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Assist => Support => Server Support => Topic started by: H.Blacksmith on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 17:40:23 PM
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Hey guys, im trying to start my own server since three days without success and it drives me nuts. Im pretty sure that i installed the assist server manager correctly. When i launch the server and try to join it, only the start screen of the game is shown up. If i try it a second time it shows the loading screen of the level but then it stucks and after a while i get kicked off the server and it goes back to game menue. After this my server is shown as 'offline' in the server list and i cant join anymore. Sometimes the level starts as expected but then the PB tries to update successless and after a while i get kicked off again. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
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Don't Mix the Assist Server Files and Assist Client files
Make sure to start Assist Server Manager from a completely different location than where your client files are.
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Hmmmm, i never mixed it. What do you mean by 'completely different location'? Even if i start server and client from different drives it doesn't work. Guess that's not the problem.
Any other idea?
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Without you posting the *.log file from the server we cant help you.
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You want me to post 1 million lines here? :?
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You want me to post 1 million lines here? :?
If it as you say, that the server don't start, it will not be that long.
If you run into the problem that the file is too long, just post the last 200 rows or something.
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There you go:
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So server starts as it should, but you get kicked when trying to join your own server.
This is firewall related.
Either change the port from 1716 to 1736 and make sure all ports are forwarded that needs to be forwarded. If you change it make sure you add the new port and port+1(1736 and 1737) instead of default(1716-1717)
Here is a post
http://aao25.com/forum/server-support/running-an-assist-server-ports-ip's (http://aao25.com/forum/server-support/running-an-assist-server-ports-ip's)
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Yeah, i know this post and i already tried this. But it still doesn't work. I got this in the log file:
25AssistSM: No Master Query Sent - DNS has not yet resolved for MASTER2.EVENBALANCE.COM
Whatever it means.
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Yeah, i know this post and i already tried this. But it still doesn't work. I got this in the log file:
25AssistSM: No Master Query Sent - DNS has not yet resolved for MASTER2.EVENBALANCE.COM
Whatever it means.
Ignore, unimportant.
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OK, i forwarded the required ports and changed default ports to 1736,1737 too. But nothing changed. A friend of mine joined the server successfully but he was kicked after 10 sec.. I'm guessing it's a punk buster problem. Any ideas how to fix this?
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Just to be safe try disabling the firewall completely temporarily and then see if the server will let you stay on and play.
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I did. Same problem. Also it's punk buster prior kick/ban.
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If you didn't already tried it, delete server thought Assist Server Manager, and create a new fresh copy.
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Ok, i did that already three days ago but i'll give it a try again.
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Well, as i expected it didn't help. I'm going crazy, dudes. It shows me the loading screen of the level, then nothing happens for about 2 min., than punk buster kicks me (no packet flow).
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what internet connection do you have ?
looks like a shaky one.
wifi ?
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Nope Sir! It's connected to the network cable and the network speed is high enough. I never had any problems with it.
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Ok, i found out that others can join my server without any problems. Its only me who cant join. PunkBuster is still telling me that there is 'no packet flow'. Is there another way to join? Could it be that a change of the process ID may help?
EDIT: It doesn't. I suspect that it is not possible to run a server and join it with the same IP.
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Fellows, thanks for trying to help me but i'm bitterly disappointed. After trying all your suggestions to solve this problem and wasting hours of my precious time, there is still no solution. This isn't my first AAO server i'm trying to start but i never had such problems to get it started properly. So i'm not a newbe. Do you have any better suggestions than forwarding ports, firewall setups or changing default ports? I already know these methods since years and i wouldn't ask you if they would lead to success. I thought you guys were experts. Don't you have any other ideas?
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do you use multiple ip addresses - given from your provider?
if so, mayby try to activate the multihome part.
and maybe you can say precise what you have at home. a router - give ip from wan, a switch?, one or two computers? which ip's ... would help us.
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Fellows, thanks for trying to help me but i'm bitterly disappointed. After trying all your suggestions to solve this problem and wasting hours of my precious time, there is still no solution. This isn't my first AAO server i'm trying to start but i never had such problems to get it started properly. So i'm not a newbe. Do you have any better suggestions than forwarding ports, firewall setups or changing default ports? I already know these methods since years and i wouldn't ask you if they would lead to success. I thought you guys were experts. Don't you have any other ideas?
If you have issues still you can always toss me a PM and I can get you setup with a custom hosted solution.
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do you use multiple ip addresses - given from your provider?
if so, mayby try to activate the multihome part.
I tried that already but maybe i did something wrong. What numbers would you suggest to use for it? I used the IP that my rooter assigned to the machine running the server.
Btw i try to run server and client on the same machine. Do you think that could be a problem? I always did it that way but maybe something changed since v8.09. Therefore i did run the server from a seperate machine but it didn't help. I couldn't join the server. There is still that 'no packet flow' thing from PB.
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disable multihome - set it to 0.0.0.0 like the default is. this is only needed if you have more then one wan ip's.
i guess you have a problem with the port forwarding part. as it looks like you did all right with the server itself. but you have a problem with your ports for your self. this looks to me like portforwarding problems.
do you have the same problem on the computer where the server is running. there you should be able to join, right?
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That's right. Both server running computer and separate computer they have the same problems while joining the server. So it's not a problem to run server and client on the same machine, huh? Hmmmm! I'm gonna check port forwarding once again. In another post you said that you just forwarded 1716-1718 and 2716-2718, right? Do you use one computer for both server and client as well?
