Server help

No sticky, in december was the last update though.

I can get it to run as a non service operation but i can not run the server as a service. I'm wondering if i have to start another service or change a setting. Does my server have to run as a service or can i run it as a console along side of vicky's tool?

Edit: I do have the server running on console and that works for me. My server comp is in my bedroom and gaming comp is in my living room. Both running on the same network. I can connect to Vicky's tool from my gaming comp but the problem is i can not stay connected to live long enough to even join a game. Do i need to forward some ports on my router, or change the port my game or server runs on?

Or is it because i'm on the same live account that i'm getting kicked off in-game?

I'd make a 2nd account for your server yes, gamertag will be the servername. I have port UDP 3074 forwarded to my server. You should be able to use the tool without running the server as a service with the latest version, the only thing that you can't see is the map+gametype. If you'd use a batch file to start the server and call it H2Admin1.bat (follow the included readme) it should work.

I did create a batch file correctly but when i click on it nothing happens.

What's in the batch file and where is it located? (and what should it do?)

Well i created a batch file in the halo 2 server directory and i just put h2admin -live in it.

I'm running an autoupdate on my server computer, hopefully that will help me run halo's server as a service,
if not i'm gonna install windows server 2000, or 2008 if you think it would be better.

In case you can't get it running as a service yet, put h2server -live in the batch file. H2admin won't do much unless there is a server-service to connect to.

I think i just found the solution to my problem, I have to edit the regestry path of my halo 2 server service for some reason. I installed the service correctly i'm sure but the problem is that there are no quotations in my service's directory so it's looking for c:\program instead of the correct directory, Either i'm gonna edit the regestry "i have step by step directions to do so thanks to the computer admin at my work". Or reinstall in a new location like maybe c\server or something.

Not sure if you're on the right track but perhaps you'll get it going that way. If you mean there are no quotes around the imagepath of the server in the registry, mine hasn't either.

I agree, it shouldnt cause a problem, but the reason i believe it's true is because a file was created as c:\program. And that is one of the issues that is related in the article i found.

Vicky, i was just wondering what OS you are running your server on?