Okay.. How do I make a dedicated server for garrys mod?

[mrevil]

Uhm... It says to type "hldsupdatetool -game list" to display a list of games.. but that command doesn't really work..


"C:\srcds>hldsupdatetool -game list
Checking bootstrapper version ...

Use: hldsupdatetool -command <command> [parameters] [flags]"

Fail.


The whole reason I'm trying to make a dedicted server with gmod is because, When I make a server using nothing but the modem my ISP gave me which doubles as a router apparently.. And I click create multiplayer with Local Area Network game unchecked..

My friends say they can not right click my name and hit join game and that my server shows up as not responding. But I have forwarded ports..

Entry Protocol Global Port(s) Local Port(s)
1 TCP 27015 27015
2 UDP 27015 27015



And basically what happens is I end up staying in my server alone messing around.. and then somebody joins.. And I say hey how did yu join my server?! And they say it was in internet list. And I add them to my steam and ask them to right click my name and try to join that way and it shows up as not responding to them and they can't join. So then i say okay join my server by using the internet list method.. and they join. Then I tell them to check there console to see what IPort it connected to. And it shows them connecting to my WAN IP and port 27015 or so. SO then i say okay disconnect now and open the console and type in connect IPort. And so they do that and they fail to connect. They can't even join by clicking the friends tab in garry's mod which shows all games hosted by friends. Because it doesn't show up there or its just not working, I'm not sure. Seems like only certain people can see my game in the internet list.. I asked another guy to try to find my game in the internet list and he says he couldn't find it. Another thing is I am pretty sure i had it worked 2 days ago where people could right click my name and hit join.. That was right after I forwarded ports.
But I havn't changed a thing and now it is not working. I have even tried enabling DMZ. Windows firewall is disabled I don't have any other firewall. One thing that I find strange is that if I goto canyouseeme.org to check to see if it shows my port as being open it says the ports closed and the reason as connection refused.. At one point of time it did say open but the issue of people not being able to join still existed..

Anyone know whats going on? If not could somebody explain to me how to create a dedicated server for garry's mod?

[Beaverbeliever]

Try running the hldsupdatetool all by itself to update it, then issue a command somewhat like this:

Code:

c:\srcds\hldsupdatetool -command update -game garrysmod -dir c:\srcds -verify_all

Let me know if that works

[mrevil]

Beaverbeliever Wrote:Try running the hldsupdatetool all by itself to update it, then issue a command somewhat like this:

Code:

c:\srcds\hldsupdatetool -command update -game garrysmod -dir c:\srcds -verify_all

Let me know if that works

Okay I tried that just now and the command prompt came up and then closed.. in less then a second.

[realchamp]

Try:

Code:

c:\srcds\hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game garrysmod -dir .

[mrevil]

realchamp Wrote:Try:

Code:

c:\srcds\hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game garrysmod -dir .

C:\srcds>c:\srcds\hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game garrysmod -dir .
Checking bootstrapper version ...
Updating Installation
No installation record found at ./orangebox
No installation record found at .
No installation record found at .





My garrys mod is installed on G:\Steam\steamapps\username\garrysmod\


does that mean i would have to do C:\srcds>c:\srcds\hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game garrysmod -dir G:\Steam\steamapps\username\garrysmod\

?

[realchamp]

mrevil Wrote:C:\srcds>c:\srcds\hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game garrysmod -dir .
Checking bootstrapper version ...
Updating Installation
No installation record found at ./orangebox
No installation record found at .
No installation record found at .

It's standard. And you will have to wait for the actual download. It will start in a few seconds.

mrevil Wrote:My garrys mod is installed on G:\Steam\steamapps\username\garrysmod\

That's the client installation.

mrevil Wrote:does that mean i would have to do C:\srcds>c:\srcds\hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game garrysmod -dir G:\Steam\steamapps\username\garrysmod\

No. The server installation and client installation is complete seprated from each other. So do not install it to that directory. Just keep it at C:/srcds - and you should be fine!

[mrevil]

realchamp Wrote:

mrevil Wrote:C:\srcds>c:\srcds\hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game garrysmod -dir .
Checking bootstrapper version ...
Updating Installation
No installation record found at ./orangebox
No installation record found at .
No installation record found at .

It's standard. And you will have to wait for the actual download. It will start in a few seconds.

mrevil Wrote:My garrys mod is installed on G:\Steam\steamapps\username\garrysmod\

That's the client installation.

mrevil Wrote:does that mean i would have to do C:\srcds>c:\srcds\hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game garrysmod -dir G:\Steam\steamapps\username\garrysmod\

No. The server installation and client installation is complete seprated from each other. So do not install it to that directory. Just keep it at C:/srcds - and you should be fine!

Hmm well i waited and it started installing orangebox and team fortress 2 dedicated server or w/e? Shoulg i let it do that?

[Beaverbeliever]

Let it do whatever it needs to, it will download the Orangebox + Garry's Mod Content, which all of that is required for it to work. Remember, it can take a few minutes to an hour to download all the files.