Running two mods on one Windows 2003 server?

Cannon, Adoxa - very many thanks, working like a dream on that part now, the msvcr71 and msvcp71 fixed it.

Thanks again, great work Cannon - I’m setting up the FL Shells and IFSO’s for each and I’ll update you so this topic is completed, and I’ll make a new readme for you too.

Xarian: good thoughts, where can I get a (free!) copy of any of your preferred game to try it out?

I have now set up and run three FL Server sessions simultaneously but not sucessfully online.

Server 1:- Plain FL 1.1 with SK1.3 (PLAINFLSDK13) - Port 2304
Server 2:- RRJDS 2.82 Mod R3 (RRJDS282R3) - Port 2306
Server 3:- TNG 2.76 Mod (TNG276) - Port 2308

Current Problems:
1. None is visible on the Internet despite the gls workaround patches. Both crazy’s fllistserver and the libcurl.dll/gls_workaround.dll are installed on each FLServer, like I did with the original mod I am running which is still fine. I have listed each of them as an exception in the firewall setup.

2. Ioncross FL Server Operator is installed for each and set up, but only the first one (any) starts its FL Server session. The second and third Server Ops do nothing because it seems that they cannot identify that the running FL Server is not their own. And they cannot latch on to the right one if I start the other two manually. Only the first one is fine.

Problem 1 - This must still be a firewall problem as the original is still fine, I will investigate that asap.

On the gls workaround - as I mentioned I am using both, is this correct or overkill? Which one should I use if only one?

Problem 2 - Is there a straightforward solution for this one? Our needs are fairly simple, we need to be able to have monitoring and autorestart if the session crashes, and move characters if necessary, and be able to rename them for tagging or events or to remove offensive names without deleting players.

We don’t do any editing to give special equipment or ships because we don’t like to give advantage, everything in our mods is available to all players.

FLHook is probably too complex for what we need?

How do you guys control yours?

I am wondering if I can hack each Ioncross .exe file separately to change the default name of FLServer.exe to for example PlainFLServer.exe, R282Server.exe, TNGServer.exe and change the FLServer.exe’s to the same name for each session? Then each Server Op may look for its own FLServer filename?

If I am way off track, how do you run your own setups that work well and easily? I will follow your methods so we don’t waste too much time.

Thanks for your help!

Good tip Helloween, works nicely, thanks!

The correct ports are open.

I think that the problem is that the new servers are not listed on the fllstserver so they don’t show.

When I use the direct connect (-sip.ip.ip.ip:port) I can see them in my list (one at a time) and connect and play on the two I tried (I don’t have the TNG mod on my PC to try the 3rd)! Hooray!

EDIT:- Just found how to get the new FLServers registered on the fllistserver and did it.

After that I just need to have a server op that works on all three or can have 3 instances and works?

I looked in Ioncross.exe for the fixed FLServer.exe name but couldn’t find one that looked right to hack, and changing the name of FLServer.exe results in an error and stops it from starting up fully.

What do you use to control yours guys?

Cannon: as promised - the updated zip for you, please double-check before taking it as gospel. I have included the runtime files in the zip and given a fuller explanation of how to install the patch. Many thanks for the patch, it’s great.

OK, now working on finding a Server controller that will work on 3 FLServer sessions…

Sorry, just saw your reply Cannon.

Having some problems at the moment, only 1 session shows in the Server List after I registered all 3 sessions at http://www.flserver.de/add_server.php

Not sure what to do, am contacting Crazy to see if it’s a problem he can fix and I’ll get back to you once we can see all 3 FL Server sessions?

Or do you have an idea what might be wrong?

Good idea about VMWare, it’s free and I’ll take a look - but I don’t know if our provider will allow us to install it on the server though.

Yes I did allocate different ports for each session, and I can direct connect to each of them, but only 1 session appears in the Server List - port 2306, I think it’s the last one I registered.

Whichever session I start on port 2306 shows, the others on ports 2302, 2304, 2308 do not show up.

