[bluechester]

I've been running Counter-Strike Dedicated server for about a year now. But I have never seen something like this.

Sometimes the application (HLDS) just stops working. Meaning all the clients lose the connection to the server, and when i come and look at the machine where the server is hosted from, the HLDS window is still open. The window just freezes. I don't see any errors. I run the server in console mode, and I can't type anything in. But i can do the regular functions that can be done to a window (Close, Minimize etc.)

What could be the problem?

I have the latest HLDS release.
Latest AMXX
Latest MetaMod

I am running,

Phenom 1.8 GHz Quad Core Processor | 4Gb | Windows Server 2008

[Bend3R]

I've got this a couple of 1000 times in my 10 years experience.
Custom plugins, maps or both (plugins affect the map) cause this problem.

[bluechester]

So is it basically the same thing as crash?

[Bend3R]

No.
Crash is when some software exception causes the system to panic and terminate.
Freeze/hang is when you get have form of infinite loop that takes up all of the CPU's time but doesn't cause it to terminate.

[hcxx]

Sory to bump old therd, but I have exactly the same problem. I'm running 3 game servers 2 counter-strike 1.6 and one half-life deathmatch server. The only server what crash like this is half-life deathmatch server other servers dosent crash at all. I dont know what cause this. maybe some1 have solution for this? :/

[omgitsme]

i had a problem with certain maps, i did'nt put in the models/materials so hlds would crash. also some plugins

[hcxx]

The maplist isent big only 4 maps. sometimes server run fine about 8h and another time it just freeze in 40minutes. It dont crash always the same time. In the logfiles there is nothing, just usual info and thats all.

[xtinct]

Any Special Plugins? And If you have kept your server Updated then the Problem might be fixed itself (Pray for that). Have Patience

[omgitsme]

Originally Posted by hcxx The maplist isent big only 4 maps. sometimes server run fine about 8h and another time it just freeze in 40minutes. It dont crash always the same time. In the logfiles there is nothing, just usual info and thats all.

sho your plugins.ini and what maps? i had the a problem with zm_deko2 because materials werent there. and i could'ent find them anyhwhere, try maps like de_dust2. if it still crashes then prob because some plugin

[Zapy]

there is a working exploit on srcds and hlds games that valve have released a beta for some days ago.

-beta cs0419

-command update -game cstrike -beta cs0419 -dir whatever.you.have -verify_all -retry