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Anonymous - Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:23 pm
Post subject: Why won't my zone appear in the list?

I got my zone up and running, it just won't appear in the SS directory. I've gotten others to join in to play in it, but it won't appear on the list of zones when you click download. What am I doing wrong?

Purge - Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:43 pm
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Do a search and you will find your answer there.

Bak - Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:55 pm
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perhaps it's already on your zone's list. It won't come up again if it's already on your list.

Anonymous - Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:32 am
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I took it off of my list, and then I clicked on Download, under the Zones tab in continuum, and didn't find it. Because I want other people to join it, but they won't see it when they click download.

Anonymous - Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:56 am
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So, what do I do?

Solo Ace - Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:10 am
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Post the content of your server.ini and subbill.ini.

Post the console outputs, read this if you don't know how:

To copy the text from a console:
Right-click on the console -> select -> [select the text you want to copy by dragging the cursor over the console while having the left mouse button down] -> hit the Enter key on your keyboard; after doing this the selected text is on your clipboard and can be used for pasting.

I'll help you getting rid of any mistakes you've made in your ini files, there are a few things you could've done wrong which can cause your problem.

Anonymous - Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:03 am
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//You can delete anything with the // infront, they are their to help you get the basics... Mine GO BOOM http://www.shanky.com/server/
//This is currently, at time of download, 1.34.14 subgame

[Custom]
ArenaMode=4
//1=Any player can create an own a new subarena
//2=Only mods+ can own newly created subarenas
//3=Smods+ own new subarenas
//4=Sysops own new subarenas
//5=New subarenas won't make new files, will just use spawn.cfg instead. If a .cfg is already created for subarena, will use that instead

[Arena]
ArenaMaxPlayers=200
ArenaDesiredPlayers=100
ArenaMinimumPlayers=25
SpawnKeepScores=1
MaxArenas=2000
MaxArenasMemory=64000

[Comms]
MaxQueueToLogin=16
PacketHistoryMax=2000
IncomingBufferSize=131072
OutgoingBufferSize=131072
EncryptMode=1
UnreliableBufferSize=128
TransportBufferSize=160
FlushTime=10
BandwithIdleTime=21600
SelectTime=10

[Misc]
DisableShareware=0
RegisterKickShareware=0
MaxSharewarePlayers=-1
MaxPlayers=200
MaxSharewareTime=90000000
DisableSharewareNames=0
DisableSharewareShips=0
DisableSharewareScores=0
MenuKickOutDelay=12000
NoAntiInSafe=0
//If 1, then if in a safty, SS will ignore that player's anti
LockFreqs=0
//If 1, then *lock doesn't allow freq change
PositionDataAccess=2
//if 0, sysops see player stats in spec. If 1, smods/sysops can. If 2, then mod/smods/sysops can
AlertCommand=cheater
//so ?cheater {text} will send to online mods
AllowPubScorereset=0
AllowPvtScorereset=0
//If 1, ?scorereset will reset player's score
TimerDropFlagTerritoryRadius=8
//If non-0, then all non-neutral droped flags X tiles away from ship. More info in FAQ at Server Help Site
ShipTypeSwitchResetPeriod=0
//If non-0, than if someone does X amount of shipchanges that is in the .cfg in this amount of time (in milliseconds), then kicks them off
CheckWeapons=1
//Leave this set to 1, so it detects more of different type of cheats.. will kick them out if in .cfg the [Security] SecurityKickoff is 1
CheckFastBombing=0
//More info on website
FastBombingThreshold=30
//More info on website
ForceObsceneCheck=0
//0 = normal, 1 = everyone has obscene checking on
NoFlagRewardLimit=0
//If set non-zero reward multiplier limit is removed in FlagRewardMode 1. Multiplier is (maximumAllowedPerTeam / numberOfTeamMembers), if NoFlagRewardLimit is set 0
multiplier is limited by 2.
LogPoints=0
PointUpdateDiff=500
JackpotBroadcastPoints=0
ServerLog=1
KeepAliveDelay=500
DefaultLevelFile=#spyderz.lvl
//Change to your map file name
Port=1521
//Make it something round, like 1000, 2000, etc. Change this if you are running more than one zone off same billing
AllowVIEClients=1
//If you wish to restrict your zone to continuum only, set to 0. If you want everyone to play, set to 1
StaffChat=
//Divide staff chat channels by commas. Only mods+ can join these local chats.
ForceContinuumOnly=0
//If set to 1, will only let continuum users enter zone
ServerIP=24.230.63.140
//Set to the server's IP #. This is used for *einfo's proxy detection
AllowPrerelease=1
//Set to 1, people with newer continuum can enter. Set to 0, only current client will be allowed in

[CPU]
LoopDelay=0
ProcessMaxTime=4
SleepPerIteration=0
SlowIterationWarningLevel=100
SleepTime=0

[Permission]
AllowBadMachineId=1
AllowLowBandwidth=1
MinimumSecondsToLogin=0
PermissionMaxPoints=0
PermissionMode=0
AutoPermissionPoints=0
AutoPermissionIDList=0
AutoPermissionMessage=Congratulations

[Password]
SysopPassword=xxxx
EnergyPassword=xxxx
ModeratorPassword=xxxx
SuperModeratorPassword=xxxx
VIPPassword=
//Change all to what you want

[Billing]
LogMessages=0
IP=192.168.1.101
Password=xxxx
//What is the billing pw in the subbill.ini
ServerName=BlueGalaxy
//Zone name
Port=185
ServerId=1521
//Make the same as in [Misc] Port=
GroupId=1
ScoreId=1521
//Make the same as in [Misc] Port=
ReconnectTime=12000
AttemptTime=6400