I think it’s because the server registration php script probably overwrites the previous server IP and port if the IP is the same, instead of adding the new one?

I’ve sent a PM to Crazy here, hope he gets it soon.

EDIT: VMWare Server is free but they ask a whole ream of questions and I don’t want to give all that info.

But Sun’s latest release of VirtualBox 3.2.8 is free and looks great, and is small, and no quizzes! Nice.

Yep, Oracle bought Sun - amazing.

Hi guys.

OK our server is back again.

I removed the gls workaround patch leaving only Cazy’s gun.fllistserver.com patch in each session, as it should be automatic?

Each session’s name is different, starting with " RRJDS" and then the mod name and “- port 230x” in the server session name.

I started all 3 FL Server sessions simultaneously:
FL 1.1 on port 2304,
RRJDS 2.82r3 on port 2306 and
TNG 2.76 on port 2308.

Checked on our server - all ports are passed by the firewall OK (as seen with “netstat -an”).

Ran Freelancer client - only RRJDS 2.82r3 showed up in the server list.

Stopped it and tried each mod in turn on port 2306 - each one showed up alone.

Tried RRJDS 282r3 on each port 2302, 2304, 2306, 2308 - only shows when on port 2306.

Tried Plain FL and TNG on ports 2302, 2304, 2306, 2308 - each one only shows when on port 2306.

Any help please?

I have now also tried to re-register all the ports on http://www.flserver.de/add_server.php

Thanks guys.

Firewalled, see above - I used your tip on ‘netstat -an’ and all ports show open when all three sessions are running.

It just seems only port 2306 is getting onto the List Server?

But:-
When I use Direct connect (freelancer.exe -s209.25.178.120:230x) where x is the port, and keep the visible session running too, I can see only one entry in the Server List, and the name alternates between the two FL Server names!

When I put in all 3 of the server IPs and ports in (freelancer.exe -s209.25.178.120:2304 -s209.25.178.120:2306 -s209.25.178.120:2308 ), there is still only 1 entry in the Server List, but the name alternates between all 3 server names! Other servers show one entry per server.

???

AlphaWolf wrote:
We had a similar issue with a live server and test server running on separate physical hardware in separate physical data centres.

The person who tried copying the player account files across also copied the accounts.cfg file (if I recall correctly) over and the “last server loaded” of the two servers was the one shown in list server as far as I could tell, meaning that our live server was blocked from appearing.

Perhaps similar issue? Have you used the same accounts.cfg (or other cfg) file?

-Alpha

Thanks for the tip, Alpha…

I deleted the Accts folder and let FL Server make a new one - same problem.

I added all FL Server.exe’s manually to the exceptions, added all the UDP ports, same.

I disabled the firewall entirely - same.

I ran all FL Server sessions as administrator - same.

I changed all ports, to use 2302, 2312, 2322 - same.

I ran only 2 sessions in my 2 different user accounts - same.

So whatever I do I have the same problem: only 1 entry shows in the Server List, and the name alternates between any of the sessions. I don’t get a separate entry for each session name, which I am expecting. Isn’t this what should happen?

Any more ideas? :?

Incidentally now my original FL Server does not show in the Server List no matter what port I try! But that’s another problem.

I found the problem with the original FL Server - something in the old accounts, although I could direct connect, it would not show in the Server List until I renamed the Accts folder. Then it came up immediately.

So the gun.fllistserver.com is showing new servers immediately, thankfully.

I copied the player files into the Accts\MultiPlayer folder without changing the cfg files and all seemed OK.

After this I tried starting only two of the new FL Server sessions, and both showed up in the Server List immediately, and I was able to connect to each one of them and play a while.

“Great!”… I thought!

But when I stopped one session and restarted it, the problem came back - both sessions showed up in one entry only again!

I deleted both of the new sessions’ Accts folders, and started each session again - same problem.

So I can’t see what is the cause.

I am still trying…