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Server Forum => Team Fortress 2 Pub (72.5.152.147) => Topic started by: Frag_68 on December 21, 2010, 05:48:46 AM

Title: Server Stability
Post by: Frag_68 on December 21, 2010, 05:48:46 AM
So, I don't know if anyone has noticed, but the server has been extremely volatile for the last couple of weeks.  I just checked, and it has crashed at least 11 times in the last 14 days.  Often times, as it did last night, this takes a full server and kills it.  I'd be curious if there is a plugin causing this that we could remove, or if it's just the nature of the beast.  I was spot checking some other servers on GameMe, and most of the top, high activity servers are at about half that for crashes.
Title: Re: Server Stability
Post by: espon on December 21, 2010, 01:29:22 PM
the new update broke steel so anytime the server tries to go to steel it crashes

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Steel is currently broken in-game and will not load. This is because the models in Steel cannot be precached due to the Source engine's precache being full with all the items recently added to TF2. This is a known bug and should be fixed today (Monday).
Title: Re: Server Stability
Post by: crazydog on December 21, 2010, 01:58:54 PM
Quote from: espon on December 21, 2010, 01:29:22 PM
the new update broke steel so anytime the server tries to go to steel it crashes

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Steel is currently broken in-game and will not load. This is because the models in Steel cannot be precached due to the Source engine's precache being full with all the items recently added to TF2. This is a known bug and should be fixed today (Monday).


Heh. Thanks for the info.

Some of the crashes are just regular updates (6 in the last two weeks). A lot of the crashes this week were right after the update (at least 5 times). Not everything was working, and I most of those 'crashes' are me bringing down the server to update sourcemod and metamod multiple times. I don't think it has crashed organically in a while, except for this steel thing.

Also, as you mentioned, Source isn't the most stable piece of software out there. An occasional crash is to be expected, actually. I'd be suspicious if it DIDN'T crash at *least* once every two weeks.

Also, a thought occurred: A couple more crashes were some sourcemod extensions that I had to remove after the update after the fact, so those crashes were one time only.