Dedicated Server keeps crashing

[Cacker 0]

I've set up on a separate PC as a dedicated Arma 2 server. Installed, patched to 1.02 and then downloaded the dedicated Arma 2 binary.

Around 3-4 of us are playing 05 : Superpower (aka Warfare in Arma I) and the server has so far crashed during every game after around 1.5 - 2.5 hrs. It's a plain ole AppCrash (we've played around 8? games, every single one of them ended up crashing).

We then tried crcti 0.4 mod, I downloaded those pbos into the MPMISSIONS directory. We started playing. After around 5 minutes of building the first few buildings .. it crashes again.

Is 05 : Superpowers buggy ? or ?

I've tried it on two separate servers, one was underpowered slightly, but i moved it to a dual core 1.86 ghz, 2 GB RAM machine, and i was monitoring it and it never went above 80% cpu, using both cores, with a 1gb spare ram. So it wasn't even stressed.

#monitor ingame was reporting around 47fps.

Anyone else had crash issues with the dedi server ?

It's on a home network, virgin media 20 mbps / 600 kbps connection. network utilisation though, is low too and in game everyone's connection is fine. However there are the odd instances of people 'losing' connection, but they are usually able to reconnect thanks to JIP and after syncing up are able to carry on.

Edited June 25, 2009 by Cacker

[HOPEnSPIRIT 10]

-maxmem=640 in your startup

The recommended minimum game server spec is 512, if your server has more then change accordingly.

I use 640 because my box only has 1024 (1GB), I always keep spare so it can cache it.

[Cacker 0]

Okay, I tried the -maxmem 640 on both servers, same thing happens.

Still haven't had a Warfare game complete, every game has ended with the server crashing.

The longest it survived was a test run, whereby i connected to the Server, started the Warfare game, let AI take commander and then left. I periodically re-connected to check everything was okay.

It ran for six hours. I got some friends to connect. They started playing for 30 mins or so, then bang, crashed ><

Well at least BI are getting alot of Error Reports via microsoft :(

Don't know what else to try to be honest.

Have noticed that we get disconnections now and again, the old 'xxx is losing connection'. I happened to have a repeating ping to google running and the latency was spiking when a player was trying to rejoin, i promptly then got the 'losing connection' .. i was disconnecting ... then it crashed. might have been coincidental.

There doesn't seem to be a pattern in the crashes :mad:

[Squigibo 10]

Okay, I tried the -maxmem 640 on both servers, same thing happens.

Still haven't had a Warfare game complete, every game has ended with the server crashing.

The longest it survived was a test run, whereby i connected to the Server, started the Warfare game, let AI take commander and then left. I periodically re-connected to check everything was okay.

It ran for six hours. I got some friends to connect. They started playing for 30 mins or so, then bang, crashed ><

Well at least BI are getting alot of Error Reports via microsoft :(

Don't know what else to try to be honest.

Have noticed that we get disconnections now and again, the old 'xxx is losing connection'. I happened to have a repeating ping to google running and the latency was spiking when a player was trying to rejoin, i promptly then got the 'losing connection' .. i was disconnecting ... then it crashed. might have been coincidental.

There doesn't seem to be a pattern in the crashes :mad:

This may sound silly, but you don't have anything running like an antivirus trying to update, or msn/yahoo.... in the background.

[Cacker 0]

I thought of that, after all, I am trying to run it on desktop machines (XP), but ArmA dedicated server never crashed when running Warfare.

Anyway, I had tried this once, I stopped all non-essential services and programs, so the sys tray basically had the time and the speaker icon :)

Made no difference, it still crashed after a couple of hours.

[[kh]jman 49]

Try running the ArmA2.exe in dedicated server mode by launching ArmA2.exe with the -server switch and see if you get better stability. You could also add the -netlog switch if you like.

[whisper 0]

Mine also frequently crashes, I'm still investigating.

It's very random though, can happen 2 hours after launch, or it can last for days without issues.

Xeon Quad 2GHz, 4G RAM, Win 2008 Server.

