Get Dedicated Server Running

[awdavies]

Dedicated server appears to crash when run with Debug configuration. From @nitrocaster the following log output is common:

"ID3DDepthStencilState #%d created"

And may be of use.

When posting debug logs, please use some paste service like pastebin, please.

[awdavies]

@nitrocaster uses the following batch script to run the dedi:

@echo off
dedicated\xrEngine.exe -i -nosound -fsltx ..\fsgame_dbg.ltx -start
server(mp_training_camp/dm/public=1/hname=test/psw=009/maxplayers=16/reinf=15/battleye_update=0/estime=9:00/etimef=0/vote=255/spectrmds=30/fraglimit=555/timelimit=0/dmgblock=4/dmbi=0/ans=0/anslen=3/warmup=0/pdahunt=1/abalance=0/aswap=1/fn=1/ffire=0.0/portgs=5401/portsv=5400)
client(localhost/portcl=5402/name=ServerAdmin)

[nitrocaster]

"ID3DDepthStencilState #%d created"

That's unrelated to dedicated server.

If you've got it crashed, post log here, pls.

[nitrocaster]

Anyway, here's the crash I mean:

Loading DLL: xrGameSpy.dll
xrGS::xrGS_qr2_initA returned code is [0]
xrGS::QR2 : Initialized

FATAL ERROR

[error]Expression : assertion failed
[error]Function : CObjectFactory::item
[error]File : e:\git\xray-16\src\xrserverentities\object_factory_inline.h
[error]Line : 63
[error]Description : (I != clsids().end()) && ((*I)->clsid() == clsid)

I've debugged it and here's what I've found:
When the engine is loading, it registers all game object classes by calling CObjectFactory::register_classes function.
Here we're interested in this line:

ADD(CHangingLamp, CSE_ALifeObjectHangingLamp, CLSID_OBJECT_HLAMP, "hanging_lamp");

CLSID_OBJECT_HLAMP macro is defined in xrServerEntities/clsid_game.h:

#define CLSID_OBJECT_HLAMP MK_CLSID('O','_','H','L','A','M','P',' ')

However, if we take a look at gamedata/configs/system.ltx, we'll find that object 'lights_hanging_lamp' uses slightly altered clsid:

[lights_hanging_lamp]
GroupControlSection = spawn_group
$spawn = "physics\hanging lamp"
class = SO_HLAMP
script_binding = bind_physic_object.init

So when server tries to spawn 'lights_hanging_lamp' object it just can't find 'O_HLAMP' clsid because 'SO_HLAMP' was loaded instead.

The question is how did it work in original release. I just have no idea.

[nitrocaster]

I've tested dedicated server with fixed system.ltx - works good. Going to push VS2013 solution soon.

[nitrocaster]

I'll fix that soon.

[awdavies]

Excellent!

[ShokerStlk]

This issue need to be opened again to find a better solution.

[nitrocaster]

Reopened.