Hi, i run 2.55 on a dedicated server, and everytime a player tries to connect to my server the log says “[player name] acking disconnected download mode” i want my server to be succesful but this bugs me because usually players dont try to reconnect a second time. Does anyone know how i could fix this problem? Thanks in advance.
ENEMY TERRITORY 2.55 SERVER HELP
ayatollah
(ayatollah)
#2
Use 2.60…And maybe they don’t want to download whatever you have on the server. Try to just have default everything, then when people start coming change maps/sounds/whatever. If you build it they will come.
SCDS_reyalP
(SCDS_reyalP)
#3
ack just means acknowledge. So all the message is telling you is the client need to download something, and started. This in itself, isn’t a problem. After a disconnected download finishes, the client should automatically reconnect.
However, all non-UDP downloads are horribly broken in versions before 2.60. Clients almost always crash after the download is finished. UDP downloads are to slow to be useful for maps.
The two possible solutions
- use 2.60b, which has these bugs and many other important security fixes.
- don’t use custom content.
There are MANY serious problems with 2.55 and 2.56. By choosing to run these versions, you are inviting users to steal your rcon passwords or crash your server.