Dserver- "Game Server Connection lost"

[ironk79]

Anyone expiriencing this issue today? I have a dserver running but get frequent crashes today. the dserver goes blank where it normally show connection and mission stats and the mission i am flying gets disconneced. Never had this problem before. as far as i can tell my inet connection is ok. this also  wouldnt explain why dserver goes blank. anyone else expiriencing this?

[JimTM]

You mean your DServer interface (with the graph on the bottom) goes blank? I've never seen that before.

[ironk79]

8 hours ago, JimTM said:

You mean your DServer interface (with the graph on the bottom) goes blank? I've never seen that before.

Exactly, it just goes blank and looks just like after starting. A restart didnt help yesterday, got it running for a test this morning, so far an hour later its still running as usual.

Who knows, maybe some freak bug. hope it doesnt recur.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JimTM]

Hopefully you are right and it's just a one-time thing. One thing I recommend in general is to restart everything (in this case, Windows, router, DServer, game).

[ironk79]

unfortunatly this problem still persists.  loading a mission and just let the  dserver run doesnt reproduce the error. as soon as i play the mission, dserver crashes, time ranges anywhere from 1min to 20min. yesterday i was forced to restart m router due to a connection loss by my isp, and there was an error massage  displayed in the dserver log (something with proxy lost), so i dont think connection itself is the issue. for some reason dserver seems to close the session or restart, since the log goes white, no information displayed. i already checked eventviewer for possible problems, nothing so far. currently checking my ram, but so far its a bit frustrading.

 

 

EDIT

thankfullythere are dservr logs, this is what i found:

20:01:55    ... Mission loaded successfully
20:01:55    Server succesfully registered on master server
20:08:37    !!! ERROR: Current user account used more than one time
20:08:45    =====    Server uninit    =====

question iswhat to do about it?

Edited October 28, 2018 by ironk79

[JimTM]

Are you using the same IL-2 account to log the DServer onto the master server as you are to fly in IL-2? You need a separate account to run DServer and IL-2 at the same time. For details on DServer setup, see "Install and Update a Multiplayer Mission Server" on pg. 167 of the editor manual.

 

Note that you can actually use the free stand-alone DServer account mentioned in the manual to run IL-2 and the DServer included with your paid IL-2 install at the same time if you like (I need to update the manual to mention this fact). 

 

If your problem does not relate to the account, then we'll have to wait for someone with more experience to chime in.

Edited October 28, 2018 by JimTM

[ironk79]

thanks for your help.

i created a second account  just as described in the manual, the dserver runs on a 2nd pc, with said dserver account.

for testing purposes installed dserver on an old dual core pc i had laying around, a week ago i installed it on my "new" desktop pc (former gaming pc) because of better performance. the old dual core pc went back in the closet. 

no problems last week on this "new" pc, until yesterday. Can changing hardware (new system) cause this? if so, why did it run perfectly for a week?

[JimTM]

While you are waiting for any ideas from the real DServer gurus, you could try running your mission from the IL-2 in-game server to see if it causes any issues.

[ironk79]

one more thing, i have a seperate "dserver" user on the desktop pc, where i normally start dserver and that i acces via remote from my gaming pc. but of cause its also possible to start dserver from my "normal" desktop user account, which i did at one point, but cant exactly remeber if it was yesterday or before. could starting dserver from two different local pc accounts cause this issue?

currently reinstalling il2 on said pc.

[JimTM]

27 minutes ago, ironk79 said:

one more thing, i have a seperate "dserver" user on the desktop pc, where i normally start dserver and that i acces via remote from my gaming pc. but of cause its also possible to start dserver from my "normal" desktop user account, which i did at one point, but cant exactly remeber if it was yesterday or before. could starting dserver from two different local pc accounts cause this issue?

currently reinstalling il2 on said pc.

 

Sorry, at first I thought you were referring to two separate DServer accounts from 1CGS but I realized you are referring to two different Windows accounts ("normal" and "DServer"). Good question re. two different Windows accounts.

[ironk79]

Gaming PC                          Server PC
=========                         ========

"normal" BOX

(account 1)

 

             
WinRemote

Desktop              |---------->  Free DServer (account 2)

 

i dont use RCon. Normally i log onto the Server PC > User: dserver and start dserver via desktop shortcut > After configuring the mission i switch back to my gaming pc and play.

But since its also possible to start dserver on the server pc with a different user (User: HTPC) User, i wonder i this could have caused the issue.
           

2 minutes ago, JimTM said:

Good question re. two different Windows accounts.

So far thats the only thing that could explain this issue, the past weeks i only and startet dserver from this dedicated account. at least one time i startet from my normal "HTPC" account, to check some mission attributes, maybe this caused this hickup.

 

[JimTM]

8 minutes ago, ironk79 said:

Gaming PC                          Server PC
=========                         ========

"normal" BOX

(account 1)

 

             
WinRemote

Desktop              |---------->  Free DServer (account 2)

 

i dont use RCon. Normally i log onto the Server PC > User: dserver and start dserver via desktop shortcut > After configuring the mission i switch back to my gaming pc and play.

