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Dedicated Server Help.

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Okay, so i've gone and set up a dedicated server, using the proper .cfg files and such. I can see it in the list of games, but it appears to be using the wrong ports.

I have specified the default port of 2302 to be used through the -port command line, yet it seems to use a random port each time. My last attempt had the server on port 50313.

And I'm assuming this is why when I try to connect to it through my other computer I get stuck at the 'Waiting for Host' screen every time.

So what is happening here? Why wont it use the proper ports that I'm telling it to use?

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If you use a default port you dont need to specify it. When hosting a you allso need to open port 2302 -> 2305 in your router.

Include in server.cfg

reportingIP="arma2pc.master.gamespy.com";

You can allso have a look in the RPT files that the server creates for tips, might be you forgot somthing in your cfg files that the server "disagrees" with when starting up

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i've opened all the ports in my router. I've included that in the CFG. I just can't connect. I've done everything I am supposed to do. I've looked at just about every guide about this on the internet.

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The server should show up in your server browser with the gamespy line.

Jman made a pretty good guide for makeing a dedicated server

http://www.kellys-heroes.eu/files/tutorials/dedicated/

If you miss something like a " or a ; or { or } in the cfg files the server will get a hickup so check all possibilities or just simply copy the tutorial cfg from the guide and use it just to exlude any mistakes made.

If everything else is correct i would suspect the problem to be with the router.. pull the power to it and restart it first of all.

Hope you get it working or a more knowlegeable person comes along and has the answer :)

Edited by cri74

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that is actually the guide i used. I pretty much copied the cfgs from that. There are no errors in them. This is simply another issue.

I can see the server in the server list when I go upstairs and use my other computer. But when I connect to it, it just says waiting for host and doesn't do anything else. When I look at the port listed in the server browser of my Arma 2 launcher, the port is always in the 50000 range. Random each time I start the server.

My friend was able to connect to the server. I'm not sure what's going on here.

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Try switching your server port to a different port maybe.

Your friend was able to play a mission you staded in the "class missions" or he's just get the message connecting - >connected?

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The mission in the class missions loaded and he was kicked off because his mods didn't match. I can't even get that far. When I try to connect it doesn't even show up on the server console.

EDIT:

He is now able to connect and play the game. I am still unable to connect even while he is in the server. I do not even register as trying to connect in the server console.

HAR HAR. I just figured it out. I had to connect using this computer's NETWORK IP. I am an idiot. I didn't think of that until just now.

Thanks for trying to help me out.

Edited by Kovah85

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