Trouble with executing rcon commands

kingd3 · Post by **kingd3** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:22 am

When i got the server about 3 days ago everything was fine. Now i can only get access to rcon thru the control panel. I have no control of the server in-game.

bOoya · Post by **bOoya** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:33 am

If the 'rcon tool' in the control panel is working, then it should also be working in-game. Do you remember to enter rcon_password "whateveritis" each time you connect? Are you sure you don't have a key bound to the rcon_password and maybe it's for the wrong server? When you do an rcon command from in-game does it say "BAD rcon_password"? In cal.cfg did you leave the blank "rcon_password" line in there? (this wipes your password and makes rcon non-functionable)

Check these things and if you are still having problems, come visit us in the livechat through the control panel.

kingd3 · Post by **kingd3** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:39 am

Thats what i thought it was at 1st. In my cal.cfg i have no rcon password, but then i fixed it. When i put in the rcon password it doesnt say anything. It should say bad pass so i would know its working but i doesnt. Commands like "rcon exec calcss.cfg" dont get a reponse at all. When i enter "exec calcss.cfg by it self then it says "cant exec calcss.cfg" or "not running server".

bOoya · Post by **bOoya** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:42 am

When you enter it by itself it shouldnt work because it would be looking for calcss.cfg in your local /cfg folder.
Try something like "rcon status" and see if that gets you anything.

Click the "Live chat" link in your control panel (at the bottom) and I can help you with this faster.

kingd3 · Post by **kingd3** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:52 am

live chat doesnt work for me. and rcon status got no response.

bOoya · Post by **bOoya** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:57 am

Do you know your server's identifier?
IDENTIFIER.nuclearfallout.net

kingd3 · Post by **kingd3** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:03 am

yes i do, its "thirdrealm.nuclearfallout.net"

bOoya · Post by **bOoya** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:11 am

Ok, I checked your configs and calcss.cfg still had a bad line for rcon_password.

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rcon_password yourpassword// Enter your RCON password here before the double slashes

calot.cfg had it correctly though:

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rcon_password "yourpassword" // Enter your RCON password here before the double slashes

The cal cfgs are pretty dumb in the first place for even making you set an rcon_password, since server.cfg does this for you whenever your server loads a map. So, I have just deleted the rcon_password lines from each config.
I also joined your server to make sure it was working, and I was able to run multiple rcon commands from in-game.
Please let me know if it is now working for you.

kingd3 · Post by **kingd3** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:14 am

Lost RCON connection, please retry command (WSAECONNRESET)
it says that when i connect. Aslo i was home when my rcon was working ingame, you think that fact that im at school could have anything to do with it?

bOoya · Post by **bOoya** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:34 am

That's the first time I've ever seen that error.
You might want to make sure your rcon client is connecting to the right server:

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rcon_address thirdrealm.nuclearfallout.net
rcon_port 27015
rcon password "yourpass"
rcon status (to check)

Seems rediculous that your school would affect the way that rcon works but I suppose it is possible if they block certain traffic.

kingd3 · Post by **kingd3** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:57 am

type that on in-game console?

bOoya · Post by **bOoya** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:57 am

right