The WCS server works fine for a long time, but sometimes the map suddenly crashes, and when I rejoin it changed map. Can you plz fix it? It's very annoying to play 15 minutes and then it crashes.
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Server often crashes.. It's either because someone causes all the crashes OR some other reason.. Wich might be that the server gets "overheated" or something.. Idk.. xD
Espen, that with the hldj could be randomly.. 'Cause Hldj is used a lot on the wcs server, so that's not for sure. My thoughts of the reasons for the crashes is that either someone is crashing the server or an unstable host.. Or just a race, or something like a bug in-game which is causing it.
They fixxed the HLDJ bug.. Although, races can still bug the server, forcing it to crash. That Beast did.. So did the Light Bender.. AND Hybrid.. There'll probably be more races that'll be bugged in the future, also the crashes wont stop for a while.. They probably will when all server bugs are fixed etc.. :P
HLDJ is uploading a sound on server. (cl_voiceinputfromfile or smth like this) This may cause crash because if file is damaged, then server can not stream it, appears a critical error and server stops. also, file may be crypted trojan, and virus will steal private files from server. i can teach u how to do it, ask e in Steam
Not really if the server can't stream it Hldj crashes not the server lol.
Basically its that the host is no longer good enough possibly. Or multiple hldjs are being used and it can be crashing it. Or someone has some bots/zombies and is redirecting their internet traffic to overload the server.
It has to be something with the hldj. . The server usually crashes when somebody plays a song.
The server crashes not only when HLDJ is being used, but by many other different reasons. However, I do not think that HLDJ is the main problem here.
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HLDJ is uploading a sound on server. (cl_voiceinputfromfile or smth like this) This may cause crash because if file is damaged, then server can not stream it, appears a critical error and server stops.
cl_voiceinputfromfile makes you able to upload voice, yes. But HLDJ is a program (A temporary and portable plug-in) that was created just for Source to play music through Source, and so I don't think that's the problem.
I will list a few stuff which causes the server to crash:
When someone joins the server/leaves the server (Happens randomly)
Not always, but when/if HLDJ is being played, errors occur which causes the crashes (Unknown reasons yet..)
DDoS. Nothing to explain, really. Someone/something might be DDoSing, might be bots. (Check yer files..)
Someone tries to inject a script/program/cheat through the server, and when it crashes - Server crashes aswell.
Those were some of the incidents, but there can also be something in the files that causes the crashes so we can't really know for sure. Also, as you all know already.. ServerFFS has been retarded lately, and so that can too be a big problem. Another one is the host.
There already is enough trouble with SourceRPG being down, and now the WCS has started to crumble too. We have to let the Owners/CO-Owners handle this, however.. Your members are ALWAYS HERE FOR YE! So let us help in every possible way we can by giving them our knowledge
This was everything I had to say at the moment, and as I'm in school I can't really help that much lol.
I think that KAC must be installed on server. It detects DDoS (if the ddos-ing player is on server KAC bans him), it detects openscript (in old CSS) and-the most needed thing-sv_cheats bypass. Re-named detox on our servers is so shitty!
UPD: And KAC detects flood scripts. Who does not know what is floodscript, it's script that flooding with "timeleft" and "nextmap" con-cmds.
I think the main problem is with the Host and FFS servers, the craches are now longer and comes really often.Cuz some of my friends have had problems with the FFS servers too and i agree with Kent that the HLDJ is not a big problem, i have not seen servers in some time that have crashed for HLDJ. But that's just my oppinion. I advise that you contact the one that is hosting the server.
