Well, I have double clicked the batch file (which i entitled server_run.bat) in my C: Scrds folder and it opens cmd . and then lines continue until it ends at "VAC secured mode is activated", now i ask... what now, nothing really has happened what do i use to connect to my server.
Here is information on how i set up my computer and what batch files i used etc. This is the Server Start Batch file
" @echo off
cd c:\srcds/orangebox
echo Starting game server.
echo Beginning "Garry's Mod"
srcds.exe -console -game garrysmod +map gm_construct +maxplayers 15
echo "Garry's Mod" has now started.
echo It is recommended that you start Server Crash Recovery aswell."
Now obviously the messages are not supposed to be there but i thought to keep them, no error messages have been popping up
My external IP is 124.149.180.163 and when you add a :27015 to the ned (making 124.149.180.163:27015) That is the IP for my undedicated listing server. (so if othe players write in console, "connect 124.149.180.163:27015" they will connect to my undedicated listing server, as long as i am on it).
I have forwarded all the ports that it says to forward at the Gmod wiki, http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Windows_Dedicated_Server_Setup but there could of been some problems in the forwarding process...
For some reason i have followed all the steps and in my C: drive i have two scrds folders. One only has hldsUpdateTool in it and other related files why the other one has all the orange box data files in it. I put the
server_run.bat in C:/Scrds (the one with the orange box content) i also put in the crash bat that i entitled scrds.bat, that is given on this site in the same place.
Scrds.exe would not run, so i did it in .Bat version instead.
Server.cfg was not created in the C:/scrds/orangebox/Garrysmod/cfg folder so i copy and pasted a cfg file from the internet and saved it as "server.cfg" the file goes as followed
" "hostname" "Bleese"
"sv_defaultgamemode" "sandbox"
"sv_lan" "0"
"maxplayers" "15"
"sbox_allownpcs" "0"
"sbox_maxprops" "200"
"sbox_maxragdolls" "4"
"sbox_maxnpcs" "0"
"sbox_maxballoons" "20"
"sbox_maxeffects" "2"
"sbox_maxdynamite" "2"
"sbox_maxlamps" "5"
"sbox_maxthrusters" "25"
"sbox_maxwheels" "20"
"sbox_godmode" "0"
"sbox_plpldamage" "0"
"sbox_playergod" "0"
"sbox_noclip" "1"
"sbox_maxhoverballs" "25"
"sbox_maxvehicles" "2"
"sbox_maxbuttons" "16"
"rcon_password" "********""
(the password is a actual word, i just do not want you guys to know it
)
Also in the steps it says in windows Dedicated server it would not allow me to make a good target path to the HldsUpdaterTool shortcut the target path was "-command update -game garrysmod -dir C:\srcds" it came up with a message saying that "-command" was not a location, so i tried doing it in cmd . and it did something for about 10 seconds and then, that was it. so i pretty much skipped this step, so if this step is super necessary or something, please tell me what .GCF files i need to extract, and i already have GCFscape.
Thanks for your time, this is my first dedicated server and, yes i am a noob, also, If i do get this dedicated server running is there anyway to have like... admins and moderators and users and such, is there a build or something i can download
EDIT: When i type in "connect 124.149.180.163:27015" it does not connect. it does the usual "failed after 4 retries message" please help! i dont know what to do and there seems to be no information on what to do next. Another window opens when i run Server_run.bat which is in cmd . and says,
"Starting Game Server
Beggining garrysmod"
and thats it, sometimes it says soemthing about batch files nad then (Y'N) but if you press Y or N it just closes down... what do i do!
Here is information on how i set up my computer and what batch files i used etc. This is the Server Start Batch file
" @echo off
cd c:\srcds/orangebox
echo Starting game server.
echo Beginning "Garry's Mod"
srcds.exe -console -game garrysmod +map gm_construct +maxplayers 15
echo "Garry's Mod" has now started.
echo It is recommended that you start Server Crash Recovery aswell."
Now obviously the messages are not supposed to be there but i thought to keep them, no error messages have been popping up
My external IP is 124.149.180.163 and when you add a :27015 to the ned (making 124.149.180.163:27015) That is the IP for my undedicated listing server. (so if othe players write in console, "connect 124.149.180.163:27015" they will connect to my undedicated listing server, as long as i am on it).
I have forwarded all the ports that it says to forward at the Gmod wiki, http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Windows_Dedicated_Server_Setup but there could of been some problems in the forwarding process...
For some reason i have followed all the steps and in my C: drive i have two scrds folders. One only has hldsUpdateTool in it and other related files why the other one has all the orange box data files in it. I put the
server_run.bat in C:/Scrds (the one with the orange box content) i also put in the crash bat that i entitled scrds.bat, that is given on this site in the same place.
Scrds.exe would not run, so i did it in .Bat version instead.
Server.cfg was not created in the C:/scrds/orangebox/Garrysmod/cfg folder so i copy and pasted a cfg file from the internet and saved it as "server.cfg" the file goes as followed
" "hostname" "Bleese"
"sv_defaultgamemode" "sandbox"
"sv_lan" "0"
"maxplayers" "15"
"sbox_allownpcs" "0"
"sbox_maxprops" "200"
"sbox_maxragdolls" "4"
"sbox_maxnpcs" "0"
"sbox_maxballoons" "20"
"sbox_maxeffects" "2"
"sbox_maxdynamite" "2"
"sbox_maxlamps" "5"
"sbox_maxthrusters" "25"
"sbox_maxwheels" "20"
"sbox_godmode" "0"
"sbox_plpldamage" "0"
"sbox_playergod" "0"
"sbox_noclip" "1"
"sbox_maxhoverballs" "25"
"sbox_maxvehicles" "2"
"sbox_maxbuttons" "16"
"rcon_password" "********""
(the password is a actual word, i just do not want you guys to know it
)Also in the steps it says in windows Dedicated server it would not allow me to make a good target path to the HldsUpdaterTool shortcut the target path was "-command update -game garrysmod -dir C:\srcds" it came up with a message saying that "-command" was not a location, so i tried doing it in cmd . and it did something for about 10 seconds and then, that was it. so i pretty much skipped this step, so if this step is super necessary or something, please tell me what .GCF files i need to extract, and i already have GCFscape.
Thanks for your time, this is my first dedicated server and, yes i am a noob, also, If i do get this dedicated server running is there anyway to have like... admins and moderators and users and such, is there a build or something i can download
EDIT: When i type in "connect 124.149.180.163:27015" it does not connect. it does the usual "failed after 4 retries message" please help! i dont know what to do and there seems to be no information on what to do next. Another window opens when i run Server_run.bat which is in cmd . and says,
"Starting Game Server
Beggining garrysmod"
and thats it, sometimes it says soemthing about batch files nad then (Y'N) but if you press Y or N it just closes down... what do i do!