TZAC awaiting auth

(sparky) #1

I posted this in the tzac forums already but no answer.
I thought perhaps some server admins here might know the answer.

In my server.cfg under etpro folder I add this lines in the middle of the file
// TZAC
ac_sv_minage 0 //- >if not 0, only players with guid age (in days) above set value are allowed to join this server
ac_sv_banage -1 //- > determines ban period for banned players in months after their account ban expired -1 -> banned forever 0 - > 12 months
ac_sv_version //- current TZAC server addon version
ac_sv_iplimit 0 //- limits maximum number of players from one ip, 0 means disabled
ac_sv_fixlmsspam //- fixes possible LMS spam
ac_sv_hidden 0 //- if > 0, server won’t show up in TZAC server list
ac_sv_blockqueries 0 //- if > 0, server won’t reply to status queries (reduces DDOS risk)
ac_sv_autoupdate 1 //- if 1, auto update facility is enabled. TZAC server addon will update itself.

I changed both
qagame.mp.i386.so to etpro_qagame.mp.i386.so
and
qagame_mp_x86.dll to etpro_qagame_mp_x86.dll

I restarted the server by running as admin
I logged into TZAC as admin and ran TZAC
The game started and I pulled down the console to type in the ip of my server
/connect aa.bbb.ccc.dd:eeeee

Server
awaiting auth!
I let it try for about 2 minutes.

I pulled down the console and typed
/net_port eeeee
/net_restart
/vid_restart;reconnect

The server reconnected and I get the same awaiting auth message.

Note: in trackbase i type etpro and i see my server there and when i click on any tzac server, it will show tzac enabled icon.
When I click on my server, it doesn’t show tzac enabled icon.
This indicates to me that maybe tzac is not running on my server but
when I try to connect without the TZAC client program, it tells me sorry but server is TZAC

Please help.

(Patriotqube) #2

and your sure you are using the latest release of Tzac?

last time they updated it, ppl would get the same awaiting auth experience on my server, that was fixed again when i updated my server to the same update the ppl joining was using.

whats the ip of that server?

(sparky) #3

Yes I reinstalled the file just to make sure. Both Server and Client files are from the recent download. I changed the options in the server.cfg around a bit and that didn’t help. I also disable my firewall and I still get the Awaiting Auth over and over in my console.

Any ideas?

(ailmanki) #4

many possibilities… have you started a map on the server?

(sparky) #5

yes, the server runs perfect without tzac, it only fails with tzac files installed.

I made one small change. In the etded.exe shortcut properties, I changed the base url from etserver to ettzacserver.
I have a punkbuster server under a folder called etserver and the other server which is tzac, under a different folder called ettzacserver.

The TZAC icon on trackbase.net now indicates that tzac is correctly running, but no one can access the server, it just says awaiting auth.

The server was reinstalled from scratch and I still can’t get it to run as tzac.

(ailmanki) #6

Well your reply is confusing me. Also I never used tzac, but it seems to be similar to qmm…

According to tzac install guide,

Installation:
Download tzac_sv_addon_v018.zip and unzip
Shutdown ET server
In etpro folder, rename qagame.mp.i386.so (qagame_mp_x86.dll) to etpro_qagame.mp.i386.so (etpro_qagame_mp_x86.dll)
Upload qagame.mp.i386.so (qagame_mp_x86.dll) from the archive
Run server

you do need to modify the base url at all. You would only have to move the qagame.* files around. And then start server.

Your installation etserver might run perfectly, but your second installation might missing configs or whatever else there is wrong.
A good plan would be to test ettzacserver without tzac installed. And then install tzac. Instead of having multiple base pathes - which is no help at all. Your install etserver running has basically nothing in common with thr other ettzacserver beside of the executable.

(sparky) #7

hi ailmanki. both etserver and tzacserver folders are identical except for the two modified files in the tzac folder, the server.cfg cvars, and the punkbuster removal on the tzacserver. The tzacserver runs when I switch back to the two unmodified files as a normal non-pb server. When I use the two modified files it shows as a tzac server on trackbase, but no one can connect to it using tzac (they can’t connect not using it either, I checked).

So in conclusion, it appears something is blocking access eventhough I turned off both of my firewalls.

I’m really not interested anymore but if you guys have suggestions, you definitely should keep offering ideas for other people that may run into this same problem and find this thread helpful.

(Patriotqube) #8

try running tzac on the server that runs fine now, and run the other without tzac

would be interesting to see if result was the same as now