TF2 Server not responding/listing

[Huntress]

Okay, well the TF2 dedicated server (used for UGCLeague) was working perfectly fine, and recently, it stopped working. It isn't showing up in the server listings anymore (disappeared from History and Favourites), like it used to, and I can't even connect to it through the Developer console.

I am still able to FTP and import/export/edit/delete files from the server, but no one can actually connect to it.

I did check the logs in the ../tf/logs folder, and the most recent one with the most content was 2/28/14.

L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tf_server_identity_disable_quickplay" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "sv_registration_successful" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "sv_registration_message" = "No account specified"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tf_playergib" = "1"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tf_allow_player_use" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tf_mvm_death_penalty" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tf_damage_disablespread" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tf_mm_servermode" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tf_mm_strict" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tf_mm_trusted" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tf_weapon_criticals" = "1"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "sv_cheats" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "sv_pausable" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "sv_contact" = ""
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "sv_voiceenable" = "1"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tv_enable" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "sv_steamgroup" = ""
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "sv_password" = ""
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "sv_tags" = ""
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tv_relaypassword" = ""
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "tv_password" = ""
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "deathmatch" = "1"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: "coop" = "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:52: server cvars end
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:54: Started map "ctf_2fort" (CRC "1e6c5042e27db485c089f36deea6c4eb")
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:54: Executing dedicated server config file server.cfg
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:59: server_cvar: "tf_gamemode_ctf" "1"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:22:59: Initializing Steam libraries for secure Internet server
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: No account token specified; logging into anonymous game server account. (Use sv_setsteamaccount to login to a persistent account.)
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: server_cvar: "mp_timelimit" "30"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: server_cvar: "sv_tags" "ctf"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: server_cvar: "sv_tags" "ctf"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: server_cvar: "mp_flashlight" "1"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: server_cvar: "mp_forcerespawn" "0"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: server_cvar: "sv_contact" "your@email.address"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: server_cvar: "decalfrequency" "60"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: server_cvar: "mp_falldamage" "1"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: server_cvar: "sv_password" "***PROTECTED***"
L 02/28/2014 - 20:23:00: Log file closed

I already did try the sv_setsteamaccount <login token> (I put that in the autoexec.cfg) after obtaining my SteamAPI Key thing and filled in tf_server_identity_token "<token> "
tf_server_identity_account_id <ID>, and still no luck.

It's dedicated server (Windows.)

And this is the Log file I received today:

L 03/05/2014 - 19:57:46: Log file started (file "logs\L0305000.log") (game "C:\servers\dustbowl\tf") (version "2142131")
L 03/05/2014 - 19:57:46: Log file closed


I'm completely at loss, so any help/insight would be greatly appreciated!

P.S. There also seem to be logs listed under ../bin/logs, but I'm not sure if they are necessary.

• connection_log_27015.txt
• content_log.txt
• connection_log.txt

[soja]

Enable the console logging tool on the "Server control" tab in your control panel. Then you can check the console.log in your tf folder.

Do you still have this line in your autoexec.cfg?

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map cp_dustbowl

Obviously the map name doesn't matter, but you do need some map specified there on NFO servers.

[Huntress]

log 1
sv_setsteamaccount <login token>
sv_pure 2
map ctf_2fort

That's the default map; the server has worked with what is already in the autoexec.cfg, however yesterday, I added the sv_setsteamaccount because I thought that might solve the problem...which it didn't.

I don't actually own the server, but I'll tell the person to enable the logging tool--is there anything else that I ought to know or other potential predicaments could be the source of the problem?

[soja]

Well the simple change is, try removing sv_steamaccount and see if it boots up

The console logging tool should help you to diagnose the issue for good.