SV_BotFreeClient - problem o.O

[Mexel]

i'm having this lil problem when i host muh server. idk what it is, and foobar's guide helped me set up the admin.dat files and things of that nature.. but it crashes everytime i create a server.

yes i searched for this error, and came to see no help. so i'm asking what do i do to fix this lil problem?!

everything else runs fine, but i'm lost  :eek:

many thanks.

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ERROR: SV_BotFreeClient: bad clientNum: 33551196
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----- Server Shutdown (Server crashed: SV_BotFreeClient: bad clientNum: 33551196) -----

[next_ghost]

Sigh.... Stop running new game.qvm with old tremded. :roll:

[Mexel]

here's my code when i use the .bat file, or tremded. i get the same result.

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InitGame: \g_unlagged\1\sv_maxPing\350\sv_minPing\0\sv_maxRate\15000\sv_hostname\Tremulous 1.1.0 Server\timelimit\60\sv_maxclients\24\g_maxGameClients\0\g_suddenDeathTime\55\version\tremulous 1.1.0 win_mingw-x86 Feb 17 2007\protocol\69\mapname\niveus\sv_privateClients\0\sv_allowDownload\0\g_needpass\0\gamename\base
!readconfig: loaded 6 levels, 1 admins, 0 bans, 0 commands
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ERROR: SV_BotFreeClient: bad clientNum: 33551196
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----- Server Shutdown (Server crashed: SV_BotFreeClient: bad clientNum: 33551196) -----
Resolving master.tremulous.net
master.tremulous.net resolved to 00.00.000.000:30710
Sending heartbeat to master.tremulous.net
Sending heartbeat to master.tremulous.net
==== ShutdownGame ====
ShutdownGame:
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**i took out my IP**

i've read the other threads, but got no help.

*sigh* tjw help?

[khalsa]

Sigh.... Stop running new game.qvm with old tremded. :roll:

At Least Pretend to read the responses ...


 Khalsa

[FooBar]

Yeah, next_ghost, that wasn't very helpful.  I've never seen this error message before.  It's not the standard "wrong qvm/tremded combo" error which is mentioned in my guide.  It could be a different error message with the same cause, but as I say, I've never seen it before.

Having said that, Mexel, I don't know what else it could be.  So I'll elaborate on next_ghost's theme and say that you should be ABSOLUTELY SURE that you have tjw's tremded.exe AND tjw's game.qvm, that you put them in the right places, and that there are NO OTHER tremded.exe or game.qvm files anywhere else.

To rule this out it would probably help for you to post the complete contents of:

C:\Program Files\Tremulous
C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Tremulous

and their subdirectories.

[next_ghost]

Yeah, next_ghost, that wasn't very helpful.  I've never seen this error message before.  It's not the standard "wrong qvm/tremded combo" error which is mentioned in my guide.  It could be a different error message with the same cause, but as I say, I've never seen it before.

Yes it is. Vanilla tremded + new game.qvm does that. Any newer tremded doesn't even HAVE SV_BotFreeClient() so a QVM trap call to it would spit out something like "Bad game system trap: x" instead.

[kevlarman]

Yeah, next_ghost, that wasn't very helpful.  I've never seen this error message before.  It's not the standard "wrong qvm/tremded combo" error which is mentioned in my guide.  It could be a different error message with the same cause, but as I say, I've never seen it before.

next_ghost is correct, this is the error you get when you use an svn game.qvm but not an svn tremded, and if you actually read his post, you will see that is exactly what he said.

[khalsa]

Note: My above reply was directed at the OP.

[FooBar]

Well, I stand corrected.

[Mexel]

Having said that, Mexel, I don't know what else it could be.  So I'll elaborate on next_ghost's theme and say that you should be ABSOLUTELY SURE that you have tjw's tremded.exe AND tjw's game.qvm, that you put them in the right places, and that there are NO OTHER tremded.exe or game.qvm files anywhere else.

To rule this out it would probably help for you to post the complete contents of:

C:\Program Files\Tremulous
C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Tremulous

and their subdirectories.

foobar:
 i am absolutely sure i have the files in the right place. but as for the "MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO OTHER game.qvm, and tremded anywhere else". i keep a seperate folder on my desktop that includes my guid, and autogen.cfg. so i can remove it and replace it as i need. but i also keep backup tremded.exe, and game.qvm in there.

Next_ghost:
 i have the latest Tremded.exe (i think) by that i mean, i went to TJW's site and looked for the latest "date" and downloaded that one the latest Tremded i saw was the '07 something. and i use those.

later on i will take a screenie of my files. meebe it will help.

[FooBar]

A screenshot of your directories would be good...  Since you're sure you have TJW's latest tremded, also be sure you have the latest game.qvm.

If you don't mind losing some map downloads and/or key binds, I would suggest you uninstall Tremulous and then manually delete both the program and user directories entirely, and start over with a fresh install.  Only then will you be completely sure you're not missing something.  But that's pretty extreme.

I did a little searching in these forums and I found a couple of threads, namely here and here, that seem to deal with the same problem.  Neither issue seems to have been resolved, although they both got basically the same advice we've been giving in this thread.  One was in Windows and one was in Linux, and the Linux user seemed fairly clueful.

[Mexel]

foobar, i read your guide carefully and i redid some things, a tremded, that matched. your guide was VERRY helpfull, except for one thing.. i got rid of the SV_BotFreeClient error and now i have this one :

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ERROR: G_ParseSpawnVars: found : when expecting {
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----- Server Shutdown (Server crashed: G_ParseSpawnVars: found : when expecting {) -----

i will continue to read over your guide. and i WILL get it to work. thanks again for your help.

[next_ghost]

Yes, you've got your new tremded working. Now just make it load the new game.qvm

[Mexel]

ROFLMAO..

upon exiting my previous post i had noticed that my "vm" folder was staring me in the face on my desktop. i moved it to it's proper place and BAM i got it to work.

had i read FooBar's guide CORRETLY and thouroughly i woud've not had posted this thread. heh

thanks again Next_ghost, and FooBar. you've been a big help.