CrashProofing?

Depot

Finally succeeded in installing an NS2 server. My question regards 'crashproofing' your server.

There used to be a couple of programs (ServerDoc?) that would restart your server if it crashed. Anyone know if such programs exist for NS2 servers?

TIA!

invTempest

All you need is a simple batch script to restart the server when the process dies:

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->@echo off
title NS2 Server Monitor
cd "c:\servers\pub1\"
:NS2
echo (%time%) Server started.
start /wait server.exe -file c:\servers\pub1\server.xml -adminpath pub1/
echo (%time%) WARNING: NS2 closed or crashed, restarting.
goto NS2<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

Depot

Thanks, kinda.... I've never had to create a batch file. How do I do this, and where does it go?

invTempest

To create a batch file first make a new text document and copy in the contents below (make sure to change all variables below to fit your server setup)

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->@echo off
title NS2 Server Monitor
cd "$ServerDirectory"
:NS2
echo (%time%) Server started.
start /wait server.exe $CommandLineArg1 $CommandLineArg2
echo (%time%) WARNING: NS2 closed or crashed, restarting.
goto NS2<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

Then simply save the file with the extension .bat and call it something like NS2server.bat.

Place this file on your desktop for easy access as this will be how you start the server from now on.

Depot

Thanks, I'll set this up later when I get on my PC.