Server Help

[JonMW]

Note: This is the first time that I've ever tried something like this. Please excuse me if I've done something stupid.

I'm trying to test an arena that I'm making. I hope to move on to more ambitious projects some day, but I'm keeping it simple for now.
At the moment, I'm just trying to connect to a zone that I'm hosting on my computer.

Running Subbill.exe seems to work fine.
Running subgame2.exe seems to work fine - it claims to have connected to the billing server.
I can even find my server on the Continuum Client. It's named JonMW's Test Zone.
When I add it to the zone list, it appears in green (like every other name). However, after about 10 seconds or so, it and several other zones turn red with no ping or player number, indicating (to me) that there's no connection.

So.
Here's my server.ini file, passwords *'d out.

Code: Show/Hide [Custom] ArenaMode=0 //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=1 #NoAntiInSafe=0 //If 1, then if in a safety, 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=douchebag #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=Feudal2.lvl //Change to your map file name Port=7700 //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= //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=********* EnergyPassword=********* ModeratorPassword=********** SuperModeratorPassword=******** VIPPassword= //Change all to what you want [Billing] LogMessages=0 IP=127.0.0.1 Password=**** //What is the billing pw in the subbill.ini ServerName=JonMW's Test Server //Zone name Port=185 ServerId=7700 //Make the same as in [Misc] Port= GroupId=1 ScoreId=7700 //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=A zone for testing my arenas. Shoo! (Contact me) jonmw@people.net.au (Spam me) walshj@svshs.wa.edu.au //What you want to have for the description of zone NamePassword=* //Pick anything you want Port=4991

Now, I was thinking that I should be able to connect to a zone hosted on my own computer, even if I wasn't connected to the internet.
When I right-click on my zone in the zone listing in the Continuum client, it says that the IP is not 127.0.0.1...
Is something wrong?

*edit*

I downloaded and ran the INIchecker program.
It changed the Billing IP to localhost.
Helpful, but I still can't connect to the zone.

*edit*

Ok, I just tried entering my zone as a custom zone. It's still red in the zones list, no luck.
Any help?

[Cyan~Fire]

What did you put in for the custom zone?
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[Maverick]

Change the [Directory] NamePassword value to something sensible for your zone to appear on the directory server list (if it can reach it)
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[JonMW]

Cyan~Fire:
There's a single .lvl with nothing else. No bots, no .cfg, and no other players.

Maverick:
The password isn't really one character long. I just typed in a random number of asterisks to blank it out in my code quote.

Also:
By downloading the really old Subspace client, I've been able to access the level offline.
That's all I really needed to do at this point. I'll come back if I need more help.

[Cyan~Fire]

Sorry, I mean for the adding custom zone in Continuum.

[JonMW]

Oh, I get it.
I think that I also misread your first post... my bad.

Well, after my "custom zone" failed to connect, I deleted it, since I didn't think that I needed to keep it any more.
I remade it today, with...

Name: JonMW's Test Server
IP Address: 127.0.0.1
Port: 7700
And for some reason, this one worked.

The good news is that I can now test the arenas I make. The bad news is that the version of my zone that I access through the "zone download" doesn't connect.
But that's not important - I don't want to run a zone on my computer.

[Cyan~Fire]

A lot of routers have problems with you connecting to the WAN IP from the LAN for some reason (though I never had this problem). The big thing is that you want to forward your ports correctly so that others can access your zone.