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[Shadow-Assassin]

Hi. I downloaded Catid's biller version 11j and changed some settings in the .ini and tried running it, but apparently it didn't work.

I looked for the past hour and didn't find any topic on how to setup catid's biller, so I made this.

Can someone please tell me how to set it up? I'm getting quite frustrated with it.
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[CypherJF]

I don't think there is anything special you need to do w/ the config to make it run. It's pretty much "straight out of the box" as it were.
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[Shadow-Assassin]

So basically just open the ports, then open subgame?

[CypherJF]

Pretty much aside from setting up your subgame w/ the correct port of the biller; and biller password.

[Shadow-Assassin]

sweet, I got it, thanks

[Contempt+]

I'm having problems with the biller..

I used to use it before, and I shut my network down. Now I want to open it back up for my own personal use. I set up the biller correctly, even used the one I had before. Forwarded the right ports, and changed the server.ini to the correct values.

What's going on? It says in subgame that it can't find the biller, and that it runs in stand-alone mode.

Code: Show/Hide //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=5 //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,help //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=_bzw.lvl //Change to your map file name Port=45000 //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=24.230.58.83 //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=127.0.0.1 Password=xxxx //What is the billing pw in the subbill.ini ServerName=xxxx //Zone name Port=185 ServerId=45000 //Make the same as in [Misc] Port= GroupId=1 ScoreId=45000 //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.ds98.com,sscentral.subspace.inet.fi,sscentral.subspace.net,sscentral.subspacehq.com Description= //What you want to have for the description of zone NamePassword= //Pick anything you want Port=4991

Code: Show/Hide [Misc] // May new users enter the network? AllowNewUsers=1 // Increases thread sleep times, decreases response times LowPriority=0 // Billing SysOp ?login password SysopPassword=xxxx // Zone login password BillingPassword=xxxx // Biller network name. Used in network-wide ban messages. Max 32 characters NetworkName=xxx // Ban text shown to netbanned players. Max 127 characters NetworkBanText= // Maximum number of connected hosts? MaxQueueForLogin=20 // Limit to packet silence in milliseconds KickOutDelay=60000 // Time in days until an unused account may be accessed with any password AccountReclaimDelay=90 // Biller local port Port=45001 // Ban text to show to netbanned players. Changeable with a command NetBanText= [Comms] // Should new users be asked to consider? AskNewUsers=1 // Encrypt SubGame->SubBill traffic EncryptMode=1 // Disallow ?help command? DisableHelp=0 // Save .DAT files every X milliseconds PeriodicSave=1800000 // Time until a host is disconnected for packetloss PacketLossLimit=30000

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[Purge]

The [Billing] IP in server.ini must be localhost and not 127.0.0.1. The Billing ports also must be 185 and not any other port (except for 4991).

[Solo Ace]

[CypherJF]

Do you know why it must be 'localhost' and not an IP address?

[Solo Ace]

I knew the reason I think, if it was on the server help FAQ on shanky.com.

I see a 0 too many in my last line of my post, ah well, too bad.

Hey, Purge, don't post your useless info before I post the useful info!

[Purge]

[Solo Ace]

Oh really? And why is that?

[Smong]

They have to be the same port in both configuration files, but it doesn't have to be 185 it can be anything.

[Solo Ace]

Yeah, it wouldn't make much sense if it wasn't a setting.

I think I did a better job telling him to put a Billing:Port=185, but whatever does the trick.

[Purge]

Setting the billing port to anything other than 185 and 4991 didn't work for me...

[D1st0rt]

Contempt, that avatar is hilarious. Purge, 4991 is the directory server port. Also, if you notice all of the ssc zones are on different ports...
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[Purge]

How can SSC zones be on a different billing port?

[CypherJF]

EZ. Each SSC group runs on its own proxy that priitk developed to avoid net-splits.

[Purge]

Oh, cool. But I doubt Contempt would want to do all that.

[CypherJF]

I doubt it as well. If I am thinking correctly, Grelminar has provided a proxy python script that users are able to use. Just a fyi.

[Maverick]

What is a "net-split" ?
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[Smong]

The script that comes with asss merely converts between TCP and UDP protocols.

And if a net split is what I think it is, then won't fragmenting the zones using proxies make it worse? One proxy goes down a whole bunch of zones lose ssc simultaneously.

[CypherJF]

I don't know but being Priitk is known for his work w/ networking - I'd pretty much trust his word - if that is indeed what he said.

According to http://www.infoanarchy.org/wiki/index.php/Net_Split:

[Contempt+]

ok, now I got somewhere, but still some problems..

I did what you said ace, and this is what I got:

Biller:

Code: Show/Hide Connection request from 127.0.0.1:1531 45000 - Disallowed connection (Bad Password): SSD Dimensions

Subgame:

Code: Show/Hide Thu Jun 02 12:36:13:  Attempting to establish link to billing server... Thu Jun 02 12:36:14:  Billing server connected. Thu Jun 02 12:36:14:  Connection to billing server broken

[Purge]

Did you try using port 185 as the biller port?