HOW TO CREATE A WORKING SERVER!

[J-M v2.5.5]

Thanks to Kuroneko's help I managed to get my server working. So I thought I'd share the method here. This guide is for all you poor folks behind a router.



1) Make sure you have a static IP. If you don't know if you have a static IP or if you have a dynamic IP you should follow this guide:

http://www.portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm

Once you're sure you have a static IP go to the next step.



2) Find out what router you have. Either

- Look at the router

- Go to Start -> Run -> 'telnet 10.0.0.138' -> OK

If you loose your connection keep retrying that command. Eventually you won't lose your connection. You'll see 'User :' or something similar. Hit enter and voila: your router.



3) Find your router config guide in this list:

http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm

Click on your router and you're in a new screen. Click on the 'Port Forwarding for the <blahblah>' button. Now you have a guide that should help you with port forwarding.



4) Open the MS ports:

- 2200

- 2400

- 47624



5) Open the Half-Life ports:

- 27005

- 27010

- 27011

- 27015



6) Click save (just as they tell you in the guide) and voila! The required ports are opened. There's more to do though.



7) You must configure the ms_ip variable. Go to your main MS folder and find server.cfg for a DEDICATED server or listenserver.cfg for a LISTEN server (a server you can join too). Open the file with Notepad and make sure there's a line saying

ms_ip "x.x.x.x"

The x's should be replaced by your IP. Don't know your IP?

http://www.whatismyip.com

http://www.whatsmyip.net

http://www.mijnip.nl

They should all give you the same numer. Now set ms_ip to your IP, for example:

ms_ip "1.2.3.4"

Also make sure you have a line in listenserver.cfg / server.cfg saying

sv_lan "0"

This makes your game an INTERNET game, rather than a LAN game.



8 ) Now your server SHOULD work. To finish this guide I have posted my server.cfg contents:

hostname "J-M's working server"

maxplayers "4"

sv_clienttrace "3.5"

pausable "0"

sv_maxspeed "600"

ms_ip "62.251.65.xx" (that's secret, sorry)

sv_lan "0"

ip "62.251.65.xx" (that's secret, sorry)

sv_cheats "0"

ms_allowvote "1"

sv_aim "0"

sv_clienttrace "3.5"

The "ip" line is optional as far as I know.



One more thing: If you have Service Pack 2 you *MIGHT* need to DISABLE Windows Firewall. I'm not sure about this yet but I'll figure it out soon enough.



Have fun 8)

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

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[ThE_DiViXioN]

I don't think "MAXPLAYERS" worked for me







edited: Maybe cous evryone understod =)

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

Maxplayers only works for me when I make the server dedicated and when it's in server.cfg... Stupid maxplayers :?

 

[Kuroneko]

/me coughs in the direction of the new Steam fix

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

NEW Steam fix?

 

[Kuroneko]

Fixes some aditional issues.

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

How many Steam fixes did you guys make? As far as I know there has only been one. Which I included in 'v1.35'.

 

[JubeiSaotome]

Fixes some aditional issues.

Haha, how about a version number on the steam fix? What stuff was fixed anyway?

 

[Kuroneko]

Minor interface issues. There's no new dlls or anything.

 

[JubeiSaotome]

Minor interface issues. There's no new dlls or anything.

I noticed some of the messages now appear on the screen again instead of the console only and the create server menu has more options.



Is there a way to have 3 messages displayed on the screen instead of one?

 

[Kuroneko]

Not that I know of.

 

[ThE_DiViXioN]

Wait a second it works now. Thank's 8)

 

[JabbahRulz]

i cant remember exactly, but i think you said that when we make games, we wont have to go thru all this crap to prevent black screens.. am i right?

 

[Cernobylsky]

Ok, you was talking about creating servers... and i have one question will MS:C supports NONSTEAM users ?

 

[Kuroneko]

No

 

[Cernobylsky]

Ok, and last question, i downloaded JM s version of MS : C i have connected to server but that say : Could not load file sprites/invxtra.spr and i cant take things from belt and sack... what i can fix it ?

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

sprites/invxtra.spr

I think everybody has that. It shouldn't have any negative effect.

i cant take things from belt and sack...

Either your character is bugged or you don't have any items

 

[Ewok]

Um, Cernobylsky, you couldn't have downloaded JM's version of MS:C, because MS:C isn't out yet.



- Ewok

 

[Cernobylsky]

Oh sorry.. and my character isn t bugged.. it s because MS wasn t design for STEAM... and i can t fix it I tried STEAM PATCH and JM s version... and the same i see i have in inventory some potions, torch , skull blade some boar skins but i can t see pictures.. I made screens of it :











Is this fixable ?

Thanks for your time and for developing MS:C i hope MS:C will have less bugs then old MS I and my friends have allways fun on it When we want buy something.. ometime when we are travelling.. and more bugs ))....

Cernobylsky

 

[Kengou]

lowlands?

 

[Cernobylsky]

Ya, it s custom map i don t know from where i get it but my pronlam is that i cna t take things from sacks, backpacks and holsters ...

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

From what I can see your whole VGUI icons folder is gone!

...\Steam\SteamApps\<email>\half-life\ms\gfx\vgui



That folder should contain all icons. If there's nothing in there, reinstall MS. By the way, you *only* need 'my' version, OR v1.3 + the Steam Patch. Not both of them (and definately not all 3 of them!)...

 

[Cernobylsky]

It s my MS folder but IT S MY STEAM FOLDER... Really its steam .... (http://www.nonsteam....). But how can i fix it ? (((

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

!???!!!?!



Do you have it on

-WON

-Steam

-Hacked-Steam (whatever that is)

You confuse me