From what I've seen it happens on many missions

[woppa 0]

try looking in the RPT file see if there's any faults showing there related to missions and also your net.log file

[whisper 0]

And here we go again, server crashed 7PM

RPT says this:

=======================================================
-------------------------------------------------------
Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0070B15D
graphics:  No
resolution:  160x120x32
Addons:
 CAAir2_C130J in ca\air2\c130j\, CAAir2_UH1Y in ca\air2\uh1y\
 CA_Animals2_Cow in ca\animals2\cow\, CABuildings2 in ca\buildings2\
 CAStructures_IndPipe1_todo_delete in ca\buildings2\ind_pipeline\indpipe1\
 Ind_SiloVelke in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_silovelke\
 Chernarus in ca\chernarus\, CA_Dubbing in ca\dubbing\
 CA_Modules_DynO in ca\modules\dyno\, CASounds_Missions in ca\soundmissions\
 CAStructuresHouse_A_Office02 in ca\structures\house\a_office02\
 CAStructures_Proxy_BuildingParts in ca\structures\proxy_buildingparts\
 CAStructuresHouse_Church_02 in ca\structures\house\church_02\
 CAWeapons_2b14_82mm_Mortar in ca\weapons\podnos_2b14_82mm\
 CAWheeled2_HMMWV_BASE in ca\wheeled2\hmmwv\, CA_AIR2_Su25 in ca\air2\su25\
 CABuildingParts in ca\buildings2\buildingparts\
 CA_Missions_SecOps in ca\missions\som\
 CA_Missions_FirstAidSystem in ca\modules\fa\, CA_Modules_ZoRA in ca\modules\zora\
 pond_test in ca\structures\pond\
 CAStructuresLand_Nav_Boathouse in ca\structures\nav_boathouse\
 CAStructuresHouse_Church_03 in ca\structures\house\church_03\
 CAStructuresHouse_Church_05R in ca\structures\house\church_05r\
 CAWater2_LHD in ca\water2\lhd\, CAWheeled2_GAZ39371 in ca\wheeled2\gaz39371\
 CAWheeled2_Ikarus in ca\wheeled2\ikarus\
 CAHouseBlock_A in ca\buildings2\houseblocks\houseblock_a\
 Ind_Pec in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_pec\
 CA_Missions_BattlefieldClearance in ca\modules\bc\
 CA_Missions_GarbageCollector in ca\modules\garbage_collector\
 CA_Modules_Marta in ca\modules\marta\
 CAStructuresHouse_A_FuelStation in ca\structures\house\a_fuelstation\
 CAStructures_Rail in ca\structures\rail\
 CAStructuresHouse_A_Hospital in ca\structures\house\a_hospital\
 CAWeapons_AmmoBoxes in ca\weapons\ammoboxes\
 CAWeapons2_HuntingRifle in ca\weapons2\huntingrifle\
 CAWheeled_Pickup in ca\wheeled\datsun_armed\
 CAWheeled2_M998A2_Avenger in ca\wheeled2\hmmwv\m998a2_avenger\
 CAWheeled2_MTVR in ca\wheeled2\mtvr\
 CA_Animals2_Dogs_Pastor in ca\animals2\dogs\pastor\
 CAHouseBlock_B in ca\buildings2\houseblocks\houseblock_b\
 Farm_WTower in ca\buildings2\farm_wtower\, CARoads2Dam in ca\roads2\dam\
 CASounds in ca\sounds\, CAStructures_Proxy_Ruins in ca\structures\proxy_ruins\
 CAStructures_Mil in ca\structures\mil\
 CAStructuresHouse_HouseV2 in ca\structures\house\housev2\
 CAStructuresHouse_Shed_Ind in ca\structures\shed_ind\
 Ind_SawMill in ca\structures\ind_sawmill\
 CAStructuresLand_Ind_Stack_Big in ca\structures\ind\
 CATracked2_T90 in ca\tracked2\t90\, CAWeapons_SPG9 in ca\weapons\spg9\
 CAWeapons_VSS_vintorez in ca\weapons\vss_vintorez\
 CAWeapons_ZU23 in ca\weapons\zu23\
 CAWeapons_Metis_AT_13 in ca\weapons\metis_at_13\
 CAWeapons_bizon in ca\weapons\bizon\
 CAWeapons_Warfare_weapons in ca\weapons\static\
 CAWheeled2_LADA in ca\wheeled2\lada\, CAWheeled2_BTR90 in ca\wheeled2\btr90\
 CA_Animals2_Rabbit in ca\animals2\rabbit\
 CA_Animals2_Anim_Config in ca\animals2\animconfig\
 Rail_House_01 in ca\buildings2\rail_house_01\
