[BUG] Server wont start, Bug in GSM?

[DanielK1511]

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Hello i have rented a VPS on Hetzner and installed the Project Zomboid files using the Template (https://linuxgsm.com/servers/pzserver/)

If i try to start the Server it just gives me no error. The logs show this:

Failed to read SVNRevision.txt 1639650819109 versionNumber=40.43 demo=false 1639650819113 server name is "pzserver" 1639650819113 map_t.bin does not exist, cannot determine the server's WorldVersion. 1639650819116 Loading networking libraries... 1639650819116 Loading steam_api... 1639650819116 Loading RakNet64... 1639650819117 Loading ZNetJNI64... 1639650819118 znet: ZNet loaded 1639650819118 znet: Compiled with SERVER_STEAMAPI == 0 1639650819118 znet: Starting with bServer == true 1639650819119 znet: SteamAPI initialised successfully 1639650819119 SteamUtils initialised successfully 1639650819132 translator: language is EN LightingFPS set to 15 1639650819191 reading /home/pzserver/Zomboid/Server/pzserver.ini 1639650819192 writing /home/pzserver/Zomboid/Server/pzserver.ini 1639650819195 znet: Java_zombie_core_znet_SteamGameServer_Init 1639650819195 znet: ERROR: couldn't parse IP=' �' 1639650819195 znet: Java_zombie_core_znet_SteamUtils_n_1Shutdown

Basic info

• Distro: [Ubuntu 20.04]
• Game: [Project Zomboid]

Expected behaviour

Server should start and run.

[tbierwirth]

I have also been having this issue on my home server running Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS. The game version is the new B41 Multiplayer build. Updating the IP start params from 0.0.0.0 to my public IP address fixes the ERROR: couldn't parse IP error but returns a new error below:

[16-12-21 21:20:59.018] LOG  : General     , 1639689659018> 521,200> Waiting for response from Steam servers.
[16-12-21 21:20:59.119] LOG  : General     , 1639689659118> 521,300> 1639689659118 znet: OnSteamServersConnectFailure.
[16-12-21 21:20:59.119] LOG  : General     , 1639689659119> 521,301> Failed to connect to Steam servers.
[16-12-21 21:20:59.119] LOG  : General     , 1639689659119> 521,301> 1639689659119 znet: Java_zombie_core_znet_SteamUtils_n_1Shutdown.

@Claiyc May I ask why this was moved from an issue to a discussion?

[Claiyc]

This error does not seem to have something to do with linuxgsm but rather this specific gameserver. That's why it has been moved to a discussion.

[tbierwirth]

Understood, thanks for the clarification.

[tbierwirth]

Just to add some more details here, my B41 dedicated server runs fine and players can join when using the start-server.sh file provided in the serverfiles folder so this is not an issue with port forwarding.

[tmplt]

Reproducable without GSM:

$ cd serverfiles
$ ./start-server -ip 0.0.0.0

-ip 0.0.0.0 is forwarded to serverfiles/ProjectZomboid64. pzexe seems to parse it correctly, but znet fails on the second parse with seemingly random byte each run.

[tmplt]

Server starts without issue by using the long name of the flag: --ip 0.0.0.0. That is:

$ ./start-server.sh --ip 0.0.0.0 -adminpassword "CHANGE_ME" -servername pzserver

Can we change how options are passed to start-server.sh in GSM? Not sure how stable this change is.

[tmplt]

Devs have been notified https://steamcommunity.com/app/108600/discussions/6/5845107457328289647/.

[tbierwirth]

I can verify that updating the -ip flag to --ip in the relative config file in /lgsm/config-lgsm/pzserver/ fixes the issue.

[poperigby]

Should the profile (is that the nomenclature?) be updated?

[tmplt]

PR created #3724

[pimjansen]

PR got merged. When can we expect it to be available?

[tmplt]

Presumably when https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/milestone/60 closes unless one can use the development branch from the scripts.

[MrGurns]

really good find on that typeo.
Appreciate it.

[ddan39]

hi, the fix mentioned above is not actually a fix. if you check the console log, you will see that the problem "goes away" because now the "--ip" option is an unknown option(since the correct option has only 1 dash, not 2) and the "0.0.0.0" option is then not an argument to that option, so is also recognized as an unknown option, causing the ip setting to just be ignored completed.

The problem is 0.0.0.0 is not an allowed value by the -ip option. The point of the -ip option is to allow binding to a specific ip/interface, instead of all. The default when the -ip option is not provided is to bind to all. I think the real fix here is to just comment out the ip setting and advise the person reading the config to add it only if need be, in which case it would not be 0.0.0.0.

