TC Admin problem - server wot load beta patch

[Jastreb 69]

I have a server on probe until end of this year and it runs over TC Admin. All fine there, but when it comes to running beta patch it fails.

Its showing loaded mods in server browser as it runs beta but the arma2oaserver.rpt is telling a different story

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== D:\UserFiles\Vladan\GameServers\TC20147028866716826772368\Arma2OaServer.exe

== "D:\UserFiles\Vladan\GameServers\TC20147028866716826772368\Arma2OaServer.exe" -Server -config=Server.cfg -maxMem=2047 -cpuCount=4 -exThreads=7 -mod=expansion\beta;expansion\beta\expansion;@cba;@cba_a2;@cba_oa;@ace;@acex;@acex_ru;@acex_usnavy;@jayarma2lib_new;@acre;@server;@asr_ai;@glt_f16;@fallujah;@podagorsk;@thirsk; -cfg=Basic.cfg -port=2302 -ip=217.24.29.4 -profiles=D:\UserFiles\Vladan\GameServers\TC20147028866716826772368\ -download -logFile=Server.log -nosplash

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Exe timestamp: 2012/07/24 19:29:57

Current time: 2012/11/22 14:46:38

Version 1.62.95251

Now I see what might be wrong there so it possibly might be -Server and maybe -download parameter which are not to be used since server exe is present.

Im not sure what to do, neither do is provider. Please dont tell me to change provider, Im not paying this at the moment and all this is at test stage, and if it runs okay, I get the server for fair price, and provider gets working configs.

So will the server launch beta if I just pass the parameter

arma2oa.server.exe -mod=expansion\beta;expansion\beta\expansion;

or

arma2oaserver.exe -beta=expansion\beta;expansion\beta\expansion;

or must we use as working directory

D:\UserFiles\Vladan\GameServers\TC20147028866716826772368\expansion\beta

I think it should start beta regardless of working directory, but Im not sure, cause right now it doesnt

Exe timestamp: 2012/07/24 19:29:57

Current time: 2012/11/22 14:46:38

Version 1.62.95251

Any help appreciated.

@Mods: Please change in title "...server wot load..." to "...server wont load..."

Edited November 22, 2012 by _MaSSive

[maddogx 13]

You need to be running the arma2oaserver.exe from the expansion\beta directory, but the working dir must be game's root directory. It will not start the beta using any other working dir.

Also, there mustn't be a trailing semicolon in the -beta parameter or the -mod parameter. It needs to look like this:

arma2oaserver.exe -beta=expansion\beta;expansion\beta\expansion -mod=huge;fucking;list;of;mods

etc.

You also don't need to provide the -server parameter when running the dedicated server executable. And what exactly does the -download parameter do? It seems to be undocumented.

[Jastreb 69]

Well thanks for reply for a start, and next thing, Im not really new-new at this just so you know. But possibly am when it comes to TC admin controlled servers.

If I understand you right in order to launch beta I need to use executable from expansion\beta but I must not change the working directory or it must stay as it is on "TC20147028866716826772368"..

Ok I assumed that might be the case but which parameter then should be changed? I dont have access to TC admin - admin panel ( read dont have full control ) only thing I can change is server parameters as per user level in TC admin, but the person that manages it is as new to this as I am, so were kinda learning together.

Trailing semicolon? You mean ";" at the end of the line? No hurt from it if you have space behind it afaik.

Yup -server and -download params should not be there, I dont know who the hell advised him to setup things like that. I told him to remove that already...

[Freeborne 10]

Your provider needs to make the executable the "arma2oaserver.exe" from the Beta folder.

e.g:

D:\UserFiles\Vladan\GameServers\TC20147028866716826772368\Expansion\Beta\arma2oaserver.exe

He also needs to make sure the working directory is set to:

$[service.UserDirectory]

which should translate for you to:

D:\UserFiles\Vladan\GameServers\TC20147028866716826772368\

In other words, your working directory (as MadDogX said) must remain your ARMA2 root folder.

Then you just modify the start-up parameters:

-beta=expansion\beta;expansion\beta\expansion -name=Server -config=Server.cfg -maxMem=2047 -cpuCount=2 -exThreads=1 -mod=@cba;@ cba_a2;@cba_oa;@ace;@acex;@acex_ru;@acex_usnavy;@j ayarma2lib_new;@acre;@server;@asr_ai;@glt_f16;@fal lujah;@podagorsk;@thirsk; -cfg=Basic.cfg -profiles=D:\UserFiles\Vladan\GameServers\TC2014702 8866716826772368\ -logFile=Server.log -nosplash -ip=217.24.29.4 -port=2302

You should also use "-name=SERVERNAME" as well. In your Profiles folder you would have "Users\SERVERNAME" and in that, would be your difficulty settings file, called "SERVERNAME.ArmA2OAProfile"