New user - Help with SCRDS games

[PCGamersportal]

Hello, I am currently trying out the tcadmin v2 and have been successfully building custom xml's for some of the games that I run for my clan servers.

 

However, when I attempt to install a game that is based on scrds I can install the game and it is fine except the service itself does not launch when ran from the panel.

 

Specifically L4D2, and then also Contagion (based on same engine) the games install fine and I have verified the installation files are present and can manually launch them but not through the panel. I am using the L4D2 template included with the v2.

 

I don't believe it is the command line as I can use the same command line on a shortcut in the folder location and it launches the server but TCA does not launch the server, it only idles with minimal ram as though something is not working.

 

Anyone else experience this and if so, can you share your info with me to fix it.

 

Thanks,

 

Steve

[Dennis]

You are using SteamCMD to download and update the games, right? HLDS is outdated.

[PCGamersportal]

Hello, yes I used SteamCMD. The game simply does not launch from tcadmin and only idles about 40mb memory, but if I run the command line manually from the root folder it launches completely using the same command line.

Edited December 2, 2013 by PCGamersportal

[Raizio]

Go to Service Settings, at the command line, go to preview.

All those 4 commands, run them in RDP or SSH(whichever OS). See if it runs then.

 

Also try a repair, maybe file permissions are odd.

[PCGamersportal]

Ok, thank you for the advice. I will try this and report back sometime tonight or tomorrow.

[PCGamersportal]

Ok, I have done everything and it simply will not run from tcadmin v2.

 

The same config used on tcadmin panel has been verified on the desktop and all of the files have been verified. I can run the same launch command and config setup directly from the desktop and it loads the server successfully but I cannot get it to launch from the panel v2.

 

I have spent way more hours than its worth fiddling with tcadmin. This is not unique to L4D2, its the same for Contagion. Both games run using SCRDS which is the only thing unique between this game server I am trying to add to the panel and the other servers I have added to the panel (which are custom games I will add). I can run both L4D2 and Contagion with setups and configs that are identical from the desktop, just not from tcadmin v2, the service stops and only idles at around 32 mb of ram, the issue seems to be with SCRDS I think but I don't know.

 

Does anyone else have L4D2 working on TCadmin v2?

 

Thanks,

Edited December 3, 2013 by PCGamersportal

[Rads]

why not just re download the file from

http://clientforums.tcadmin.com/showthread.php?t=8011

 

l4d2 does work so its something you have done some where along the line

[PCGamersportal]

Oddly enough this is where I got it, I will have to dbl check server sec. Settings, maybe its being stopped by the server.

 

Ty

[PCGamersportal]

Well, did a complete reinstall of the panel and l4d2 from SteamCMD and used the template (again) it simply does not run from the panel for me.

 

Have been looking at the following post and think maybe this is the issue:

 

http://clientforums.tcadmin.com/showthread.php?p=69852#post69852

Edited December 4, 2013 by PCGamersportal

[PCGamersportal]

Hello, I have sorted it out and I will share the info of what worked so that when someone else stumbles upon my thread because they have this issue they can learn the solution instead of finding posts like I did where someone spends days asking for help and getting loads of input from others and then when the poster finds the solution they end the post with "I figured it out" and nothing more said on how they sorted it.

 

My information was found through multiple threads on the tcadmin forums and search engines so I will compile them into a single thread: These fixes apply to Windows 2012 Server

 

 

1: Go to powershell and run regedit - > then in registry go to : HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows NoInteractiveServices (Change 1 to 0 and reboot to enable it. Then enable in services)

 

(Cannot remember where I found this post on TCadmin)

 

2: Setting the compatibility mode of the SRCDS.EXE to windows 7. It needs to be done with a script, or ?manually? on the master file use "Change settings for all users" in the exe properties.

 

If using a script the below works:

 

Script to add: Use on after create service

 

reg.exe Add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers" /v "%ThisService_Executable%" /d "WIN7RTM"

 

Script to add: Use on after delete service:

reg.exe delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers" /v "%ThisService_Executable%" /f

 

Credit for sharing the info goes to gijs007

 

 

Thanks,

 

Steve

Edited December 11, 2013 by PCGamersportal