Gmod server refuses to start

[Goldsun1715]

Hello, today when I booted up my server, I attempted to start up my server with this command (Like always):

c:\KKServer\orangebox\srcds.exe -console -game garrysmod -hostport 27015 +maxplayers 32 +map gm_construct

And for some reason, it wouldn't boot up at all. It would crash with this message in the the window:

Reading externally referenced elements is not supported.

Can anyone help me out?

[SharpDagger]

What addons have you got?

[shepsie]

I can see one error in the commandline "-hostport" should be "-port", also I think you cant specify srcds location as in your commandline.

Maybe worth trying this out with launching the server with a .bat file.

Quote:@echo off
cls
echo Protecting srcds from crashes...
echo If you want to close srcds and this script, close the srcds window and type Y depending on your language followed by Enter.
title srcds.com Watchdog
:srcds
echo (%time%) srcds started.
start /wait srcds.exe -console -game garrysmod +map gm_construct -port +maxplayers 32
echo (%time%) WARNING: srcds closed or crashed, restarting.
goto srcds

If you paste that into a notepad file and save it as "start.bat" that shoudl start your server fine just put the .bat file in the same fiolder as the srcds.exe.

If that doesnt work try http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Dedicated_Server_Setup