Katrina

hi wondering if anyone has had a similar problem. we run a 100 slot server from lowping and up till now the service has been fine, recently we asked them about server console access to do the 'upgrade' command and they were trying to add it to the server TC admin page, but yesterday they randomely added all the default resources (deathmatch , race stuff, editor etc and HTTP stuff that im sure we already had) claiming we needed them so i thought ok ill give it a try but they had to restart the server 2 or 3 times when they were working on it. ever since then the server randomly restarts approx every 10 min without warning. nothing shows on logs for it shutting down, just goes off for a second (literally) and comes back on fully restarted (we know this as there are a few resources not in autostart) I been thru the startup checklist and apart from a few missing (old) resources in autostart everything seems fine. we can start the few resources we need too and people can join. we wiped the server at the hosts recommendation but when it first started as a default server it still had a restart. the hosts can only tell us were not being hacked. i suspect something got messed on their side as we never made any changes to config file or resources at all that day. but they seem to think its our fault. any suggestions would be grateful, as were at the stage of having to get a different server just so we can get up and running again, as the one we have is basically useless.

duhh we did all that its currently sitting as a default server logs show nothing at all just a regular shutdown and restart they blanked the serverconfig file so it had a default one from the host with ports sorted etc. its actually been tracked to a host problem.

sorry ixjf no noobs or trolls allowed

FYI i reinstalled MTA latest version and installed backup acl banlist etc and recources from an offline backup i made a couple weeks ago. but it seemingly wont let us restart the server. Its reported as stopped, and seems to start ok and restart ok. stopping gives a failed error then it eventually reports as stopped but the name still comes up in the server list and when you Connect, it joins for a second then disconnects you and redirects you as jackie says. I tried changed the server name to 'dont join this' but when i restarted the server the name had not changed.

anyone else got any feedback on these hosts?

Can anyone recommend a reliable host company? We're currently with Delux-host but the host turns off without warning every week or 2 cos something supposedly went wrong. Had 'raid arrays failed, and needed to be rebuilt', then 2 weeks later was told 'one of the hdds in our host unit had failed'. Just went to go on server this morning an lo and behold its off again. currently paying 9.38 euros $12.16 US i think for 75 slot so something similar would be preferred.

Is there anywhere we can look up auto kick codes? i know some actually say 'Trainer' or something but the one i got was AC #11 8DA6. are the codes listed anywhere we can look them up? poor guy wants to know why he was kicked an thats all i found next to the log entry.

just updated a lag free 1.2 server to 1.3 exactly the same settings and resources an suddenly.....lag... am i doin something wrong here? gonna go back to 1.2 for the time being hope an update in the future helps

Ahh ty ill give it a shot

Nope server can be running fine for days with no problems. Think it may be a windows thing. Next time it happens( if it happens again) ill get the error details an post them

Just wondering if anyone else has noticed server crashes on a windows host pc? only happened since 1.1 but im not certain thats the problem. the host pc is running windows and mta server and thats about it, so no other applications are running at the time. just get the old 'Server.exe has encountered a problem and needs to shut down.....' error on the desktop.

yeah i used 1.1 data files too ok..

umm might be a silly question but you are typing 'upgrade' in console after you add it so it includes the new map? (I think its 'upgrade' for maps..)

Sorry, i've never played League Of Legends, but i have heard of it. Thanks to all for suggestions and help especially Arran and Phat Looser who suggested adjusting the Memory. Heard this morning of a server that has a shader disable function added to their F1 panel, which would be a handy addon.

Fwiw 512 MB video card running 128 MB useable memory seemed to work best, not noticed a lag so far...

Actually, dropping the 'Useable video memory' setting seems to help. Not sure if this is what you meant. It does not totally cure the problem, but it certainly helped me.

its completely random so random that you could be parked anywhere in an unmodded car not moving or changing camera view and the framerate fluctuates from smooth to 10 - 15 fps.I could drive up and down the same piece of road all day and get random drops at differing places. Sometimes it seems fine for ages, although ive noticed it can be fine in LS, but drive to LV and as you cross the river it drops almost everytime. some people notice it, some dont, it maybe a powerful PC thing. Fwiw i got the community account thing fixed ok, will gather more widespread info from others if i post. And 1.2 seems fine lol.

It's not exactly resolving the issue though, as most of these reports refer to older versions an pre-release nightly builds, but the problem remains.

hmm wont let me login just created a new account still wont let me hope its working in the morning ill try again

ive noticed it on both 1.1 servers i play i host one of them it seems to be random at any point in the map fine one second an laggy the next its runnin the full batch of resources not just the play resource not sure what modes are used on Mushroom Kingdom but we use a RPG gamemode on our server. thanks for the tip for reporting ill do that now with as much detail as i can

Ok, i know its been already mentioned, but i still have not found an answer, but is there any way to fix the low FPS problem? either serverside or client side because thats what the majority of complaints are about. 1.0.5 wasn't laggy and GTA SA itself sure as heck isn't, surely we dont need a super high spec pc to run a 6 year old game? (fwiw no other game on my system lags and it seems to make no difference what the GFX settings are) If the problem is being looked at for a future update fix then ill be happy with that but, surely its not gonna be like this forever?