My server likes to drop people: *FIXED!*

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

With this message:

Host_Error: UserMsg: Not Present on Client 255

People eventually get in after enough tries, but it always drops them with that message.

FIX: Appearantly there was a bug with the admins.txt file in MAR2008a. Removing my admins.txt fixed this.

 

[Thothie]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

Post your listlib.gam

 

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

game "Master Sword Continued 1.11"
url_info "http://www.msremake.com/"
url_dl "http://www.msremake.com/download.php"
developer "The MSC Team"
developer_url "http://www.msremake.com/forums"
version "1.11"
cldll "cl_dlls\client.dll"
size "327572768"
svonly "0"
cldll "1"
hlversion "1120"
type "multiplayer_only"
nomodels "1"
mpentity "ms_player_spawn"
gamedll "dlls\ms.dll"
startmap "edana"
icon "ms"

 

[Thothie]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

*sigh* As usual, no clue. Grr...

 

[Dudeman418]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

Heh, gave up joining your server after getting that message from 4 tries. I get that error message from joining hell's diner sometimes too.

 

[subenji99]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

Yeah, there's a problem with AMX mod and the latest version of MS:C, which causes this. But as thothie checked, Bong doesn't have Metamod installed (a requirement of AMX):

gamedll "dlls\ms.dll"

Although it's about time anyone with contact to the server owners of Hell's Diner, square's PVP server, replica's server, or any other server with this problem (except bong's ) tell them to remove AMX mod. Metamod is still supported.

Known issues
MAJOR
Host_Error: UserMsg: Not Present on Client 255
...
- Solution (hopefully temporary): Disable AMX

Yeeeah... I'm noticing that the bjorked servers are all running AMX, but the working servers are not.

Metamod *seems* to be okay so far. The [EL] clan server is using Pingbooster - which is something I am considering doing myself, as my server doesn't seem to be using the juice it should sometimes.

So if yer using AMX and Pingbooster, just comment the AMX line in your addons/metamod/plugins.ini

 

[Thothie]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

Theory running around in me wil brain...

Is this a listen server?

 

[Thraxis]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

Yeah, Monkey doesn't throw up ded's.

However, Hell's still has this problem iirc, so....

 

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

>_>




<_<

 

[Thothie]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

If it's a listen server, I kinda wonder if it's a client side effect running on your character that connecting clients don't recognize for some reason. See if they can connect if you start with a fresh character. I realize this doesn't do you much good, but if that is indeed the problem, I can look at your regular character and try to figure out which item might be causing the issue.

 

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

Alright... I can't think of any items that might be causing it, as this never happened before MAR2008a. I'll try this and relay to you what happens.

EDIT: Quick test with Thraxis proves that it's not an item. New character, and he got dropped.

 

[Thothie]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

Was worth a shot. :\ Try this on Char_Recover? (He says, attacking the dark with magic missiles again.)

 

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

New character on char_recover didn't work.

 

[Thothie]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

Thothie rolls another d4

...Do you have admins.txt in your root folder? If not, put it there, and stick an ID in it. If you do, delete it. If this changes behavior, either way, the good news is that this should be fixed next client side patch. If it doesn't help either way, then well, I'm not terribly surprised.

We were lacking some #ifdefs in our file read/write, so that's the only reason why I mention it.

There's so many bloody ways for the client and server to get out of sync in MSC. NOTE TO THE MS:S CREW: Don't mix and match your server and client code with #IFDEF's - as it can lead to weirdness like this.

 

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

If it helps, I installed the game from the 1.11 full installer when it first came out, not having the game prior, due to wiping my HDD.

 

[Thothie]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

If it helps, I installed the game from the 1.11 full installer when it first came out, not having the game prior, due to wiping my HDD.

Then you do have an admins.txt

Alright, try deleting it, see if folks can join then. (Again, shot in the dark here.)

 

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

WERKED!

I remember now. I edited that file once a while back before the march patch (which is when I started having this problem). It was to add Tull as an admin. I BLAME TULL FOR MY PROBLEMS!

Coincidentally, it was Tull who confirmed that this works, so all is forgiven. :3

 

[Thothie]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

Okaaay... *Hopefully* what that is, is the fact that due to a fubar on the hard code side, the thing is trying to read the admins.txt both on the client and server at the same time, and when they don't sync up, it goes *poof*. Next time we have a CLIENT patch, we should have that fixed (it'll only try to read files on the server) - however - I don't intend to do a client patch until the model consolidation is done (or next month happens - whichever comes first).

 

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

Re: My server likes to drop people:

So, next month, then?

 

[The Man In Black]

it was my falt i soz