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Subject: Gathering Exceptional Data... error HELP!!!!
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Ok i am trying to instal a Dedicated Server for my clan and i am running into problems with the server. I have a Dual 2.8 GHz with 2gig ram with windows 2003 standard and its sitting on a full 100mbit. The server or the connection its on is not the problem. what i need to know is, are Halo DS and HaloCE servers the same? I have downloaded the Halo DS files from http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/halo.aspx and have installed Halo for Windows Dedicated Server v1.02 and then did the update Halo for Windows Dedicated Server Update v1.06 and when i configured the init.txt and setup one server it ran just fine. But when i try and do multiple servers thats where i run into problems. I go into ms dos and open the second init.txt with haloded.exe which opened another dos window but small box opened with it saying gathering exceptional data, and a few sec later the second window closes and no server is online. ( C:\Halo\haloded.exe -exec C:\HaloServer\2init.txt -cpu 1 -port 2303 ) <--- this is what i am using in dos. I don't know what else i can try i have done everything i can if someone knows why this is happening then please help.

  • 09.11.2005 6:30 PM PDT
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The DS, and the CE DS are the same program, yet you connot join a CE DS while playing PC. I have never tried to get 2 DSs going at the same time, so I can't really help you much. The only thing I could say would be to redownload the program, and see if that works. Oh, have you tried just double clicking the icon again, once your first server is up?

  • 09.11.2005 7:12 PM PDT
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FLYHIGH? do you have xfire, cuz if you do i know the prob.

  • 09.11.2005 7:24 PM PDT
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well i don't have xfire on the server which i am hosting the games on. The one game server i have is running very well, everyone can join it and we can see it in gamespy but like i said if i open the second init.txt with it thats where it gets that gathering exceptional data error. But if i open the same init.txt by just clicking on haloded.exe multiple times it runs just fine but u dont see the servers on gamespy cause they all have the same init.txt with the same names and so on.....

  • 09.12.2005 8:59 AM PDT
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anyone?

  • 09.13.2005 8:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: mic3456
FLYHIGH? do you have xfire, cuz if you do i know the prob.


Why don't you just post the problem and solution? Keeping the solution to yourself doesn't help anyone.

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It's a common problem on halopc. I've heard rumors that it goes away the more you use the game...I'm not sure, but a reinstall might help.

  • 09.13.2005 3:32 PM PDT
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It sounds like you're saying that the server runs fine until you either try to connect or try to host outside of your LAN

Port 2303 leads me to believe that may be the problem. Is port forwarding enabled on your firewall or NAT router?

Also, I saw you say that you have 1.06, but nothing after. Isn't there a 1.07 update for halo DS? i had to update CE manually before ANY of this extra stuff worked, so...

  • 09.13.2005 7:39 PM PDT
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Yes i updated the DS to 1.07 and yet i still get the same error. And i don't have the server on a firewall or NAT router, its simply running the windows firewall in halo is enabled to operate without the firewalls blocking anything. If the firewall was the probblem then the first halo server wont work and won't be on gamespy but it is. The only thing is i can't run any other servers.....

  • 09.14.2005 2:24 PM PDT
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help.....

  • 09.17.2005 10:26 AM PDT