Master Server Down

[andrinoc1]

It's been two weeks or so.
When I try to host my CMD prompt is filled with:
"CurrentDateAndTime │ Warning │ │ Recieved error when trying to advertise server on master server. Response was not valid json."

When I open the Loader I can't see any server up.

It's happening with me and a couple of friends, we were able to use the program before.

[TLeonardUK]

Please search issues before opening new ones, there are rather a few on this topic.

Eg. #26

This is expected, you can still connect to servers using the ds3osconfig files the server emits, as per the readme.

That log is just a warning, it's doesn't stop it working.

This is unreleased prototype software, the master server isn't currently running on a permanent host at the moment so may come and go.

[andrinoc1]

I think you misunderstood me.
The program STOPPED WORKING after this error started showing up.

Edit: Is there any fix?

[TLeonardUK]

The master server doesn't do anything with regards to connecting to servers it just distributes the information that already exists in the ds3osconfig file. If your connection is failing to a server you are running you are likely using an out of date or incorrectly configured ds3osconfig file.

[andrinoc1]

Doesn't the server run with the default ds3osconfig file?

The only change I made was the name of the server and description.

Edit: I followed the steps of:
1- Run the server once
2- Edit the file
3- Run the server once again
4- Import the ds3osconfig file to Loader and try to connect
config_copy.txt

[TLeonardUK]

My guess is the public or private host name is wrong in the config file your using. The public host name is what resolves to the ip address that people outside your lan connect to, the private host name is what is used for those inside your lan.

Easy way to test, set both to 127.0.0.1 if your running the server on your local machine and then import it and try to connect. If you can, that's the issue.

[andrinoc1]

Yeah, it was the Hostname.

Another thing, why can't I see other servers such as ?ServerName?
I used to be able to see other servers, but since that issue it stopped happening.

[TLeonardUK]

That's expected. The automatic advertisement of servers is what the master server does, if its down you will only see ones you import yourself.

[andrinoc1]

Sad to know that the advertisement server is out.

Anyway, great work, thanks for the quick response.

Edit: Last thing before we close this, do I need to take any extra step in order to host a Cinders modded server?
Edit2: Already disabled the modengine.ini onlineblock and was able to connect to ?ServerName? but couldn't host it myself.

[TLeonardUK]

Shouldn't require anything else, mods should just work.