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After turning off my routers firewall completely i finally could join. So indeed it is a port forwarding problem. F**k me :oops:! But what ports does it need additionally? I dont want to turn off my firewall all the time. Ports 1716-1718 and 2716-2718 are forwarded.
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if your server is running on port 2716 ( and then also 2717, 2718) you only have to open theese UDP ports for the server part. then it should work.
i do have a server running on that port and i only had to opend the ports like i did write above. and yes, you really should not disable your firewall :D
good luck
btw: you also can run two servers and the client on the same computer without any problems. only use different ports and process-id's
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That's right. Both server running computer and separate computer they have the same problems while joining the server. So it's not a problem to run server and client on the same machine, huh? Hmmmm! I'm gonna check port forwarding once again. In another post you said that you just forwarded 1716-1718 and 2716-2718, right? Do you use one computer for both server and client as well?
*EDIT*
After turning off my rooters firewall completely i finally could join. So indeed it is a port forwarding problem. F**k me :oops:! But what ports does it need additionally? I dont want to turn off my firewall all the time. Ports 1716-1718 and 2716-2718 are forwarded.
Whats your router(or u rly meant rooter, I'm not good with English lol) model?
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It's called 'Speedport W 700V'.
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hi blacksmith
it looks like a internal communication problem. you said that other people can join your server when they come from WAN.
your router probably has the problem, that he throw away internal requests to your wan ip. from wan to wan ip he forward the requests.
the w700 has a function named "standardserver" or "dmz standardserver" i dont know. you can test with the adress of your aa server. with this function your router forward all packages where he doesn't know what to do with them to your "standardserver". it's not really a safety solution, but bether than turn off the firewall..
i read that this function is not in all firmware versions of your router. have a look in your config if you find this option...
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ok, i did read your routers manual now.
1. for the pc you are running the aa2 server - swich off the dhcp konfig and set the ip manualy, do not
use dhcp.
2. go "Netzwerk/NAT/Port Weiterleitung/Regel Definition" - (Network/NAT/Port forwarding/Rules Def..)
make new rule/entry like this "aa2-1726" and set the port UDP 2716-2718 (with that -). then activate
this rule for the pc the aa2 server is running.
3. go "Netzwerk/NAT/Port-?ffnung" - (Network/NAT/Port)
make a new rule/entry for trigger port 2716 UDP to UDP 2716. do this for 2717 and 2718 also.
this should work. gool luck.
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Hey dudes. It's been a long time since last post. But im still alive :D.
First of all i would like to thank [SWISS]Merlin and everyone else who tried to help me, for the great support. You rule!!! :up: :style: :up:
The router problem is obsolete since i have a new one, but now a new problem is showing up: as soon as i join my server i get a 25assist pb prior kick/ban for 5 min. Other players have the same problem. Also i actually don't get kicked. It only shows me the message in the console over and over again and produces horrible lags. Other players get kicked immediately. Assist server manager is up to date. I could'nt find a thread here that really tells me what the problem could be. I'm guessing its a pb problem.
The sv_cheat.log file says:
VIOLATION (GAMEHACK) #80023: H.Blacksmith (slot #1) Game File Mismatch: AGP_Gameplay.u [d4a60185b4a4e4e1a567f08c3ca0fc9d(-) 84.191.23.129:61412]
and
VIOLATION (GAMEHACK) #80023: H.Blacksmith (slot #1) Game File Mismatch: AGP_Interface.u [d4a60185b4a4e4e1a567f08c3ca0fc9d(-) 84.191.23.129:61412].
In the sv_viol.log file i found this:
VIOLATION (MD5TOOL) #9002: H.Blacksmith (slot #1) MD5Tool Mismatch: System\pc.dat (len=34) [?(-) 84.191.23.129:63468]
but i can't find a so called 'File Mismatch' - whatever this means. I did copy/paste these files from 25assist\sytem folder into the server0\sytem folder but nothing's changed.
Any further ideas?
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What are the locations of:
25Assist.exe
AssistServerManager.exe
For instance, here is where I have mine.
D:\Data\0. Assist\TestClient\25Assist.exe
D:\Data\0. Assist\TestServers\AssistServerManager.exe
The reason I ask is that I suspect that your files are mixed together, sharing location.
Another possibility, since you say you copied files from client to server folder, is that your firewall/router is not allowing all the traffic trough. All the files of the server should automatically be downloaded.
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Hey ELiZ, thx for answering.
Nope, my files are separated:
D:\Program Files\America's Army\25Assist\25Assist.exe
D:\Program Files\AssistServerManager\AssistServerManager.exe
The files i copied from client to server were downloaded already. I just replaced the original files for testing.
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Hey, i dont want to set your teeth on edge, guys, but i tried alot of things today to solve this problem without any success. :? :mad:
Does nobody has a clue what the solution could be?
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Ok, found it by myself. Actually it was a PB problem. After renaming the PB folder in
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\PunkBuster\AAO\
and restarting the server, a new PB folder was downloaded. That did the trick. :up: I already checked the folder before this and could'nt find something suspicious, but apparently one or several files in this folder were corrupted. A reinstall of PunkBuster would have done the same i guess but it was easier this way.
Anyway, thanks for having taken on the challenge of solving my problem. This forum is great and i'm glad to know that you guys will be there whenever i'm im trouble. I'm sure i'll need your help again soon.
See you on my server, dudes. :cool: :style: :cool:
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Glad you got it to work! :)