Gls_workaround.txt file keeps erasing

robocop · wrote on 20 Mar 2020, 20:55

Every time I restart FL the contents of the gls_workaround.txt file are erased leaving a blank text file. I have to manually copy the info into the file each time or the available servers won’t show up in the server list.

Any ideas as to why that happens?

Bolte · wrote on 21 Mar 2020, 17:53

What patch are you using? Just use the DLL and add an entry into dacom.ini in the EXE folder

[Libraries]
;;;dosfile.dll
ReadFile.dll	;optimized read-only version of dosfile.dll
x86math.dll
EngBase.dll
system.dll
RP8.dll
SoundStreamer.dll
SoundManager.dll
MP3codec.dll
Deformable2.dll
Thorn.dll
Shading.dll
RendComp.dll
alchemy.dll
ximage.dll
flmaterials.dll
gls_workaround.dll <---- here

Thaddeus · wrote on 22 Mar 2020, 17:39

Getting the same problem, none of the gls_workaround servers are listed in LAN mode. gls_workaround.txt & gls_workaround_temp.txt are blank. ListServerHostname=gun.fllistserver.com
ServerListURL=http://www.freelancerserver.de/serverips.txt are pointing correctly and accessible. gls_workaround.dll is correctly listed in dacom.ini

Was working, stopped working about (maybe more than) 6 weeks ago, dont know for sure - wasnt paying attention as I dont use it.

adoxa · wrote on 23 Mar 2020, 02:43

It would seem the server is returning 403 Forbidden, but I don’t know why; curl from the command line works fine. Might have to let W0dk4 sort that out; in the meantime, make [c]gls_workaround.txt[/c] read-only to prevent the empty temp file overwriting it.

Thaddeus · wrote on 23 Mar 2020, 11:48

adoxa wrote:
… make [c]gls_workaround.txt[/c] read-only to prevent the empty temp file overwriting it.

good tip

adoxa · wrote on 23 Mar 2020, 13:53

Looks like the server doesn’t like a missing user-agent. Here’s a [c]libcurl.dll[/c] which supplies one ([c]agent/1[/c]).

Bolte · wrote on 23 Mar 2020, 17:59

Adoxa,

Any issues with me including that in an all in-one patch?

Crazy · wrote on 23 Mar 2020, 22:08

Just to clearify the confusion:

The FLListServer (DNS entry in fl.ini) works as the original one:
It will list all registered servers (which also use the modified DNS entry) in the internet view.

The GLS workaround fills the mentioned text file with servers listed on the FLListServer + some which have been added manually… or at least should fill it.

These two things work independently from each other.

adoxa · wrote on 24 Mar 2020, 00:08

Bolte,

No, but it would probably be better for w0dk4 to add the user-agent to [c]gls_workaround.dll[/c].

w0dk4 · wrote on 24 Mar 2020, 00:43

Really sorry guys, I fixed this on the server-side. Should now work again and no change to existing dlls is required.

And yeah, the gls workaround also patches FL to use Crazy’s GLS as a backup.

Thanks adoxa for finding out what was the reason!!