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http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/lpjuunin/init.jpg

NOW...

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/lpjuunin/halods.jpg

(This is v1.06 BTW)

Any ideas of what's going on? Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.

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  • 11.25.2006 4:03 PM PDT
Subject: Dedicated Server not recognizing sv_name
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If it won't bother you too much, try reinstalling everything.

  • 11.25.2006 4:07 PM PDT
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I tried that already...=/

  • 11.25.2006 4:10 PM PDT
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Put Quotes (") around the name like so:

sv_name "LP Clan Server"

  • 11.26.2006 11:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: UXB
Put Quotes (") around the name like so:

sv_name "LP Clan Server"



Darn, that doesn't work either...

Anyone else knows what's going on and willing to help me fix this?

  • 11.26.2006 12:49 PM PDT
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Maybe its because you dont have the rcon password set up. Unless you took it out for purposes of showing us the init.txt file within the pic.

Anyways, the command is sv_rcon_password "password"



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  • 11.27.2006 6:05 AM PDT
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Posted by: UXB
Put Quotes (") around the name like so:

sv_name "LP Clan Server"



Darn, that doesn't work either...

Anyone else knows what's going on and willing to help me fix this?


Post your startup command line. I suspect that you are not actuallty specifying the init file. For Halo and Halo CE dedicated servers the startup command line should be something like this in a batch file:

For Halo CE
start {drive}:\{path}\haloceded.exe -exec {drive}:\{path}\init.txt

For Halo PC
start {drive}:\{path}\haloded.exe -exec {drive}:\{path}\init.txt

  • 11.27.2006 9:03 AM PDT
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Posted by: UXB
Posted by: lpjuunin
Posted by: UXB
Put Quotes (") around the name like so:

sv_name "LP Clan Server"



Darn, that doesn't work either...

Anyone else knows what's going on and willing to help me fix this?


Post your startup command line. I suspect that you are not actuallty specifying the init file. For Halo and Halo CE dedicated servers the startup command line should be something like this in a batch file:

For Halo CE
start {drive}:\{path}\haloceded.exe -exec {drive}:\{path}\init.txt

For Halo PC
start {drive}:\{path}\haloded.exe -exec {drive}:\{path}\init.txt


I couldn't quite understand that. Sorry, I'm a real nub at this. But is there any visuals or pics you can show me?

And to matt, thanks, but setting up the rcon password doesn't work either. And yeah, I took it out so no one else sees it. =P

  • 11.27.2006 4:05 PM PDT
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couldn't quite understand that. Sorry, I'm a real nub at this. But is there any visuals or pics you can show me?

Let me ask you then: how are you starting the dedicated server? Post the details like what you click or what you run.

  • 11.28.2006 4:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: UXB
couldn't quite understand that. Sorry, I'm a real nub at this. But is there any visuals or pics you can show me?

Let me ask you then: how are you starting the dedicated server? Post the details like what you click or what you run.


Roger that.

Ok let's see, I have the Halo DS itself, but I run the DS console using haloded v1.06 patch. I made a shortcut on my desktop with haloded v1.06, and I double click that to run.

Any ideas coming up?

  • 11.28.2006 4:30 PM PDT

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  • 11.28.2006 4:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: lpjuunin
I made a shortcut on my desktop with haloded v1.06, and I double click that to run.
OK I thing I see your problem. You have to tell the Dedicated server where to find the init.txt file. You can do this a couple of ways. The preferred way is by using a batch file. I am going to assume you have a standard installation. So:

To create a startup batch file:
Open Notepad (or a similar pure text editor)
On the first line enter:

REM: Startup batch file
REM: Start the dedicated server
Start C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\haloded.exe -exec C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo init.txt
REM: END Batch File

Click "File" > "Save As" and then navigate to where you want to save the file and name it "HaloStart.bat" - Change Save as Type to "All Files" and Encoding to "Ansi" then click "Save"

Now you can double click on the HaloStart.bat file to start the dedicated server.

The halo Dedicated server accepts command line arguments to tell it how to run. The command "-exec {filename}" tells the server to use that file as the initialization file (init.xt).

See this reference:
Dedicated Server Command Line arguments
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=316


  • 11.29.2006 8:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: lpjuunin
I made a shortcut on my desktop with haloded v1.06, and I double click that to run.
OK I thing I see your problem. You have to tell the Dedicated server where to find the init.txt file. You can do this a couple of ways. The preferred way is by using a batch file. I am going to assume you have a standard installation. So:

To create a startup batch file:
Open Notepad (or a similar pure text editor)
On the first line enter:

REM: Startup batch file
REM: Start the dedicated server
Start C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\haloded.exe -exec C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo init.txt
REM: END Batch File

Click "File" > "Save As" and then navigate to where you want to save the file and name it "HaloStart.bat" - Change Save as Type to "All Files" and Encoding to "Ansi" then click "Save"

Now you can double click on the HaloStart.bat file to start the dedicated server.

The halo Dedicated server accepts command line arguments to tell it how to run. The command "-exec {filename}" tells the server to use that file as the initialization file (init.xt).

See this reference:
Dedicated Server Command Line arguments
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=316




OMG, I used your secondary idea, (the -exec (filename) ) and it works great. All my gametypes, my rcon password, and most importantly, my server title works wonderfully. Thank you SO VERY MUCH for helping me out, man. =D

Now only if I can start getting people to join it...xD

  • 11.29.2006 1:28 PM PDT