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balrog

11-09-2004, 11:12 AM

I'm trying to set up a dedicated CoD server, but when i tries to start the server it loads untill it has to populate the server and it just says

Hitch warning: 2108 msec frame time
Resolving codmaster.activision.com
codmaster.activision.com resolved to 63.146.124.59:20510
Sending heartbeat to codmaster.activision.com
Sending heartbeat to codmaster.activision.com
==== RestartGame ====
------- Game Initialization -------
gamename: Call of Duty
gamedate: Apr 13 2004
0 teams with 0 entities
-----------------------------------
Hitch warning: 941 msec frame time
Sending heartbeat to codmaster.activision.com

The server is behind a NAT router but it's set up properly cause when i starts a server through the ingame menu it works fine.
I've tested this with three diff cfg files but none of them works.

Do you have any suggestions to what i can do ?

Glanzer

11-09-2004, 12:19 PM

I'm not sure what you think the error is. The "hitch warnings" are normal--they just warn you that a certain process took longer than expected. That usually happens when maps are cycled, etc. As long as you don't get them a lot during regular game play you are fine.

The heartbeats are fine too. You'll get those every minute or so.

What is the problem?

balrog

11-09-2004, 05:51 PM

the problem is that the game never starts, or can be seen by anyone

OldDog

11-10-2004, 08:09 AM

I'm confused, too...the game is obviously starting. As Glanzer said, thos hitch warnings means that its running. Can you be a bit more explicit on what you mean by the problem is that the game never starts, or can be seen by anyone??

MajorWoody

11-10-2004, 07:38 PM

Wild guess without seeing your config of start command: add a "map_rotate" to the end of your config, or a "+exec map_rotate" to the end of your startup line to kick in the fisrt map.

Vesta_162

11-18-2004, 08:58 AM

Glanzer

11-18-2004, 06:19 PM

I have the same problem. I have tried what MajorWoody said but nothing change... It's a lan server (dedicated 1) so Is there possible to avoid any connection to internet more precisely this one codmaster.activision.com?

Wait a sec, a "dedicated 1" server doesn't send a heartbeat. It shouldn't try to contact Activision at all (at least I don't think so). I've run a "dedicated 1" server a dozen times for testing purposes, and it's NEVER sent a heartbeat. Post your startup command line so we can verify that's what you're doing.

Here's my startup script for my dedicated 1 server:

#!/bin/sh
cd /etc/callofduty2
./cod_lnxded +set net_ip 192.168.0.1 +set net_port 28960 +set dedicated 1 +exec dedicated.cfg +set fs_homepath /etc/callofduty2 +map_rotate