08-17-2012, 03:29 PM
(07-17-2012, 06:51 PM)BR5DY Wrote:(07-16-2012, 07:19 PM)mrben Wrote: Hi BR5DY and welcome back.
I stopped using your program a long time ago due to the multiple server instance problem, but this post seems to highlight the main problems I can remember...
(04-07-2012, 01:20 PM)moxie2020 Wrote: Your program is the only one that has all of these features. The problem is most of them are broken.
1. Autoupdate - Does not work anymore
2. Server timeout - is too quick resulting in servers restarting when they are running just fine.
3. Duplicate Instances - The program sometimes launches a server instance and thinks it has failed even though it is already running. Then it can launch another server instance.
4. Email - Emails are too generic. If you have multiple locations how are you supposed to know which "server 1" it is referring to? It would be better if it used the server hostname or even ip address.
5. No Support - I have seen these issues reported for 5 months or more now and there is no response. If you do not want to support it anymore could you please post the source code so someone can make the necessary changes.
Please help. The community really needs a solution like this.
He is right - we do desperately need an all in one solution and it would be great if you could bring SRCDS Admin back to life. I am currently using a mash up of batch scripts, forlix mmrpatch (metamod) and various other sourcemod plugins to keep the servers online and updated and it just about all works together at the moment, but it is held together with string and it does not detect all crashes either.
Server Checker is the only other Windows (GUI) solution I have found but I tried that and it does not perform well or reliably on Server 2008.
So SRCDS Admin has great potential to fill a gap, and if you can get it working properly I am sure you will make a load of windows server owners extremely happy.
If you check a few messages back, Forlix has a solid working solution but it has no GUI monitor or ability to stop and start individual server instances. If you two worked together it would be a match made in heaven I think :-)
Good luck and thanks.
Thank you for the information. There is a forum thread over at AlliedMods.net where users have been reporting the same issues.
The good news is that all of the issues mentioned can and will be fixed over the next coming weeks.
I apologize for the lack of updates and support. I owned and operated an IT consulting company for about a decade, servicing nearly 1000 clients in my city. I was the only employee. As you can imagine, I was swamped. My work hours were sporadic and projects like SRCDS Admin got pushed and pushed to the side until they finally "fell off the desk", per se. In addition to that, I changed web servers at some point and somehow left off the SRCDS Admin support e-mail address from my list to migrate to the new server. There is a catch-all, which is probably why nothing ever bounced back. The problem is fixed now, and when you send an e-mail I'll get it. A few months ago I was offered a job with a company that has better benefits and a set time schedule. I accepted the offer and have been working there for a short time. Fortunately, this will allow me to devote more time to the development of SRCDS Admin and any other utility that may be of use to the community.
Again, thank you for posting so I know it's still a need to have an application like this. I will continue to keep everyone updated on the status through this thread. The bugs are my primary concern at the moment, so I will do my best to get those issues fixed, release an update, then move on into implementing new features.
Stay tuned!
Looking forward to the new release since I'm affected by the time-out -> restart problem. Any updates :-)?