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Making a game show up in the Master Server list.

by Caleb · in Technical Issues · 10/29/2007 (6:48 am) · 14 replies

I know there have been countless posts on problems with hosting multiplayer, but what's one more going to hurt. :)

LAN play works fine, but it doesn't find any servers when I query master server. I find this strange since the console of the computer I host with says it's sending info and receiving heartbeat from address 69.64.50.217 (master.garagegames.com). Then on another computer, it says that it requests and receives the master server list from 69.64.50.217, but the list has no servers.

I know there are all sorts of query settings to narrow down the list, but they all look fine. What do I need to do?
Thanks.
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Torque Owner Andy Rollins
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#1
10/29/2007 (7:37 am)
Caleb - here's a couple of things to check:

1. first you should set your Game type to something unique to your game, to do that find the $Server::Gametype variable in the scripts and change all occurences of it to your game name, this quite possibly is found in a number of folder & files so it's best to then check your change has worked so start up your hosting game/dedicated server and in the console type echo($Server::GameType); and ensure the name is correct.

2. Gnometech's site www.gnometech.com/ has a monitor for the garagegames master server, look on the left side of the site you'll see an option to open the monitor, from there you can search for you server type you created in the first step.

If you can see your server in the list you know that part is working correctly.

Torque Owner Caleb
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#2
10/29/2007 (9:27 am)
I have the Game Type altered to a unique name, and I checked it in game to make sure it's correct. I used that tool on gnometechs site, but it didn't show up in the main list. However, when I searched for the game type, it gave me one result that timed out. Is this a step in the correct direction?

Torque Owner Caleb
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#3
10/29/2007 (1:31 pm)
Why is the game server timing out, and how can I fix it? The game now sees and trys to connect to the server, but after 3 trys, it times out. ;(

Torque Owner Andy Rollins
ZDay Game
#4
10/30/2007 (3:29 am)
Sorry Caleb it's not really an area I specialize in, I can only assume there is some kind of lag going on between your server and the master server. Ideally you would develop and run your own master server which is what I've done in the past, I'm not sure what garagegames master server is like, although it can't be that bad as think tanks and a couple of other released games are using it.

Torque 3D Owner Jon Fernback
#5
10/30/2007 (5:07 am)
It sounds like it might be a firewall or router issue on your end. Do a search for the ports you need to open and forward for the client to see and connect to the host.

Torque Owner Caleb
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#6
10/30/2007 (6:15 am)
Jon- I've tried totally disabling my firewall, and it still times out.

Andy-No problem, and thanks for the help. Unfortunately I'm not that great in this area either, and I don't even know were to start with making a master server. I've tried a few things in the past, but never got it working.

Anyone else know what's going on, or does anyone know what I should do for a master server?
Thanks again.

Torque Owner Caleb
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#7
10/31/2007 (4:08 pm)
So the game shows up in the gnome tech list, and my other machine trys to connect, but both time out. Can anyone tell me why this is, or how to fix it? (preferably both)

Torque Owner Michael Bacon
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#8
10/31/2007 (5:09 pm)
Routing issue is the most likely answer (as has been given).

I've had COUNTLESS problems with Windows and routing. I don't know how to help you but I can tell you that just because you disabled your firewall (on the router -or- computer) doesn't mean you are opening up your computer to the internet.

Are you still behind NAT? Do you have an internet IP address or do you have local IP addresses? My local IP addresses are 192.168.1.1 and .2 for my routers and 192.168.1.100 through .105 for my computers. Disabling the firewall will NOT allow the internet to connect to any of these computers.

You likely need to setup UPNP or DMZ. Look these up on Google and/or Wikipedia.

Torque Owner Caleb
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#9
11/12/2007 (5:44 pm)
UPnP has been enabled, all server names have been changed to a unique name, and the game continuously sends a heartbeat and receives info request from the Garage Games master server.

I search for the game type with the monitor, and the game it finds times out. Why?

Torque Owner Caleb
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#10
11/14/2007 (4:52 pm)
Please Help!

I can't think of reason for this problem. I've checked all my options and settings, but I don't see anything that would cause this. However, if you look at under the Test App section with the monitor, you'll see that almost all the games time out.

Is anyone else having this problem?

Derrick Austin
#11
11/15/2007 (11:11 am)
I've noticed that the demo game for 1.4.X doesn't work on the master server either if that helps you any.

Derrick Austin
#12
11/15/2007 (11:12 am)
Oh, and its not a firewall issue, cause I went right around the firewall (at least on my side) when I was trying to get the demo to work lol...

Torque Owner Caleb
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#13
11/16/2007 (8:05 am)
Well, it doesn't really help me fix it, but at least I'm not the only one with this problem. :)

Oh yeah, It's not just starter.fps, the racing kit does the same thing.

Derrick Austin
#14
11/19/2007 (7:27 pm)
Http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=9226


Found you something^