[ghostofmybrain]

I just can't get a ricochet server installed. I've tried [url=http://danielgibbs.co.uk/2017/10/hlds-steamcmd-workaround-appid-90-part-ii/] "the workaround" to Valve's horrible implementation of SteamCMD for HLDS servers and attempted to install the server about 20 times. I've used login anonymous and logged in with an account. I just can't get it.

[fysiks]

Originally Posted by ghostofmybrain Valve's horrible implementation of SteamCMD for HLDS servers

You should consider yourself lucky that Valve made any effort to maintain access to a game engine that is nearly 20 years old (and provides nearly no income for them).

I just downloaded a Ricochet server on my Ubuntu server and it seems to run properly (the server shows that it's happy, I don't have a Ricochet on my PC to connect to the server). I used only the official instructions and ran the validate command 4 times after running the first download (4 was just a random number, I actually think it was all there after the first validate). I also logged in with my usual credentials.

[ghostofmybrain]

Holy mackerel. I guess I'll just keep trying. (I am also on Ubuntu)

What startup command are you using to launch it?

Invalid game type 'ricochet' sepecified.

Is that because it didn't install correctly?

I've run this about 50 times now, all told. Every time, it's "Success! App '90' already up to date."

./steamcmd.sh +login username password +force_install_dir "/home/user/ricochet/" +app_update 90 +app_set_config 90 mod ricochet validate +quit

[fysiks]

To download the server, I used the console method (and not the single command line command). The one thing that I notice in your command is that you are choosing a ricochet server after you tell it to update. So, it thinks you are updating just the core files and doesn't know to update/download the Ricochet files.

So, you need to put set_app_config before app_update. Also, "validate" is part of the app_update command. So, your command should be:

./steamcmd.sh +login <username> <password> +force_install_dir "/home/user/ricochet/" +app_set_config 90 mod ricochet +app_update 90 validate +quit

The command to start the server should be as usual:

./hlds_run -game ricochet +maxplayers 32 +map rc_arena

When you tried to run it, it said that it didn't know what ricochet was because you hadn't yet downloaded the Ricochet files.

[ghostofmybrain]

Ohh okay, everything I was reading had that syntax, and I think the one time I tried it the other way I had done an anonymous login.

Now it's working, thanks.

[Crazygamer34894]

Originally Posted by ghostofmybrain Holy mackerel. I guess I'll just keep trying. (I am also on Ubuntu) What startup command are you using to launch it? Invalid game type 'ricochet' sepecified. Is that because it didn't install correctly? I've run this about 50 times now, all told. Every time, it's "Success! App '90' already up to date." ./steamcmd.sh +login username password +force_install_dir "/home/user/ricochet/" +app_update 90 +app_set_config 90 mod ricochet validate +quit

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=340974032 follow this Guide.

[ghostofmybrain]

My last post already specified I got it working. Also I had no desire to go sifting through a bunch of memes and shit to get a server working, so when I was originally looking for information, I skipped that one very quickly. I'm somewhat astonished that you even suggested a guide that at a forum like this.