[LGSM] autoupdate working?

[medic917]

Hi Daniel,
I saw that you enabled -autoupdate (unless I'm incorrect).

I keep getting steam directory is missing error, have anyone used it successfully with Daniel's script?

By any chance can you make a query script like your monitor query script, so when steam gives the server needs an update message it will auto trigger an update?

willing to donate if you can do this, it has become a pain to see my servers empty since the game devs did an update mid-day.

[dgibbs64]

Hello,

Yes I have put -autoupdate as part of the default parms for all steamCMD based scripts. It may be possible to do what you are requesting however I would prefer it that the -autoupdate function built in to SteamCMD does the job instead. Please can you send me the log files with the error message as this will be useful in getting -autoupdate working if it is not.

Thank you

Running a TF2 server I get this during a debug start:

Auto detecting CPU
Using default binary: ./srcds_linux
Enabling debug mode
Server will auto-restart if there is a crash.
ERROR: -autoupdate requires -steam_dir and -steamcmd_script.
Sat Sep 27 11:42:58 JST 2014: Server Failed

Removing -autoupdate fixes that and the start completes successfully.

Also spotted this during start:

WARNING: Failed to load 32-bit libtinfo.so.5 or libncurses.so.5.
Please install (lib32tinfo5 / ncurses-libs.i686 / equivalent) to enable readline.

Which can be solved by installing lib32tinfo5 and lib32ncurses5 via apt-get install in Ubuntu Server 14.04.

[medic917]

Hey daniel!
Again thanks for your generosity in helping us.

I don't have a way to get the log file right now (got lost somewhere xD) but I'll try to recreate it again the next time I get the chance!
It's similar to what Philip has above, I just don't get the missing binaries or those two files he listed.

To be honest though, finding a way to auto shut down server whenever the console says it needs an update, and making your monitor cronjob script to start the server is a great way to go about it, rather than an autoupdate script, where one has to manually restart the server (which we don't need since we can do this already with your script ./tf2server update-restart.)

I already got something like this working for tf2 with a plugin that recognizes an update is needed and I edited it to make the server quit without restarting. Then monitor recognizes it is down (I took out the lock file) and it updates the server before starting (I edited your script so it updates first then starts the server on ./tf2server start).

The only thing is, that plugin is only for tf2, does not work for any other game no matter what I try haha. Only if we can get one that isn't sourcemod plugin dependent, like your awesome monitor query script that is very useful, we can finally have a truly useful autoupdate method for all games.

[dgibbs64]

I have removed this feature while I decide how to best go about this problem

[dgibbs64]

Found the log message for required update.

MasterRequestRestart
Your server needs to be restarted in order to receive the latest update. 

It may be possible for me to look for this message and initiate an update automaticly.

[Rob-123]

It would be great to have an option to force the server to check for updates every time it starts (without using -autoupdate). Basically having the script do 'update' instead of 'start' after gsquery detects it is down. I'm currently using a sourcemod plugin to detect updates and force shut down the server, so this would be the final step towards automation

Thanks for all the work on the script, been a really useful tool for hosting.

[dgibbs64]

@Rob-123 love the idea. I think I will add a variable in the scripts to turn on an option like this. Something like updateonstart=yes for example. I will be adding your idea as a feature to add.

edit: created feature request #244

[dgibbs64]

Found a possible option for auto updates as well. The website https://steamdb.info provides details when steam apps are updated. This means the server could query the website for version changes.