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Azercife - Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:59 pm
Post subject: I'm a first timer trying to setup a zone.

Like it says I am a first timerer trying to set up a new SS Zone called "Endurance". I followed the How To: For setting up the ini for my zone and everything should be working properly. The subbil is connected and subgame says billing server connected with no issues. The passwords are set correctly the each ini like it is stated on the How To: but when I am supposed to look for my zone on the list I cannot find it. I've waited a while with still no sign of the server on the Subspace zone list. Anybody have any solutions they'd like to offer?

Smong - Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:42 pm
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Since you are running the server on your own machine you need to add it manually to the list. When you go to add a new zone, instead of clicking download click add custom. Here use the same port you put in server.ini, the IP is 127.0.0.1 for the local machine.

To let other people download the zone from the list you need to make sure the Directory settings in server.ini are correct. The port there should be 4991 and the current dirserv IPs are sscentral.sscuservers.net and getsubspace.com.

Doc Flabby - Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:59 pm
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Smong wrote:

getsubspace.com.

its ssdir.playsubspace.com

don't rely on the other domain names redirecting to the directory server forever

L.C. - Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:00 pm
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NOTE: I'm posting a duplicate of one of my other replies only because this is a related thread.

Want to host a zone yourself? Check out my thread at http://forums.minegoboom.com/viewtopic.php?t=7175&highlight= to download and install the all-in-one Server Kit, preconfigured and ready to go on demand. As soon as it is installed, you can run either the Bot, Biller, Directory, or Zone without any problems. From there you can start playing around with its configurations.

So if you made a terrible mistake in your configurations and cannot get your server componant back up, you can open the installer file in WinRAR and extract the configuration files (usually in *.ini format) to restore the installation to default settings.

Azercife - Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:00 am
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Ok That helped. It's now on my list with 10-20 ping. When I try to connect to it though the Subgame2 DOS screen stats 'Client connection request from billing server ignored' and I just spend forever at the entering screen without ever actually entering the zone. What causes this?

Smong - Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:59 pm
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You need to change the Billing:IP in server.ini to localhost instead of 127.0.0.1.

Azercife - Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:38 pm
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The server for me is up and shows 10-20 ping. I can connect/alter/edit the files for it but when a friend tries to connect it shows up green for a moment then red and says he cannot connect. His internet is up and the server is up. What could this be?

Smong - Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:08 am
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Probably a router in your house is hiding your server. You need to "open the ports". Basically you need to login to your router (usually via a web browser), forward the server port (say 5000) and the next port (5001) to the LAN IP your server is running on. Also if your router gives you the option select the "UDP" protocol. Have a look at portforward.com for guides.