Well, like it says. On my Saturday/Sunday, Just 4 Fun series, the server grays out. Last Saturday, I had to reboot the server 3 times, within 30 minutes to "open" it back up. This only happens for that one race. The rest of the week, no problemo. Even last night (Sunday) with 16 drivers, coming and going with no problems. It only happens on Saturdays. And, it happens every Saturday. For the last 14 weeks. The server runs wide open. No firewalls. No anti-virus. No nothing. All ports open. Any ideas? Bryan
Funny it only happens on Saturday's... a weekend bug... A thing you could check when the server is greyed out in the multiplayer lobby. On the server machine: - Open windows task manager. - Check the rfactor2 dedicated.exe - If there is second rfactor2 process running: kill the factor2 dedicated.exe with the lowest RAM usage. - It should be fixed... Sometimes if you close a server and restart it again. The previous process is still running in the background and leaving a "ghost server" running and your active server is greyed out in the multiplayer lobby. Don't know if this is the case... But to avoid it: If you stop a server, wait a few minutes to restart a new one.
The vMOD is the same, that runs all week. What does get changed is the session times IE: practice, quallie, race length. That's all that gets changed. And, last week I re-booted the server, itself, 3 times within like 40 minutes trying to get everyone in. Last week it was mel1c that couldn't get in. He had been in, earlier in the day. Thanks Emery, Hey... we miss you on the server! Bryan
Thanks for the reply. That was the first thing I checked. I haven't had that happen, yet, on this build. Last couple... It happened all the time. Thanks again! Bryan
Thanks, Bryan. I've been chasing chinook in too-warm water and splitting firewood on the weekends at the future residence. Good news is I may have a solution for internet there and won't have to rely on racing against AI.
Hey Emery, Really glad to hear that you won't be relying on AI for fun. They don't chat much... We'll see ya, when we see ya! Bryan
Bryan, don't know if you saw this - sounds related http://isiforums.net/f/showthread.p...ed-out-in-multiplayer-server-selection-screen
Thanks Mel, I'm not sure they're describing the same problem. Whem you weren't able to get in, you weren't able to get in... no matter how long you waited. Right? I haven't given up quite yet. lol Thanks agian, Mel, Bryan
Yeah, I never got in until server reboot. We had problems last Saturday, more than just me. But server reboot got us in
Who did you get to re-boot the server? Or, did re-starting the weekend do it? I forget who it was but I gave someone the "admin" password. I wasn't online last Saturday. I discoed, for the last time, at the beggining of quallie. It's still a total mystery. Only on Saturdays. We'll see what happens later on today. Thanks! Bryan
Bryan: Hope all is well out your way. I just made 1/2 dozen or so registry edits..Let me know if this continues.. Strange in deed.. Dave
Heya Dave, Thanks for making the changes to the F3 Fanatics' server! Last weekend's race went without a hitch! I did NOT have to re-boot the server this weekend. Thanks again, Dave, Bryan
All good Bryan.. Glad it fixed things up..The fix came to me about 6:00 AM one morning..or what I changed did anyways. Hope all else is well sir Dave NRT