To the folks at Valve,
I run a popular TFC server -- "Pete's Avanti/Dustbowl server at
64.81.165.122:27015" I'm #6 for TFC servers on theclq.com.
I've been having nothing but problems with build 4108, and 4108b beta.
HoundDawg has stated them on the message boards before and I need to
underscore the seriousness of these bugs. Players are getting increasingly
frustrated with the game play and are giving up on TFC. I think TFC is a
great game but I'm about to chuck the whole thing in if these problems are
not addressed.
Here are the two big problems:
1. Server crashes. About twice a day, the server goes nuts and quits. I'm
running serverdoc, which restarts the server. But the server quits again
and again and again, maybe 5 times or more, before it finally "stabilizes"
and things work okay until the next hiccup. Nothing is written to the logs,
but I did notice once that there was some sort of network error listed in
the hlds console window -- the problem is that the console window disappears
before I get a chance to read it!
2. I lose HALF my players on EVERY SINGLE map change. These players have
trouble picking a team when a map starts. The only way they can join the
game is to disconnect from the server and reconnect.
About my configuration:
-- I'm running on Windows 2000 Server
-- The server runs 24 players.
-- 4107 ran PERFECTLY for months and months without any problems
-- I'm running 4108b2 right now, but the problems exist in 4108 too.
-- I'm running hlstats on the same machine as the TFC server, which
collects stats from this and another server of mine.
-- My machine has plenty of CPU and memory (over 100MB free physical
memory, CPU runs at about 30% with a full server)
-- I have plenty of spare bandwith (1.1MB SDSL)
-- sv_minrate is 3000 and sv_maxrate is 5000
-- I run the latest admin mod with some custom scripts (this is not the
culprit, see below)
I have tried a handful of things to try and isolate the problem. I'll list
them below.
--Bad install: ruled out. I reinstalled a virgin copy of 4108 FROM SCRATCH
and still have the same problems.
--Firewall: ruled out. I have a Sonicwall Soho2 Firewall. I took it
COMPLETELY out of my network for several hours and TFC was still having
problems
--Admin mod: ruled out. I normally run the admin mod (latest version
2.50.07 with 1.10.0.0 metamod.dll) I encountered the bugs *without* admin
mod installed, although I'm running the server now with admin mod.
I think it really boils down to problems with build 4108.
I am more than happy to provide anyone at Valve anything else they need to
help fix these problems!! TFC's a great game, but we're starting to lose
people to other mp games. It's frustrating for me, and especially
frustrating for the players, who complain to me bitterly about it.
I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance!
Pete Claar
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