Dedicated server broken again?

[Pvt. Parts]

Default server, no mods everything default, only thing it does it load up, all the way to the remote server listener starting and then the next log line just says:
Server was stopped.
In none of the log files does it mention any error that might stop the server, do you have to buy it now or something?

[Dan2D3D]

Hi, share more clues about your server!

> You have 2 PCs at home and run the SE Dedic in one?

> Rented server?

> You run the Dedic and game in the same PC?

> Do you play with Mods and how many?

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Good to know when you run a server =

A lot of server admins are helping the community admins on Keen Discord every days in the "Community-server-admin" channel.
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I run the SE Dedic at Home, followed the Official Guide to install and it runs very well!

[Dan2D3D]

Here is the Official SE Dedic Guide that I followed :

https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/dedicated-servers.html

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[callme-jk]

Not the best Internet on the moon... xD

[Dan2D3D]

Tho I use 2 PCs with 2 different Steam accounts (2 SE copies) = very very easy this way, using my second PC with SE installed.

BUT

If you read the Official Guide = we can install without Steam account installed in the second PC.

[Pvt. Parts]

Same, I followed that guide exactly but no luck... I have hosted SEDS before about 4 months ago, again following that guide and it worked perfectly fine that time but now it just seems to refuse by stopping itself...
Internet is 100/100 fiber but is not the issue as the server won't even start up to a point where I can attempt to connect to it.

[Dan2D3D]

I don't know if you use Mods so :

Steam Mod download is full load sometimes and we are in the Summer sale with game/quests to do on the Store page and that may not help if you use mods.

I know a server admin that uses A Lot of Mods and he had to withdraw and add one a just a few Mods at a time, load and let other players connect for a test, exit and add one or two more Mods ...

He had to do so and all went well, seems that Steam is having problems when loading too much Mods in the same time for some servers.


I will have a look at the bug reports to see if it's a recent bug rpeorted by community Testers,
be back later ...

[Dan2D3D]

Oh! Sorry, forget my above post, I just noticed you said No Mods

[Dan2D3D]

I can't find similar so I don't have clues to share

I see some similar but marked by the programmers "Solved" so maybe read those and create a new bug report or open a "Request for help" so a SE programmer can help you.

The search results about "Dedicated server does not load" =

https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/general/search/Dedicated%20server%20does%20not%20load

Share the Dedic log file in your report, create from this support page :

https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/general/

[Dan2D3D]

Oh! may be this !?

A member just told me that he had to uninstall the Dedic and reinstall to fix a similar problem so may be worth to try.

I downloaded the SE Dedic directly from Steam apps, here :

https://steamdb.info/app/298740/

[Pvt. Parts]

Thanks, after multiple tries I decided to try different operating systems, I had run the server previously a few months ago on Windows Server 2016 just fine and assumed it would be fine with 2019 too but no luck...
On Windows 10 it works exactly as expected and the server is now up and running, though perhaps someone should edit the requirements for SEDS to exclude Windows Server, I can't find what part functions different and breaks the server.

(Running Windows Server due to licensing concerns, they are virtual machines on Hyper-V with a (legitimate) Datacenter license so Windows Server activates for free while Windows 10 requires another license, hence the choice for Windows Server for SEDS.)

Tested it on Server 2016 and 2019 (both fully updated), both set to default 'optimized for background services' and later also both tested for application mode but no luck there, it used to work a few months ago but somehow something has changed either in SEDS or in Windows Server.

In any case thanks for your great effort and help, really appreciate it, if you want logs or something I still have the 2016 Server machine, the 2019 one is overwritten with the Windows 10 install, anyway thanks :)

[Dan2D3D]

I use Windows 10 for my server so I don't have any info to share with the SE programmers but you have it and can chat about it so, if you want to help, report this on the Portal and the programmers will have a look at this.

[JimTheNinja]

I have a server on a Win 7 rig gets to loading the world and restarts. Tried with and without mods.

[JimTheNinja]

And that C++ did the trick

[Dan2D3D]

Originally posted by JimTheNinja:

I have a server on a Win 7 rig gets to loading the world and restarts. Tried with and without mods.

Good Tip to know more about a problem in game =

This one may be reported already with a SE programmer comment in :

All goes here > https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/general/

I use my second PC, followed the Official Guide and it worked right away =

So maybe double check the Guide and redo the server setup :

https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/dedicated-servers.html

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There is a "Helping" channel on Keen Discord for server problems where a lot of kind admins are helping the community every days in "Community-server-admin" channel.

[BDoener]

it took me some time to figure this out, but I was able to fix my dedicated server.
Space Engineers is dependent on:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service pack 1 (Full Package) Link [www.microsoft.com]
  
• Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 Link [www.microsoft.com]

Make sure that you have installed these dependencies and then the dedicated server should work.