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Qndre - Fri Apr 09, 2004 12:34 pm
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New 11j billing server release doesn't work. Subgame2 tries to connect to it, doesn't work. After I recognized I turned off billing encryption but that didn't change anything!

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Fri Apr 09 18:34:44: Attempting to establish link to billing server...
Fri Apr 09 18:34:45: Billing server connected.
Fri Apr 09 18:34:46: Connection to billing server broken
Fri Apr 09 18:34:54: SubSpace Game Server v1.34.13
Template.sss read, 348 entries found
0 both advertisements found
0 shareware advertisements found
0 registered advertisements found
Fri Apr 09 18:34:57: Attempting to establish link to billing server...
Fri Apr 09 18:34:58: Billing server connected.
Fri Apr 09 18:34:58: Connection to billing server broken
Fri Apr 09 18:35:06: SubSpace Game Server v1.34.13

PS: All ini-related things like IPs, ports, passwords, etc. are entered correctly!

Gravitron - Fri Apr 09, 2004 1:35 pm
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Most likely a port problem.
Blocked, already used, and so forth.
Does it say anything on the biller screen?

CypherJF - Fri Apr 09, 2004 2:02 pm
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LOL i've used 11j foreveeer with no problems.. even modified my own version of it; and... it still works lol

Qndre - Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:03 am
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Gravitron wrote:

Most likely a port problem.
Blocked, already used, and so forth.
Does it say anything on the biller screen?

Yes. Biller gives these messages:

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Billing server version 1.11j starting
Reading SUBBILL.INI... Elapsed time: 0ms
Reading Squad.dat (0 entries) Elapsed time: 0ms
Reading User.dat (0 entries) Elapsed time: 0ms
Reading Score.dat (0 entries) Elapsed time: 0ms
Total time: 0ms

Connection request from 127.0.0.1:3090
Invalid login from 127.0.0.1

Already checked ports and passwords - nothing seems to be wrong. Maybe a little mistake. Maybe some of the INI parameter names changed because I cloned some parameters (which were already there in the old version) from my old INI file. I'll check that! BRB!

Qndre - Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:19 am
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Checked the INI again - no typing mistake! *strange*

Cyan~Fire - Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:27 am
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GroupId=1, correct?

Qndre - Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:54 am
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subbill.ini wrote:

[Misc]
AllowNewUsers=1
LowPriority=1
SysopPassword=************************************
BillingPassword=********************************************
MaxQueueForLogin=1
KickOutDelay=60000
Port=185

[Comms]
AskNewUsers=0
EncryptMode=0
DisableHelp=0
PeriodicSave=300000
PacketLossLimit=30000

server.ini wrote:

[..]
[Billing]
LogMessages=0
IP=127.0.0.1
Password=********************************************
//What is the billing pw in the subbill.ini
ServerName=Open Power Games III
//Zone name
Port=185
ServerId=4483
//Make the same as in [Misc] Port=
GroupId=1
ScoreId=0
//Make the same as in [Misc] Port=
ReconnectTime=12000
AttemptTime=6400
[..]

Qndre - Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:32 am
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Hehe! Name of INI file was wrong. Changed it to 'ssbilling2.ini'! Now I get a different error message:

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Sat Apr 10 17:27:56: Attempting to establish link to billing server...
Sat Apr 10 17:28:16: Attempting to establish link to billing server...
Sat Apr 10 17:28:36: Attempting to establish link to billing server...
Sat Apr 10 17:28:56: Attempting to establish link to billing server...
Sat Apr 10 17:29:00: ERROR: Could not connect to billing server.
Sat Apr 10 17:29:00: Starting server in stand-alone mode.

Ports, etc. are still correct! Billing server doesn't log anything.
_
Another question: How can I read *.scr (Score) files?

CypherJF - Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:29 pm
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hm that's the wrong filename for the biller i think :/

w/ 11j or w/e it is, there is a INI password to allow zones to initially get onto the biller, afterwhich you can create a group ID for it, with it's own password in which they the zone owner will switch in their server.ini, so you can be more administrative over it.. good luck

Cyan~Fire - Sat Apr 10, 2004 3:29 pm
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No, the INI should be called subbill.ini.

I think your problem is with a ScoreId of 0.

Qndre - Sat Apr 10, 2004 3:58 pm
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Cyan~Fire wrote:

No, the INI should be called subbill.ini.

The INI is called like the EXE I guess because if I use the original "subbill.exe" (the original VIE subbill) and rename the exe to "myfile.exe" or something like that, I have to rename the INI to "myfile.ini" too.

Gravitron - Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:47 pm
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Somehow I doubt that just because you rename the .exe it looks for an .ini after the same name, it's probably hardcoded to look for subbill.ini config file.

Eitherway,

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Connection request from 127.0.0.1:3090
Invalid login from 127.0.0.1

Obviously the biller isn't getting what it's expecting to recieve, possibly a bad setting or a bad packet/wrong protocol.

CypherJF - Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:51 pm
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I think you don't have the right biller password for it to connect to the biller.

Cyan~Fire - Sun Apr 11, 2004 10:08 am
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Or a ScoreId of 0...

And believe me, it is subbill.ini. Have you ever noticed how it says "Reading subbill.ini..." on the Command screen?

ExplodyThingy - Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:52 pm
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Its all fine. Its a problem of gettting them to talk to eachother. His ports arent open or some crap like that. The CFGs are golden, near as I an tell.

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What do you mean? Make sure it can at least read that value, sticking some thing there doesnt make it exist.

Gravitron - Sun Apr 11, 2004 6:21 pm
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Clean the passwords out, zip your subgame, template, subbill, server.ini, sub.ini and dlls all together, post it here.
One of us will make it work and post it back for you.
And then if it still doesn't work for you, then it's probably like xplody said about the ports (remember, they armor for use TWO of them, one you specify and the subsequent).