 CAHouseBlock_C in ca\buildings2\houseblocks\houseblock_c\
 Ind_Workshop01 in ca\buildings2\ind_workshop01\, CACharacters2 in ca\characters2\
 CA_Modules_Coin in ca\modules\coin\, CARoads2Bridge in ca\roads2\bridge\
 CASigns2 in ca\signs2\, CAStructures_A_BuildingWIP in ca\structures\a_buildingwip\
 CAStructuresLand_A_MunicipalOffice in ca\structures\a_municipaloffice\
 CAStructures_Castle in ca\structures\castle\
 CATracked2_2S6M_Tunguska in ca\tracked2\2s6m_tunguska\
 CATracked2_T34 in ca\tracked2\t34\, CAWater2_Fregata in ca\water2\fregata\
 CAWheeled in ca\wheeled\, Arma2_Ka52 in ca\air2\ka52\
 CAAir2_ChukarTarget in ca\air2\chukar\
 CAHouseBlock_D in ca\buildings2\houseblocks\houseblock_d\
 Barn_Metal in ca\buildings2\barn_metal\
 CA_Missions_Armory2 in ca\missions\armory\, CA_Missions in ca\missions\
 CAStructures_IndPipe1 in ca\structures\ind_pipeline\indpipe1\
 CAStructuresHouse_a_stationhouse in ca\structures\house\a_stationhouse\
 CAStructuresInd_Quarry in ca\structures\ind_quarry\
 CAweapons_m107 in ca\weapons\m107\, CAWeapons_M1014 in ca\weapons\m1014\
 CAWheeled2_LAV25 in ca\wheeled2\lav25\, CAWheeled2_Kamaz in ca\wheeled2\kamaz\
 CAWheeled3_TT650 in ca\wheeled3\tt650\, CAAir in ca\air\, HALO_Test in ca\air2\halo\
 CA_Anims in ca\anims\, Ind_Tank in ca\buildings2\ind_tank\
 Farm_Cowshed in ca\buildings2\farm_cowshed\
 Shed_wooden in ca\buildings2\shed_wooden\
 ind_silomale in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_silomale\
 Ind_Dopravnik in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_dopravnik\
 CA_Heads in ca\characters\heads\, CALanguage_missions in ca\languagemissions\
 BI_SRRS in ca\modules\srrs\, CA_Modules_UAV in ca\modules\uav\
 CA_Missions_AlternativeInjurySimulation in ca\modules\ais\
 CAStructuresHouse_rail_station_big in ca\structures\rail\rail_station_big\
 CAStructures in ca\structures\, CATracked2_BMP3 in ca\tracked2\bmp3\
 Warfare2 in ca\warfare2\, CAWater2_seafox in ca\water2\seafox\
 CAWheeled2_VWGolf in ca\wheeled2\vwgolf\, CAWheeled2_MMT in ca\wheeled2\mmt\
 CAAnimals in ca\animals\, CA_Animals2_Dogs_Fin in ca\animals2\dogs\fin\
 Misc_WaterStation in ca\buildings2\misc_waterstation\
 CATEC in ca\buildings2\buildingparts\signs\tec\
 A_GeneralStore_01 in ca\buildings2\a_generalstore_01\, CA_Editor in ca\editor\
 CA_Missions_Templates_SecOps in ca\missions\templates\secops.west\
 CA_Modules_Silvie in ca\modules\silvie\, CARocks2 in ca\rocks2\
 CAStructuresShed_Small in ca\structures\shed\shed_small\
 CAStructuresHouse_HouseBT in ca\structures\house\housebt\, CAUI in ca\ui\
 Utes in ca\utes\, CAWeapons in ca\weapons\, CAWeapons2 in ca\weapons2\
 CAAir2 in ca\air2\, CAAir3_Su34 in ca\air3\su34\
 CA_Anims_Wmn in ca\anims\characters\config\wmn\
 A_Crane_02 in ca\buildings2\a_crane_02\
 CABuildings2_Misc_Cargo in ca\buildings2\misc_cargo\
 CACharacters in ca\characters\
 CAStructuresHouse_HouseV in ca\structures\house\housev\, CAFonts in ca\uifonts\
 CAWheeled2_V3S in ca\wheeled2\v3s\, CAWheeled3_M1030 in ca\wheeled3\m1030\
 CAAir2_MV22 in ca\air2\mv22\, CAAir3 in ca\air3\
 CA_Animals2_Chicken in ca\animals2\birds\chicken\, CA_Animals2 in ca\animals2\
 CA_Anims_Sdr in ca\anims\characters\config\sdr\
 Misc_PowerStation in ca\buildings2\misc_powerstation\
 CABuildingParts_Signs in ca\buildings2\buildingparts\signs\
 IndPipe2 in ca\buildings2\ind_pipeline\indpipe2\
 Ind_Expedice in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_expedice\
 Ind_Vysypka in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_vysypka\, CAMisc in ca\misc\
