srcds.exe won't start

[andymushu]

I previously had a dedicated server up and running a couple of months ago, and yesterday i decided to do it again. But after following your and many other tutorials, redownloading the files repeatedly, and trying anything else i can think of, i simply cannot get it to run srcds.exe. When i click on the icon i get an hourglass cursor for a second, then it vanishes. In task manager the srcds.exe process is only displayed for less than a second, then vanishes. Running the server through the command line simply does nothing, and returns a prompt immediately. I am fairly sure it is not the switches i am using to start it, since not even the gui will show up. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Mooga]

Double clicking will do nothing.
You have to make a start-up command.

[Spartanfrog]

Yeah you have to make a shortcut to it or make a batch file.

[andymushu]

Spartanfrog Wrote:Yeah you have to make a shortcut to it or make a batch file.

I made both a shortcut to it and a batch file. I actually used the batch file posted under the tutorial section of this site, editing the server line for DoD:S (the game which i am running the server for). Maybe I am just missing a small thing. Thank you for your replies.

edit: here is the command line which i used as the target for the shortcut:
F:\SRCDS\srcds.exe -console -game dods

[HBS|Ryan]

im pretty sure you have to have -ip blah and -map blah

[Spartanfrog]

You need map dont need ip though.

[andymushu]

Spartanfrog Wrote:You need map dont need ip though.

Changing the line to F:\SRCDS\srcds.exe -console -game dods -ip 192.168.2.4 +map dod_kalt still didn't work. Is there anything else i could be missing?

[Spartanfrog]

get rid of the IP, you dont need it. You should also have maxplayers. This is my startup line:
-game cstrike -console -secure -maxplayers 20 +fps_max 600 +map glassquadtowers_big -port 27015 -tickrate 100
Just change the map to a dod source one.

[andymushu]

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately, that didn't work either. I copied your exact line, changing only the map and the game, and it failed. Same problem as before, nothing happened. Any other suggestions? And once again, thank you for your help.

[Mooga]

Did you try updating with -verify_all ?
Are any mods installed?

[andymushu]

Mooga Wrote:Did you try updating with -verify_all ?
Are any mods installed?

i did try updating with the verify switch, twice actually. It seemed to have no effect. By mods do you mean server mods? like medic mod, realism mod, etc? If so, no, I have absolutely nothing extra installed. After downloading, I got a generic server.cfg and tried to run the server, which is when this happened. Thanks for your reply.

[Spartanfrog]

When you download the server files, what command line did you use?

[andymushu]

Spartanfrog Wrote:When you download the server files, what command line did you use?

hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game dods -dir F:\SRCDS\

was the first one i used, then later i tried it with the verify switch, which had no effect.

[Spartanfrog]

ok then nvm :/

[andymushu]

Spartanfrog Wrote:ok then nvm :/

so any other ideas? i have downloaded the files three times, ran the verify_all switch twice, and rechecked everything. is there anything else i could do?