Hi List, We have been struggling with srcds.exe crashing out with a FE. This almost always happens when we have a lot of people playing and then do a map change. The error happens 95% of the time when we change maps (using RCON or via console). I have logging enabled, however for some reason the logs don't have any data in them if the server crashed (0 bytes). Here is the error:
************BEGIN SNIPPET************ srcds.exe - Application Error : The instruction at "0x00dc2c1a" referenced memory at "0x119100fc". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program ************END SNIPPET************** The machine(s) exist for only one reason: Run dedicated game servers. Nothing else is installed on them; not IIS, nor DNS or Mail services. Nothing. On the multi-cpu machines we have set the CPU affinity using imagecfg.exe and bound the server to CPU 0. We also have tried binding to 0/1 as well as 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 (for the quad CPU PowerEdge). NOTE: The variation of affinity settings is due to us trying to improve the currently terrible performance of srcds.exe when handling large netcode payloads from GMOD10 (Such performance issues are a whole different topic I'm guessing). So has anyone resolved this problem yet? I know I'm not the only one as I've found many others (via Google) with this issue, however all the leads turned up nothing. Can anyone please help us? Below is a short description of our environment. Soft: -------- Binary: srcds.exe (stand-alone dedicated) OS: Windows 2003 server EE Game: HL2 Mod: GMOD10 Misc: srcdsfpsbooster, +fps_max 600, -tickrate 66, using a BAT file to restart on crash and have modified the registry to silence the ErrorMode popup. Hard: -------- CPU: Dual Xeon 3.0Ghz Ram: 4 GB DDR2 HDD: RAID 0 / SCSI 15k WAN: 100Mb port on Saavis backbone Rob Maioroff eCareMD, Inc. 1-877-ECAREMD (322-7363) Ext. 111 FAX: (208) 624-7181 Ext. 109 GMT -07:00 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
