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When I try to run a LAN server on my Server 2003 Machine, I get the following: "Another instance of the game or the server is already running." and then it quits.
I've looked everywhere for a solution to this, and Google has nothing on it. Help me oh holy ones. :embarrassed:
Oh, and hi everyone. I'm new here.
Hi. Are you trying to run multiple instances of the server and can you run it as a wan/live server?
Technik, H2server can only be run once, unless you specifically create 'instances' with unique names. type 'h2server /?' for more info (although it's not much).
When using multiple instances, you need to run the 'h2admin' program and tell it which specific instance you want to admin.
So check this out and lets us know how you made out..
Is this the only (and your first) server?
I got that error too, but I realized I didn't have that LIVE thing installed...
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...st1.2.0238.msi
Go!
No, this is the first instance I've tried to run, no I can't run a live server either, and yes it's my first server. I guess I'll try installing the live service. If I recall, there's a newer version than that, and I think I have it somewhere on this machine from install H2V... I'll get back to ya. =)
EDIT: No, my bad you linked me the right one... but I don't have time to install it right now.
EDIT: Nope, it didn't help. =/ I'm late now, so I have to run. Thanks, by the way.
It's one thing to get live connected, another completly to get passed the initial error you wrote about.
Just follow the readme section carefully and you should have no problems running the program. Again, connecting to live might be the next hurdle. Cross one bridge at a time..
I can't find anything about this error message in the readme though... or anywhere on Google, for that matter. I'm not terribly concerned with getting live to work, I just want the LAN service to work. Does anyone know how to fix this? :(
Now did you set it up to already run the lan server as a service on server 2k3. Now it sounds to me like this is the case. You should be able to navigate to the server directory in the command prompt and then type h2admin -lan If you need to know if the service is running go to the run command and type services.msc. You should see one that says halo 2 dedicated server or something like that in there. hope this helps
Nope, I didn't create a service, and I double-checked to make sure. It seems like that would be the problem, but it's not. =/
Are you using the latest files? (Just to make sure)
http://files.filefront.com/Halo2Dedi.../fileinfo.html
^Courtesy of Vicky