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9 years ago Server still crashes at the exact same place in FH 2.46.Original comment by zulu4...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2014 at 6:11
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9 years ago Server still crashes at the exact same place in FH 2.46.Original comment by zulu4...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2014 at 6:11
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9 years ago The crash is not reproducible on a dedicated coop Windows server (see the
screenshot below, made few minutes ago) and in countless "pure" singleplayer
rounds I played while updating the map.Original comment by gavrant on 17 Apr 2014 at 6:59
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9 years ago 
Interesting. I suppose it's possible that the problem is specific to Linux
servers. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. I did a clean install of the server
files. Any ideas what I should be looking for?Original comment by zulu4...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2014 at 7:15
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9 years ago I found something in one of the Brest files that looked suspicious:
In server.zip/GameModes/gpm_coop/64/PCO.con:
ObjectTemplate.modifiedByUser "Administratör"
"Administratör" contains a special character (0xF6, 0246) that might be
handled differently on Windows and Linux servers. Unfortunately, changing the
character to a regular 'o' and restarting the server didn't help. The server
still crashed on Brest shortly after the Allies took the Plaza flag (but not
immediately, which was interesting.)
I'm not sure character set differences are enough to cause this kind of
problem, but I'm looking at anything that might be handled differently on
Linux. One thing that really can make a difference is file names (case matters
on Linux) but so far I'm not seeing anything about Brest that's different from
the other maps.
Original comment by zulu4...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2014 at 12:35
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9 years ago The "Administratör" issue almost certainly is not the cause of the crash. We
have plenty of Administratörs mentioned on other not crashing maps. Besides,
this line of code doesn't influence gameplay in any way.
AFAIK, BF2 server binaries are not case-sensitive to file names, otherwise we
would have a lot of other maps crashing too.
Jeff, could you upload the whole <BF2>/mods/fh2 dir from your server, so I
could look into it?Original comment by gavrant on 18 Apr 2014 at 12:57
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9 years ago Regarding "Administratör" not being a problem on other servers: are any of
those running on Linux?
As for case-sensitive filenames, I admit I was just clutching at straws there.
But I also run a BF1942 server, and filename case-sensitivity is definitely an
issue there.
I can upload my server's fh2 mod folder, but it's identical to the server
release for FH2 2.46, so I'm not sure there's much point. Where should I upload
it?Original comment by zulu4...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2014 at 3:00
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9 years ago This still happens with FH2 2.47. As before, this is with a new install of FH2
on a 64 bit Linux server. And I'm using the 64 bit FH2 binary instead of the
BF2 binary, as required. I was actually able to play the map through once but
it's crashed the server every time since. Crash seems to happen around the
point where the Allies take the Plaza flag, but sometimes a few minutes later.
I can upload the fh2 mod folder as requested earlier, if that would still be
helpful. In the meantime, is there anything at all I can do to assist in
debugging this problem? I do have extensive programming experience, but I need
to know what I'm looking for.Original comment by zulu4...@gmail.com on 18 Jul 2014 at 8:01
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9 years ago More info: I'm able to finish this map without crashing my server, if I avoid
creating my own squad, and instead join an existing squad, and also NOT be the
squad leader. I don't know why it works, but it seems to work consistently.Original comment by zulu4...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2014 at 4:14
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9 years ago Hmm, just captured 4 flags, including Plaza, on a dedicated Windows server,
playing as the squad leader of a squad created by me, with few invited bots. No
crashes.Original comment by gavrant on 31 Jul 2014 at 7:18
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9 years ago At this point it seems clear that this particular problem only happens on Linux
(possibly 64-bit Linux) servers.Original comment by zulu4...@gmail.com on 1 Aug 2014 at 1:29
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9 years ago Jeff, try running the 32 bit binary on your server. And I doubt that you'll get
any performance problems, since usually BF2 servers don't need 2+ GB of RAM
anyway.
Sidenote: while fixing one Gamespy issue recently, I noticed that some things
(not singleplayer-related) are present either in the 32 bit bin, or in the x64
one, but not in both together. So indeed, some bugs may be found in one binary,
but not in another.Original comment by gavrant on 1 Aug 2014 at 1:48
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9 years ago Gavrant, I switched my server over to 32-bit as a test, but Brest still crashes
the server within a minute or so of taking the Plaza flag.
However, Omaha Beach works perfectly with the 32-bit server. So that's awesome.
Unfortunately, I'm having trouble keeping the 32-bit server running reliably.
It just seems to get unstable after a few maps, and I have to switch back to
the 64-bit server. I think I know what might be causing this, so I'll keep
experimenting.Original comment by zulu4...@gmail.com on 3 Aug 2014 at 7:55
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9 years ago The 32-bit server now runs reliably, and although this fixed Omaha, Brest still
crashes the server just after the Allies take Plaza if I'm on a squad I
created. In other words, no change.Original comment by zulu4...@gmail.com on 11 Aug 2014 at 10:16
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