DoA Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 prolly another post with my problem but im not to good at finding stuff.. anyway.. almost everyday yes everday i get home from work and turn on my server monitor and my server is down. there are a whole bunch of weird commands on the screen such as: cmd 256: scores 2 0 0 3 0 229 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 999 0 0 and so on and they seem to be just random and all sorts of numbers but then im not to familar with the game code. anyway the imporant part is the last thing i see before i see my blinking console: broadcast: print "<player> Server command overflow\n" ClientDisconnect: <player number> ClientBegin: <same number as ^> setteam: 4 FREE SPECTATOR Segmentation fault i see that every day same weird, funcky commands and same reason for the server crash, different player overflowed each time. I'm running a linux server 1.03a config is --> server config server runs great when ever im home and playing on it.. but it never fails, every day some time in the afternoon it goes down. any help or info would be awesome. Thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightHawk420 Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 Remove the following from your config file... "seta fs_game debug" = useless, maybe even bad.. ?? not sure but no need for it. "seta sv_zone" = not familiar with that one.. but not important to server operation, kill it if you dont' know what it's for either. "seta sv_cheats 0" = no point in setting as it can never be set in a multiplayer server anyway. The correct way to cheat in multiplayer is by loading maps with the "devmap" command. Otherwise your config looked good. The error you describe is kind of bizare. What Operating system are you using to run the server? And is it possible you have some everday script running that either eats all the memory or something otherwise? My server too crashes itself every so often, but not segmentation faults just flat out quits... I dunno your problem definately isn't normal. You may want to look around for restart scripts for your respective OS. So that when it does go down your computer restarts it. I know that's what many linux admins with problem servers do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoA Posted July 2, 2002 Author Share Posted July 2, 2002 running slackware 7.0.. i will remove those commands and see if it helps some.. but other than my server running thats it, nothing else is running.. my linux box also acts as my network router, routes my internet connection to my other computers. but its never bothered the jk2 server before. and about that restart script i will look into them, thanks for the suggestion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightHawk420 Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 A fellow slacker! I run 8.1 myself. Probably also not the cause but it may help to upgrade your linux distro. But before you go that far, try redownloading the server package and reinstaling it. If that doesn't work, get on your windows box and uinstall JK2 and then reinstall it. After you reinstall, then copy the asset.pk3 files over using the "xcopy /v" command to make sure they copy perfectly. Then patch it to 1.03 if that's your preference, then using ftp preferably upload them to your server. You may have a funky pk3 file, where it does't error out until it hits that map or something, thus why I'm having you make sure your asset.pk3 files are prisitine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoA Posted July 2, 2002 Author Share Posted July 2, 2002 i recopied the files.. and edited my server config.. now all i have to do is sit back and wait to see if this solves the problem. could this problem have to do with the players doing something to it? purposly crashing my server with funky commands? like once when this happened i noticed that a player changed his name like a million times before the overflow and crash... just wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerfYoda Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 The Raven released ded server 1.03a patch fixed that exploit.. just to make sure set sv_cheats to 0 & sv_pure to 1 in your .cfg file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatrixCPA Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 The dreaded "server command overflow" has been a problem since the start of Q3. Basically, it's a byproduct of the client getting disconnected or lagged out. The only solution I've ever seen was a mod for Q3 that made it so that the server would be "quiet" during map changes to give the clients a chance to load the new map before getting flooded with updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaSyKiLL Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 This would happen to my server too. It seems to be only in duels because it never happens when I run ctf or ffa. I think what happens is a short burst of lag or whatever cause one player to get messed up. I noticed after trial and error the offending player gets "stuck" some how. Its hard to explain, but in spectator mode the persons screen just shakes uncontrollably. If you hold the attack button down it stops. The only way I found to get out of it was to disconnect, wait for your turn to come up, or wait for the server to crash. Every time it happened to me I would disconnect and check my server screen and the line you posted would be on there. Maybe there is no connection, but I thought I would post my.02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatrixCPA Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 I run a CTF server and it happens occasionally. I've run RtCW servers and it happens. It stopped happening with the Q3 servers after using that "quiet" mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoA Posted July 4, 2002 Author Share Posted July 4, 2002 well i dunno whats goin on now cause its happening even more so now.. if anyone knows of a good script that i could run that will restart my server when it crashes.. i would much be greatfull... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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