[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Dr. McKay Something funny with the start /wait command is, the file path can't have any spaces in it whatsoever, nor can it be enclosed in quotes. If you absolutely cannot rename your folder, you can use sysinternals junction.exe or 7's built-in symlink creator.

mklink /j is your friend. I recently used it to move my Steam common folder (for non-FPS, non-Valve games) from my SSD to my standard hard drive in preparation for SWTOR's giganticness.

[Larsen]

Okay gents, I think I got it working for our other server (no spaces in the path):

@echo off title SRCDS Watchdog/Updater cls echo (%date% %time%) Now starting SRCDS Watchdog/Updater echo (%date% %time%) Now starting SRCDS Watchdog/Updater >> watchdog.log :begin echo (%date% %time%) Checking for SRCDS updates echo (%date% %time%) Checking for SRCDS updates >> watchdog.log start /wait F:\srcds\hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game dods -dir F:\realism -verify_all echo (%date% %time%) Starting server echo (%date% %time%) Starting server >> watchdog.log start /wait F:\realism\orangebox\Realism2.1.exe.lnk echo (%date% %time%) WARNING: SRCDS quit or crashed, restarting echo (%date% %time%) WARNING: SRCDS quit or crashed, restarting >> watchdog.log goto begin

So, I'm starting a shortcut to a cmd.exe with my command line already appended. It seems to run the update, and checks, then it successfully starts my server, except the update runs again, and starts a new instance of the server. So, I'm getting multiple servers started after 15 seconds, and I only want the one.

Any idea why it's spamming multiple servers?

[Larsen]

Okay, so I got it all set and working (it doesn't like shortcuts, I had to actually use the srcds.exe path as you said in original post).

But now, I don't know where to define start /high and /affinity 1. (high priority, one core) I tried both the batch file and the shortcut to it on the desktop

[Dr. McKay]

Originally Posted by Larsen Okay, so I got it all set and working (it doesn't like shortcuts, I had to actually use the srcds.exe path as you said in original post). But now, I don't know where to define start /high and /affinity 1. (high priority, one core) I tried both the batch file and the shortcut to it on the desktop

start /high /affinity 1 /wait C:\Path\To\srcds.exe -console ...

[Larsen]

Beautiful, thank you. I was putting it after wait. Now my shit starts when I double-click the batch and I set it and forget it

[Powerlord]

As a side note, nemrun is something like this for Linux... because -autoupdate only works if people are on your server when the update hits.

Side note: nemrun was recently updated to 1.8.5, and previous versions will start to fail soon because of an API change made on the Steam backend.

[Dr. McKay]

Originally Posted by Powerlord As a side note, nemrun is something like this for Linux... because -autoupdate only works if people are on your server when the update hits. Side note: nemrun was recently updated to 1.8.5, and previous versions will start to fail soon because of an API change made on the Steam backend.

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Why not just use my auto steam update plugin on Linux?

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Dr. McKay ? Why not just use my auto steam update plugin on Linux?

I have multiple servers running on the same box. nemrun updates my server files, then restarts all my servers.

[C0nw0nk]

Thanks for the batch file and this can anyone confirm if it truely works with the plugin on windows machines ?


EDIT : (Does not work the plugin just restarts the server over and over again and the batch file only prevents it from crashing it does not force the server to goto the update.)

[Dr. McKay]

Originally Posted by C0nw0nk Thanks for the batch file and this can anyone confirm if it truely works with the plugin on windows machines ? EDIT : (Does not work the plugin just restarts the server over and over again and the batch file only prevents it from crashing it does not force the server to goto the update.)

When you do a cold start (i.e. run the batch without the server running already), does hldsupdatetool appear?