 CA_Modules_clouds in ca\modules\clouds\, CA_Modules_Alice in ca\modules\alice\
 CA_Modules_Animals in ca\modules\animals\
 CAWheeled_Offroad in ca\wheeled\hilux_armed\, CAAir2_F35B in ca\air2\f35b\
 CAAir2_Pchela1T in ca\air2\pchela1t\, CA_Animals2_Sheep in ca\animals2\sheep\
 CA_Animals2_Dogs in ca\animals2\dogs\, Ind_Garage01 in ca\buildings2\ind_garage01\
 CAData in ca\, CA_Dubbing_Counterattack in ca\dubbing\counterattack\
 CALanguage in ca\language\, CA_Modules_ARTY in ca\modules\arty\
 CARoads2 in ca\roads2\, A_TVTower in ca\structures\a_tvtower\
 CAStructuresHouse in ca\structures\house\, CAWater in ca\water\
 CAWater2_Destroyer in ca\water2\destroyer\, CAWater2 in ca\water2\
 CAWeapons2_SMAW in ca\weapons2\smaw\
 CA_Animals2_WildBoar in ca\animals2\wildboar\
 CA_Anims_Char in ca\anims\characters\config\
 Shed_small in ca\buildings2\shed_small\
 CABuildings2_A_Pub in ca\buildings2\a_pub\, WarfareBuildings in ca\misc3\wf\
 CA_Modules_Functions in ca\modules\functions\
 CAStructuresBarn_W in ca\structures\barn_w\
 CAStructures_Wall in ca\structures\wall\
 CAStructures_Railway in ca\structures\rail\railway\, CATracked in ca\tracked\
 CAWeapons_Saiga12K in ca\weapons\saiga12k\
 CAWheeled2_HMMWV_Ambulance in ca\wheeled2\hmmwv\m997a2_ambulance\
 CAA10 in ca\a10\, CAAir2_MQ9PredatorB in ca\air2\mq9predatorb\
 A_statue in ca\buildings2\a_statue\
 Ind_Mlyn in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_mlyn\
 CAData_ParticleEffects in ca\data\particleeffects\, CAMisc2 in ca\misc2\
 CA_HighCommand in ca\modules\hc\, CA_Modules in ca\modules\
 CA_Missions_AmbientCombat in ca\modules\ambient_combat\
 CAStructures_Nav_pier in ca\structures\nav_pier\
 CAStructures_Ruins in ca\structures\ruins\
 CATracked2_us_m270mlrs in ca\tracked2\us_m270mlrs\, CATracked2 in ca\tracked2\
 CAweapons_ksvk in ca\weapons\ksvk\, CAWeapons2_RPG18 in ca\weapons2\rpg18\
 CAWheeled2 in ca\wheeled2\
 CAWheeled2_M1114_Armored in ca\wheeled2\hmmwv\m1114_armored\
 CAWheeled2_TowingTractor in ca\wheeled2\towingtractor\
 GlobalServerConfig in nograss\, Church_01 in ca\buildings2\church_01\
 HouseRuins in ca\buildings2\houseruins\, Ind_Shed_01 in ca\buildings2\ind_shed_01\
 Ind_MalyKomin in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_malykomin\
 CAMisc3 in ca\misc3\, CA_HC_Sounds in ca\missions\data\sounds\, CAMusic in ca\music\
 CAStructures_Misc_Powerlines in ca\structures\misc_powerlines\
 CAStructures_Nav in ca\structures\nav\
 CAWater2_fishing_boat in ca\water2\fishing_boat\
 CAWeapons_M252_81mm_Mortar in ca\weapons\m252_81mm_mortar\
 CAWeapons_Kord in ca\weapons\kord\, CAWeapons_Colt1911 in ca\weapons\colt1911\
 CAWheeled3 in ca\wheeled3\, CA_CruiseMissile in ca\air2\cruisemissile\
 CA_Animals2_Goat in ca\animals2\goat\, CABuildings in ca\buildings\
 Ind_Shed_02 in ca\buildings2\ind_shed_02\
 CA_Modules_StratLayer in ca\modules\strat_layer\
 CAStructures_A_CraneCon in ca\structures\a_cranecon\
 CAStructuresHouse_A_Office01 in ca\structures\house\a_office01\
 CATracked2_AAV in ca\tracked2\aav\, CAWater2_smallboat_1 in ca\water2\small_boat\
 CAWeapons_DMR in ca\weapons\dmr\, CAWeapons_AK in ca\weapons\ak\
Mods: CA;en;noGrass
Distribution: 0
Version 1.02.58055
Fault address:  0070B15D 01:0030A15D D:\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\ArmA2Server.exe
file:     crcti_WARFARE_06 (__cur_mp)
world:    Chernarus
Prev. code bytes: 8B 04 08 8B 78 04 85 FF 74 65 8B 47 24 8B 40 04
Fault code bytes: 8B 40 70 D9 80 B0 05 00 00 51 D9 5D F4 D9 45 F4

