Server not showing? Last options here!

[Dutchman101]

If your server is not showing, we know about this tutorial here that will usually help you out: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/topic/41659-is-your-server-not-showing-in-the-server-browser/ - please make sure to read and try it before continuing to read this topic.

 

Sometimes it can happen the given first solutions will not work. If you cannot solve it at all, here are some last options that you can try as a last resort to fix your server's listing. (always first try the above information on that topic)

* Make sure you checked the basic requirements of running an server accepting connections to exclude the possibility that it depends on the server/network issues:

• Check if your ports are open and functioning. If you need help on forwarding ports for your server, check here for your router/modem model-specific instructions: http://portforward.com/, and if neccesary supplement it with this guide: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/topic/115141-guide-port-forwarding-in-order-to-run-a-mta-server/
  To ensure you have the right ports accessible for the config you're running (the ports you have set), open the server console and type: ''openports''.
• Firewall settings, if its an Windows server: allow/whitelist MTA Server.exe, both incoming and outgoing traffic.
• For windows: Make sure you aren't running the Server from locations that could give file/directory Permission issues, for example, like directly from C:/ or your Windows disk.
• Sounds unlikely, but if you have edited mtaserver.conf because you wanted to tweak settings, make sure ASE (server browser) is enabled: 1 -1- [Enabled, essential for your server listing]

 

Last resort:

* If all solutions provided in the basic topic (https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?f=114&t=48868) and here above doesn't seem to help, then do this:

• Go to your client's Program Files > MTA San Andreas 1.3 > MTA > delete the file ''servercache.xml''
• Check if your server shows up now, after launching MTA and letting the server browser load.

After 24 hours or directly, if everything is okay, it'll appear now. If it doesn't, something is wrong with the server or its connection and you should check other options (forwarding, firewall settings and such). For that, refer to the first part of this guide.

* Server still not listed? Make sure you checked everything that could be causing it. Open the spoiler before for a last-resort checklist.

 

Checklist:

- You have tried everything in the basic official tutorial for fixing Server listing issues (https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?f=114&t=48868)

- Evaluated the possibility it lies somewhere within your server's networking environment, and;

- Tried all steps in the beginning of this guide (ports, firewalls & folder permissions)

- Double-checked the most basic things that could slip through your attention; running resources that aren't exclusively script/mod files (other words: ''running anything nasty'' refer to the basic topic as above) or using servernames that contain (parts of) reputable community names: they might be censored to be filtered.

- Checked again, as failure of your server to list itself is never related to MTA, but exclusively to the server or its environment. If you cannot solve it by any means, contact your hosting company or ISP.

Make sure to only use this guide here incase the Tutorial for solving basic server listing problems didn't work and you cannot find another way.

* Besides https://nightly.multitheftauto.com/ports/, there is another option to check if your server is broadcasting Server query listings, add the server on http://game-state.com and if it accepts the listing, and shows your server's details, it indicates that your listing is functional from the query ports already. If that's the case, then first try only deleting your client's servercache.xml as instruced in this guide, and checking again, before attempting any other solutions.

[Spajk]

Also, some server names are restricted. (Names of popular servers)

[Dutchman101]

Also, some server names are restricted. (Names of popular servers)

That's right, but nowadays if you use parts of those server names, it will just be stripped out for listing automatically.

[spoty]

i tryed evrything above here and also from other thread

i am not running anything naughty on serveror have any kinda naughty mods/scripts

ports 22003 22005 22126 are open

i have puted server on game-state.com

on firewall i have it whitelisted incoming and outcoming

but its still not visible any other saloutions?

[xXNexusXx]

i tryed evrything above here and also from other thread

i am not running anything naughty on serveror have any kinda naughty mods/scripts

ports 22003 22005 22126 are open

i have puted server on game-state.com

on firewall i have it whitelisted incoming and outcoming

but its still not visible any other saloutions?

You have you server running on 22013, that's why