[RapeField]

This might be the strangest problem I had since I started with making VOIP and gameservers.

First of. Last week I decided to uninstall Windows server and install Linux. This went great my TS3 server went online at once.
Then I installed a TF2 server through "Linux Game Server Managers". I opened up all the ports as usual (both on the Linux machine and the router). I checked the port on and the 27015 (default port for TF2) was open (I checked on http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/).

The problem is that I still can't make contact with the server, not through local IP, domain or public IP.

Yes, I have started the TF2 server. And yes I'm 100% sure that the port is open since I've checked it and it also works for the TS3 server.

Anyone have any clue what this might be?
Please tell me if you need more information!

[captaindeterprimary]

Did you set +ip to what ever ip you are trying to connect on?

[DJ Data]

Ive had bad experience with http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/
Ive given it many tries with my servers and my own router. Even though my ports are open and the servers are online, it still says they are closed.

[RapeField]

Yes, it's set to the public IP.

Originally Posted by DJ Data Ive had bad experience with http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ Ive given it many tries with my servers and my own router. Even though my ports are open and the servers are online, it still says they are closed.

Yes I had that problem as well. But anyway I'm still sure that the ports are open since the TS3 server is working just fine :/
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Edit:
Got this out of the console:

Using breakpad crash handler Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 440 Forcing breakpad minidump interfaces to load Looking up breakpad interfaces from steamclient Calling BreakpadMiniDumpSystemInit Add "-debug" to the ./srcds_run command line to generate a debug.log to help with solving this problem Thu Apr 24 00:25:56 CEST 2014: Server restart in 10 seconds

Edit2:
So I did some research about this error. I validated the files, but I still get the same error. Anyone got any clue to what this might be?

Edit3:
So I start the server with -debug now. However I can't find the file xD Any ideas where it might hide?

[Sillium]

The core file should be in the root folder of you srcds installation.

[RapeField]

Originally Posted by Sillium The core file should be in the root folder of you srcds installation.

Yes, I found it after 1 hour. Not sure why it wasn't there before. Anyway, it just shows me the startup line (+map ctf_2fort etc).
So I sent a mail to Valve with that crachdump now. So I will let you guys now when I get the answer. Thanks for all the help!!

[RapeField]

So after reinstalling everything and looking in the debug mode I found out that the ports were already used (really strange).
Anyway I've changed them all and the server is now running on local IP. Any idea's how to make it run on public IP?

Edit:
Nevermind, it seems to be working anyway.. Strange. The console gave a local IP but my friends can still join.

Solution:
Changed the ports since they were already used (really strange, since I don't use them )

Thanks for all the help!

[captaindeterprimary]

Originally Posted by RapeField So after reinstalling everything and looking in the debug mode I found out that the ports were already used (really strange). Anyway I've changed them all and the server is now running on local IP. Any idea's how to make it run on public IP? Edit: Nevermind, it seems to be working anyway.. Strange. The console gave a local IP but my friends can still join. Solution: Changed the ports since they were already used (really strange, since I don't use them ) Thanks for all the help!

You have to set +ip to your local ip, that way the server knows to look for incoming requests to the ip you port forwarded. You have to go down the chain:

|Your ISP(Global/External IP [68.158.37.79])
\
-|Your Internal Modem\Router [192.168.1.1] (Giving IP's to X[192.168.1.2] & Y[192.168.1.3]) {Portforward 27015 to 192.168.1.2}
-\
--|Your Local Server[X]<srcds +ip 192.168.1.2>
--|Your Gaming Desktop[Y]

[WildCard65]

Originally Posted by DJ Data Ive had bad experience with http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ Ive given it many tries with my servers and my own router. Even though my ports are open and the servers are online, it still says they are closed.

Ya I noticed that too with that site but after I had +ip set the site reported the gameserver's ports were open(it also helped fix an rcon issue I was having with sourceban's webpanel because it couldn't get through the closed port on my computer(wierd how Ubuntu routes connections to a port from outside to a matching listening port locally when something on it is only reporting the local port as listening)

[Powerlord]

Make sure another copy of the server isn't running somewhere.