Registers:
EAX:00000000 EBX:06120C00
ECX:00000050 EDX:2FF1C010
ESI:19CDE018 EDI:052E2800
CS:EIP:001B:0070B15D
SS:ESP:0023:014FEEB4  EBP:014FEECC
DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003B  GS:0000
Flags:00010206
=======================================================
note: Minidump has been generated into the file MyServer\ArmA2Server.mdmp

It's during all missions filled with these kind of messages

Error: sample ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\en\numbers\zero.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\en\numbers\seven2.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\en\numbers\eight2.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\en\numbers\three2.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\sounds\vehicles\wheeled\hmmwv\ext\engine_on1.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\sounds\vehicles\wheeled\hmmwv\ext\engine_on1.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\sounds\vehicles\wheeled\hmmwv\ext\engine_on1.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\en\stayinformatione.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\sounds\vehicles\wheeled\hmmwv\ext\engine_on1.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\sounds\vehicles\wheeled\hmmwv\ext\engine_on1.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\sounds\vehicles\wheeled\hmmwv\ext\engine_on1.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\sounds\vehicles\wheeled\hmmwv\ext\engine_off2.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100
Error: sample ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\en\direction\north.wss with unsupported sample frequency: 44100

and these errors

Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 (0x52e2800) - network ID 2:68968
- no person
Unit O Bravo:4 (0xd325c00) - network ID 2:68970
- no person
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:3 has no vehicle
Unit O Bravo:4 has no vehicle

Gotta find a way to send minidumps too

---------- Post added at 09:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:49 PM ----------

Cacker, I suggest you post your RPT info + dumps here, as well as system specs :

http://dev-heaven.net/issues/show/2048

[[kh]jman 49]

Please try the ArmA2.exe with switch -server and report back.

[whisper 0]

Won't do as that means 1 less activation, just for testing something....

[[kh]jman 49]

I see it crashes on Warfare.

We have removed Warfare since it crashes our server too.