$ cat logs_03-07/03-07-23_23-01-24_DebugLog-server.txt
[03-07-23 23:01:24.466] LOG  : General     , 1688425284466> 199,310,297> cachedir set to "/home/pzserver/Zomboid".
[03-07-23 23:01:24.544] LOG  : General     , 1688425284544> 199,310,374> version=41.78.16 demo=false.
[03-07-23 23:01:24.544] LOG  : General     , 1688425284544> 199,310,375> revision= date= time=.
[03-07-23 23:01:24.545] LOG  : General     , 1688425284545> 199,310,375> unknown option "--ip".
[03-07-23 23:01:24.545] LOG  : General     , 1688425284545> 199,310,375> unknown option "0.0.0.0".
[03-07-23 23:01:24.545] LOG  : General     , 1688425284545> 199,310,375> unknown option "-Xmx20480M".
[03-07-23 23:01:24.545] LOG  : General     , 1688425284545> 199,310,376> server name is "pzserver".
[03-07-23 23:01:24.546] LOG  : General     , 1688425284546> 199,310,376> checking server WorldVersion in map_t.bin.
[03-07-23 23:01:24.547] LOG  : General     , 1688425284547> 199,310,377> Loading networking libraries....
[03-07-23 23:01:24.547] LOG  : General     , 1688425284547> 199,310,378> Loading steam_api....
[03-07-23 23:01:24.548] LOG  : General     , 1688425284547> 199,310,378> Loading RakNet64....
[03-07-23 23:01:24.548] LOG  : General     , 1688425284548> 199,310,379> Loading ZNetJNI64....
[03-07-23 23:01:24.550] LOG  : Network     , 1688425284550> 199,310,380> [03-07-23 23:01:24.549] > ZNet: SetLogLevel 2.
[03-07-23 23:01:24.551] LOG  : Network     , 1688425284551> 199,310,381> [03-07-23 23:01:24.550] > ZNet: SteamAPI initialised successfully.
[03-07-23 23:01:24.551] LOG  : General     , 1688425284551> 199,310,381> SteamUtils initialised successfully.
[03-07-23 23:01:24.936] LOG  : General     , 1688425284936> 199,310,767> translator: language is EN.
[03-07-23 23:01:25.113] LOG  : General     , 1688425285113> 199,310,943> LightingFPS set to 15.
[03-07-23 23:01:25.127] LOG  : General     , 1688425285127> 199,310,957> reading /home/pzserver/Zomboid/Server/pzserver.ini.
[03-07-23 23:01:25.128] LOG  : General     , 1688425285128> 199,310,958> writing /home/pzserver/Zomboid/Server/pzserver.ini.
[03-07-23 23:01:25.137] LOG  : Network     , 1688425285137> 199,310,967> [03-07-23 23:01:25.137] > ZNet: SZombienet -> SZombienet: Init.
[03-07-23 23:01:25.185] LOG  : Network     , 1688425285185> 199,311,015> [03-07-23 23:01:25.185] > ZNet: SteamGameServer seems to be initialized.
[03-07-23 23:01:25.185] LOG  : Network     , 1688425285185> 199,311,016> [03-07-23 23:01:25.185] > ZNet: SZombienet -> SSteamSDK: SetMaxPlayerCount.
[03-07-23 23:01:25.187] LOG  : General     , 1688425285187> 199,311,017> Waiting for response from Steam servers.
[03-07-23 23:01:26.890] LOG  : Network     , 1688425286890> 199,312,720> [03-07-23 23:01:26.890] > ZNet: SSteamSDK -> SZombienet: OnSteamServersConnected.
[03-07-23 23:01:26.891] LOG  : Network     , 1688425286891> 199,312,721> [03-07-23 23:01:26.890] > ZNet: OnSteamServersConnected.
[03-07-23 23:01:26.891] LOG  : Network     , 1688425286891> 199,312,722> [03-07-23 23:01:26.891] > ZNet: SZombienet -> SSteamSDK: SetMaxPlayerCount.
[03-07-23 23:01:26.892] LOG  : Network     , 1688425286892> 199,312,722> [03-07-23 23:01:26.892] > ZNet: Public IP: XXXXXXXXXXX
[03-07-23 23:01:26.896] LOG  : General     , 1688425286895> 199,312,726> Start making backup to: /home/pzserver/Zomboid/backups/startup.
[03-07-23 23:01:27.578] LOG  : General     , 1688425287578> 199,313,408> compressionElapsed=314ms, mergingElapsed=360ms.
[03-07-23 23:01:27.661] LOG  : General     , 1688425287661> 199,313,492> Backup made in 764 ms.
[03-07-23 23:01:27.664] LOG  : General     , 1688425287664> 199,313,494> user database "/home/pzserver/Zomboid/db/pzserver.db".
[03-07-23 23:01:27.746] LOG  : Network     , 1688425287746> 199,313,576> Initialising Server Systems....
[03-07-23 23:01:28.308] LOG  : Lua         , 1688425288308> 199,314,139> Loading: media/lua/shared/Sandbox/Apocalypse.lua.
[03-07-23 23:01:29.282] LOG  : General     , 1688425289282> 199,315,112> scriptChecksum: 65f5e46ef1be089d5adca89001729e9c.
[03-07-23 23:01:29.288] WARN : Recipe      , 1688425289288> 199,315,118> RecipeManager.resolveItemModuleDotType> WARNING: module "Base" may have forgot to import module Base.
[03-07-23 23:01:29.292] WARN : Script      , 1688425289292> 199,315,123> ModelScript.check> no such model "null" for Base.BareHands.
[03-07-23 23:01:29.293] WARN : Script      , 1688425289293> 199,315,123> ModelScript.check> no such model "???.DisposableRazor" for Base.Razor.
[03-07-23 23:01:29.299] WARN : Script      , 1688425289299> 199,315,129> ModelScript.check> no such model "Chainsaw" for Base.Chainsaw.
[03-07-23 23:01:29.706] LOG  : General     , 1688425289706> 199,315,536> LOADING ASSETS: START.
[03-07-23 23:01:36.411] LOG  : General     , 1688425296410> 199,322,241> LOADING ASSETS: FINISH.