[Advertise]
SendMode=0
DisplayMode=0
Duration=6000

[Validation]
CheckMod=0
CheckSMod=0
CheckSysop=0
LogPubCommands=*
LogPvtCommands=*
DisablePubCommands=
DisablePvtCommands=
//Help at http://www.shanky.com/server/ in FAQ section for Subgame2

[Directory]
IP=sscentral.sscuservers.net sscentral.subspacehq.com sscentral.subspace.net
Description=Wonders Beyond
//What you want to have for the description of zone
NamePassword=xxxx
//Pick anything you want
Port=4991

[Misc]
AllowNewUsers=1
SysopPassword=xxxx
//Change to Billing Sysop Password, usless anyways..
BillingPassword=xxxx
//Change this to whatever you want, also match it with the server.ini [Billing] section too
MaxQueueForLogin=50
LowPriority=0
KickOutDelay=24000
Port=185

Solo Ace - Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:15 am
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Directory:IP's string in your server.ini is invalid, directory server names have to be seperated by a ',', so the correct value would be something like "sscentral.sscuservers.net,sscentral.subspacehq.com,sscentral.subspace.net".

That'd be

Quote:

[Directory]
IP=sscentral.sscuservers.net,sscentral.subspacehq.com,sscentral.subspace.net

in the file.

If that's not enough try setting

Quote:

[Billing]
IP=localhost

in server.ini (except if "192.168.1.101" is the IP address of another system on your LAN than the one running subgame).

Make sure subgame actually connects to subbill, I asked for the console output so I could check if it did correctly.

Can you actually enter the zone?
You probably couldn't enter the zone without having subgame connected to subbill.

wEaViL - Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:23 am
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chances are you are behind a firewall or router... try

FireFox13 wrote:

o wait, you still want to know what to do? Ok, then follow these steps:

Open continuum..........

click the "zones" button

then click the "Add custom..." button

then put in any name that you want, it doens't really matter....i usually, cleverly enough, call it "my zone"

for the zone ip put 127.0.0.1

and then put in whatever port you got it set on........

Solo Ace - Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:27 am
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How does that solve the problem of his zone not appearing in the zone list?
That's what he should do to be able to enter, probably, but it doesn't fix anyhing.

Anonymous - Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:29 am
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I did all of that, I opened the port, and yes, I can enter it, all my bots can, my friends can, but they have to do the Add custom button.

hmm

Solo Ace - Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:19 pm
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In server.ini, you put ServerIP=24.230.63.140, are you sure that is correct?

Check if your friends have matching directory servers they request zone entries from.
Make sure subgame can connect to the servers, make sure your firewall and/or router is/aren't blocking connect attempts to remote hosts on port 4991.

2dragons - Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:33 pm
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Open subgame's listening port + 1.

So if you're running on 1521 then open 1522.

(I just noticed I didn't read correctly, my suggestion is if your zone in the list appears red.)

Anonymous - Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:41 pm
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Ok, I just opened up port 4991-4992. And right now, I can't download anything from SS central. I click Zones, the Download, and its says that there isnt a connection. yet, I can play on the zones that i have already downloaded. What can I do to fix that, while we are at it. lol

Cyan~Fire - Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:48 pm
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Shadow-Assassion wrote:

Ok, I just opened up port 4991-4992.

Don't do that.

Are you sure you're not using a prefix that's already in use? (Like if you were using SSDT, you'd have to make sure you're using the password that I associated with that prefix.)

Anonymous - Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:34 pm
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Prefix? What do you mean?

Cyan~Fire - Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:00 pm
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The first "word" of your zone name. Like SSCC, SSCX, SSCU, SSDT, SSZ, etc.

wEaViL - Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:12 pm
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Solo Ace wrote:

How does that solve the problem of his zone not appearing in the zone list?
That's what he should do to be able to enter, probably, but it doesn't fix anyhing.

it was a way to make sure the server is running correctly.... that norrowed it down to the possibility of a firewall or router problem

Solo Ace - Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:08 pm
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Shadow-Assassin wrote:

I did all of that, I opened the port, and yes, I can enter it, all my bots can, my friends can, but they have to do the Add custom button.

hmm

Who were you referring to there, wEaViL or me, or both?

And, sure wEaViL, too bad it had nothing to do with the problem.

I'm not sure if it's possible, but maybe Subgame "thinks" your public map file is invalid because it has a # as first character in the filename?
Or maybe it is parsed as comment (which I doubt)?
What does it do if you change the name to something not starting with a #?

Solo Ace - Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:21 pm
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I think, if you keep having trouble, start with fresh and original files from http://shanky.com/server/, then only make necessary changes.
If nothing of what was suggested in this thread helps then I'd think it's a networking problem (you can't reach the hosts, connections to external hosts on port 4991 are being blocked by your router or ISP, whatever).
Or the directory servers you're sending your zone info to do not exist, just check every possibility.

wEaViL - Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:07 pm
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i just tryed to update my zone list.... could not connect to any of the servers that contain the list... perhaps that is the problem

Anonymous - Sun Jan 02, 2005 1:03 pm
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Well, at least im not the only one who couldnt update their zone list. I even opend the 4991 port. but I couldn't check to see if that did it.

Purge - Sun Jan 02, 2005 1:12 pm
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Yes, I'm also having a problem updating my zone list and downloading zones.

Solo Ace - Sun Jan 02, 2005 4:28 pm
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You shouldn't open port 4991 for incoming connections, that'd be useless.

Well, then the directory servers are your problem, try checking which are up by pinging them or something.
Make sure you have a few working ones, and make sure your friends have some matching servers.

wEaViL - Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:48 pm
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you might be able to run your own dir server... try it, you can download catid's dir server from his site