMap" command in the console, it will restart the same map.

It does not matter what maps are in the maplist.con, it will run the same map.

I can't run any mod other than BG42, not even vanilla BF1942. If I try the server errors stating:

Level init.con file not found: bf1942/levels/4107-dnieper_river/Init.con

This is usually caused by a missing map.

Please make sure the level exists and is spelled correctly in maplist.con.
For Linux servers make sure all paths are lower-case.

That would appear to display an error in the map 4107-dnieper_river, but it is the only map that will run. All maps in all mods are all lower-case. The map is obviously not missing because it works.

I have completely removed the Battlegroup 42 mod and the same error persists. I have completely uninstalled the server and reinstalled everything from scratch and it gives exactly the same error. Even if you edit the maplist.con and put one map there, it still loads only dnieper_river.

This has certainly left me scratching my head.

Arkos · 2016-03-18 02:29:15

Normally the Mod-Maps are not in bf1942 Folder. They should be in a "Battlefield 1942 Server\Mods\ModName" Folder.

The path is wrong.

Do you use original dedicated server or bfservermanager? Bfservermanager generates it's own files.

Last edited by Arkos (2016-03-18 02:36:01)

TE5LA · 2016-03-18 03:47:49

Arkos wrote:

Normally the Mod-Maps are not in bf1942 Folder. They should be in a "Battlefield 1942 Server\Mods\ModName" Folder.
The path is wrong.
Do you use original dedicated server or bfservermanager? Bfservermanager generates it's own files.

The paths are all correct. This had all worked up to yesterday. Nothing was changed by me.

BF1942 Server/
                Mods/
                            BF1942/
                            BG42/
                            XPack1/
                            XPack2/

That is the path structure. I use the original server. There are no mod maps in the BF1942 folder. It contains only the official 1942 maps. That is what is so strange. Even with BG42 mod completely removed, it still gives this error, even after a new installation.

bud · 2016-03-18 16:35:41

The easy fix, install the server in another directory. its quicker then finding the messed up file.

Arkos · 2016-03-18 20:36:31

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Do you use original dedicated server or bfservermanager? Bfservermanager generates it's own files.

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tuia · 2016-03-18 23:56:17

Yes, it is better to install it again in a new directory and test it.

TE5LA · 2016-03-19 03:17:29

bud wrote:

The easy fix, install the server in another directory. its quicker then finding the messed up file.

I have already uninstalled and completely reinstalled into a new directory. Even without BG42 mod, I still get this error about a BG42 map.

At this point, I'm considering an entire O/S reinstall. Maybe there's a hidden folder where something is being retained, like in AppData? I didn't think mods or even the basic server did this.

Last edited by TE5LA (2016-03-19 03:18:50)

Archer! · 2016-03-19 06:30:49

TE5LA wrote:

bud wrote:
The easy fix, install the server in another directory. its quicker then finding the messed up file.
I have already uninstalled and completely reinstalled into a new directory. Even without BG42 mod, I still get this error about a BG42 map.
At this point, I'm considering an entire O/S reinstall. Maybe there's a hidden folder where something is being retained, like in AppData? I didn't think mods or even the basic server did this.

Registration entry somewhere?

TE5LA · 2016-03-19 06:30:55

Thanks for the responses. I finally figured out the issue. I discovered that somehow, another Battlefield 1942 folder had been created in my Documents folder and this was the problem. I guess whatever was there took priority over my server, which was on an entirely different drive.

Your feedback did give me tips because I thought I'd try BFSM and the first time I launched it, it told me there was another folder in Documents

But, as I've discovered before, BFSM will not work on my server. It seems to start but never loads maps.

Last edited by TE5LA (2016-03-19 06:37:35)

tuia · 2016-03-19 11:00:24

Yes, good find. The Battlefield 1942 folder in My Documents has priority over BF1942 settings.
To get BFServerManager working correctly, you must run it with administrator rights and in Windows XP SP3 compatibility.

TE5LA · 2016-03-19 16:11:35

tuia wrote:

Yes, good find. The Battlefield 1942 folder in My Documents has priority over BF1942 settings.
To get BFServerManager working correctly, you must run it with administrator rights and in Windows XP SP3 compatibility.

I don't know how the folder got there because the server was fine until I shut it down for a few minutes.

I will try that with BFSM. Thanks!

And thank you for the work you've done preserving BF1942.

bud · 2016-03-19 18:06:44

I must ask, do you run the server from your game directory or do you use the stand-alone server?

bud · 2016-03-19 18:16:54

Archer! wrote:

TE5LA wrote:
bud wrote:
The easy fix, install the server in another directory. its quicker then finding the messed up file.
I have already uninstalled and completely reinstalled into a new directory. Even without BG42 mod, I still get this error about a BG42 map.
At this point, I'm considering an entire O/S reinstall. Maybe there's a hidden folder where something is being retained, like in AppData? I didn't think mods or even the basic server did this.
Registration entry somewhere?

Thats the thing because the server doesnt need any reg entries as the game does, in windows i can just copy the folder with the server files to any other place and then i have two servers. in linux i think you dont even have to have two sets of files but just make different processes using the same set of base files.

Meaning i can make a server, mail it to anyone and they just have to press the start button.

TE5LA · 2016-03-19 19:26:00

bud wrote:

I must ask, do you run the server from your game directory or do you use the stand-alone server?

It's a standalone server.

And yes, I don't know how that extra folder got copied into the Documents folder. It was just a partial BG1942 installation, from what I saw. I guess it was missing an init.con, so it never worked.

bud · 2016-03-19 20:09:05

Weird i have seen those bf files in my documents folder for so long i always tought it was from the game as it has the "profile" settings in there

Arkos · 2016-03-19 20:18:57

TE5LA wrote:

Thanks for the responses. I finally figured out the issue. I discovered that somehow, another Battlefield 1942 folder had been created in my Documents folder and this was the problem. I guess whatever was there took priority over my server, which was on an entirely different drive.
Your feedback did give me tips because I thought I'd try BFSM and the first time I launched it, it told me there was another folder in Documents
But, as I've discovered before, BFSM will not work on my server. It seems to start but never loads maps.

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It can be because of an Internet Security/Antivirus.

Some indicies are also restarting a map every ~30 seconds

Allow Bfservermanager folder by a special Rule in yoir IS/AV.

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