Hosting a dedicated server

[xanos 0]

What have I done wrong when I host a dedicated server from pc with a connection to internet without a router and it doesn't show up in the server list. My firewall program and virus protection allows all ports and everything and the server doesn't show up in the list! If I connect with ip (remote) I can join to server and everything works just fine but nobody comes to play with me because they can't see the server in the list!

BTW: Server is at "online" just now, its name is [FD] Freedom Defenders

Im getting fed up

[j w 0]

Are you personally hosting the game (on the computer you also play on), or do you use another computer to be the server?

If you're personally hosting the game, people must connect by LAN, setting an IP adress (to your server), wich they will connect on.

If you're using another computer, have you configed the server correctly to show up in the serverlist?

[xanos 0]

Im using another computer for hosting (Win XP)

What do you mean by:

Quote[/b] ]have you configed the server correctly to show up in the serverlist?

You mean server.cfg?

EDIT: Here it is:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"> passwordAdmin = "---"; // password to protect admin access

hostname="[FD] Freedom Defenders";

motd[]=

{

"Welcome [FD] Server",

"Rules:",

"Dont tk = Kick or Ban",

"Dont cheat = Ban",

}; // Welcome message

motdInterval=5;

voteThreshold=0.33; // when one third agrees, this is enough to confirm a vote

reportingIP=""; // private server - no reporting

voteMissionPlayers=3; // start voting when 3 players connect

checkfiles[]={"HWTL\dta\data3d.pbo","dta\data3d.pbo"}; //list of files to check for identity

kickduplicate=1; // do not allow duplicate id

equalModRequired=1; // require equal mod

[j w 0]

Yes.

It could be that you didn't fill the .cfg-file out correctly, wich makes the server not displaying in the serverlist.

You should be able to find an example server.cfg-file in this subforum, make a search for "How to set up a server", and you should find it.

EDIT: An excellent guide can be found here.

[xanos 0]

Ok I edited my last post.

[j w 0]

In the reporting IP, it should look like this:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">reportingIP="master.gamespy.com"; in order to get the server displayed in the serverlist.

[xanos 0]

After i added that line to my server.cfg it gives an error like this http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/4774/myerror1qs.png

WHATS WRONG

[j w 0]

I'm not a super-pro at setting up servers, so check out the link for the guide I wrote in my previous post, and see if you can solve it from there.

[xanos 0]

Thx anyway

[xanos 0]

YES thats it! It gave error because the line was there twice:

reportingIP="master.gamespy.com";

reportingIP=""; // private server - no reporting

But now it works!!!! MAY THE FORCE BE WITH U ALLWAYS!! OFP ROCKS AND WORKS FOEVOR! UNTIL WE DIE!! BUT OPF NEVER DIE!! THX FOR HELEPERSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

AND come to my friend server to play!! K?

[j w 0]

<s>Be there in a sec</s>

Trying to connect, gets me the message:

Quote[/b] ]Bad server, rejection connected

Crap.

[xanos 0]

Why i can get then my friend server? Do u have 1.96 goty edition?

[j w 0]

Works now.

Wanna play?

[sicilian 0]

...

motd[]=

{

"Welcome [FD] Server",

"Rules:",

"Dont tk = Kick or Ban",

"Dont cheat = Ban",

};...

a bit OT:

Do you really mean what you typed???

If I do NOT cheat I got banned...

If I do NO team kill I got kicked and banned...

You shouldn't use a negation if you use a "="!