But since its also possible to start dserver on the server pc with a different user (User: HTPC) User, i wonder i this could have caused the issue.
           

So far thats the only thing that could explain this issue, the past weeks i only and startet dserver from this dedicated account. at least one time i startet from my normal "HTPC" account, to check some mission attributes, maybe this caused this hickup.

 

 

Are you getting the problem when you start the DServer using either account (normal or dserver)?

 

Does the mission run OK if you start DServer on the server PC rather than via remote desktop?

 

 

[ironk79]

i just tried to host mission ingame directly from normal account 1 on the gaming pc, no problems.

The problem only occurs when playing over the dedicated account 2 on the dserver desktop pc.

doesnt make a difference if i start via Remote or directly on the Desktop PC (Account)

 

Just finished reinstalling on the dserver PC, testing again to host a mission.

 

 

Edited October 28, 2018 by ironk79

[ironk79]

ok, to make the confusion perfect, now i only get the #10009 Connection to server lost error in the mission. Logs on the dserver pc dont show the "!!! ERROR: Current user account used more than one time" entry anymore. The Server just cycles to the next mission, after my connection got lost.

 

18:00:17    =====    Cooperative mode    =====
18:00:17    =====    Dedicated server    =====
18:00:17    Brief info:
18:00:17        Max clients = 5
18:00:17        TCP: 28000, UDP: 28000, Downloader: 28100, U/D Limits = 1000/1000
18:00:17        Login with UserName ''
18:00:23    ... Login success
18:00:24        Server is being created
18:00:24    ... Server name 'KoopKubanBF109G4'
18:00:24        Loading mission 'Multiplayer/Cooperative\KubanGIV 1943-03-01intercept2.mission' (Multiplayer/Cooperative\KubanGIV 1943-03-01intercept2)...
18:00:24        Server listener IP = '192.168.2.183'
18:01:32    ... Mission loaded successfully
18:01:33    Server succesfully registered on master server
18:09:20    
=====    Rotation is in progress (2 seconds to wait before loading)    =====
18:09:22    ... Server name 'KoopKubanBF109G4'
18:09:22        Loading mission 'Multiplayer/Cooperative\KubanGIV 1943-03-01intercept2.mission' (Multiplayer/Cooperative\KubanGIV 1943-03-01intercept2)...
18:09:22        Server listener IP = '192.168.2.183'
18:10:38    ... Mission loaded successfully
18:10:38    =====    Server uninit    =====

Edited October 28, 2018 by ironk79

[ironk79]

after not getting the     " !!! ERROR: Current user account used more than one time" message anymore     hoped my initial problem was solved. but i still got the #10009 connection lost meage, but stumbled over this thread

who knew, my defaultetting of MTU was problemtic, so changd it o 1458 - no loss anymore. i quickly opened up a server to test, flew for afew minutes, and then...

21:55:30    ... Mission loaded successfully
21:55:30    Server succesfully registered on master server
22:06:54    !!! ERROR: Current user account used more than one time
22:07:05    =====    Server uninit    =====

 

error still occurs

 

[JimTM]

For the DServer interface you access using your dedicated Windows account, can you confirm that the login id in the Configuration dialog is not the same as your IL-2 game login id.

[ironk79]

 

3 hours ago, JimTM said:

For the DServer interface you access using your dedicated Windows account, can you confirm that the login id in the Configuration dialog is not the same as your IL-2 game login id.

Do you mean the Login information that you can enter in the dserver configuration on the top left? i always left them blank never, still worked and i never had a problem.

If thats the problem, it would be quite embarrasing, will check this evening.

[JimTM]

8 hours ago, ironk79 said:

 

Do you mean the Login information that you can enter in the dserver configuration on the top left? i always left them blank never, still worked and i never had a problem.

If thats the problem, it would be quite embarrasing, will check this evening.

 

Yes, particularly the Login field at the top left of the Configuration dialog (just called "Dialog") in the DServer interface. Check if the value in Login is the same as your login id for the game.

 

It's interesting that you can blank out Login and Password in DServer and still connect to the master server. I tested MP with and without DServer login credentials and I found this:

- No credentials - DServer Player List showed "Player-4351" for DServer and "JimTM" for me when I joined the mission.

- Credentials - DServer Player List showed the username I specified in the free DServer 1CGS account profile and "JimTM" for me when I joined the mission.

Edited October 29, 2018 by JimTM

[ironk79]

this is exactly what happens. since it was still able to start the server, i didnt put much thought into it. now i see the second dserver account as name, instead of that anonymous "Player-4351"

so far the dserver doesnt blank out anymore, but i still got the #10009 connection lost error. Have been experimenting with MTU settings both on my server and gaming pc. unfortunatly my router doesnt allow any settings for MTU

 

[JimTM]

Great! One problem down at least.

[ironk79]

On my test yesterday i was able to play a few short coop missions, no connection loss so far, also normal multiplayer server ran without disruption. will further test today, hope we got this problem sorted.

a big thank you to JimTM!

[JimTM]

You're welcome ironk79.  

[ironk79]

exessive flying the last two days, no more connection loss ?