Hosting a Multiplayer Server

[Malte J.]

Hello guys,
my friend and I tried to play on a server he hosted.
I can see his server in the steam list, no problem, but everytime i try to join i get "join timed out".
So maybe he forwarded the wrong ports or something? Anyone who can help with that? Maybe someone can tell the ports that have to be opened?
Or any other suggestions why it doesn't work?
Thanks in advance!

 

[dumdidum]

I had the same Problem with AMS still shown as running in Steam, i don't really have a solution for that but i validated my game files 2-3 times and since then it gone again, once it found 6 files not ok and after the next start of AMS it found 4 files. Hope it works for you as well.

 

[JoelGL]

I had the same Problem with AMS still shown as running in Steam, i don't really have a solution for that but i validated my game files 2-3 times and since then it gone again, once it found 6 files not ok and after the next start of AMS it found 4 files. Hope it works for you as well.

I see. Will wait for others who've experienced it too to share what they've done, as I did run Verify files and it resulted to 100% fine, so not sure what else to do.

 

[dumdidum]

Hmm too bad it didn't work, that was the only thing i've done and somehow the fault was gone. Maybe just coincidence.

 

[Kevin Cox]

I ran a dedi server tonight with Practice, Qual, Warmup and Race. Once qual had finished it went straight to Race and skipped the Warmup session. Anyone else getting this issue?

 

[Limão]

Guys,

I'm not able to see my dedicated server on Steam - the exe seems to be running ok (with Steam in offline mode), but I cannot see it in the server list (I'm able to see all other several servers already on).

Wasn't able to find the user guide as previously mentioned.

Tks!

 

[Tony]

I ran a dedi server tonight with Practice, Qual, Warmup and Race. Once qual had finished it went straight to Race and skipped the Warmup session. Anyone else getting this issue?

in the dedicated server folder there is also a file called dedicatedserver.plr
edit this while server is NOT running and change Run Warmup="0" to 1 in the race conditions section
then restart server

 

[Tony]

Guys,

I'm not able to see my dedicated server on Steam - the exe seems to be running ok (with Steam in offline mode), but I cannot see it in the server list (I'm able to see all other several servers already on).

Wasn't able to find the user guide as previously mentioned.

Tks!

Have you opened all the ports on your router that are found in the multiplayer.ini file?
default ones are
Query Port Start="34597" // range is 1025 - 65535
Port Start="34697" // range is 1025 - 65535
Authenticator Port="8766" // range is 1025 - 65535
Master Server Updater Port="27016" // range is 1025 - 65535

 

[Limão]

Have you opened all the ports on your router that are found in the multiplayer.ini file?
default ones are
Query Port Start="34597" // range is 1025 - 65535
Port Start="34697" // range is 1025 - 65535
Authenticator Port="8766" // range is 1025 - 65535
Master Server Updater Port="27016" // range is 1025 - 65535

Hi Sniper!
Yes, I think so. Check my multiplayer.ini lines:

Query Port Start="34597" // range is 1025 - 65535
Port Start="34397" // range is 1025 - 65535
Authenticator Port="8766" // range is 1025 - 65535
Master Server Updater Port="27016" // range is 1025 - 65535

And here are the opened ports in the server:

Now I'm even able to see the server on Steam's list, but when I try to connect I get the "Join timed out" message. Any idea?

 

[Tony]

Hi Sniper!
Yes, I think so. Check my multiplayer.ini lines:

Query Port Start="34597" // range is 1025 - 65535
Port Start="34397" // range is 1025 - 65535
Authenticator Port="8766" // range is 1025 - 65535
Master Server Updater Port="27016" // range is 1025 - 65535

And here are the opened ports in the server:

Now I'm even able to see the server on Steam's list, but when I try to connect I get the "Join timed out" message. Any idea?

yes I had someone else with same issue, I believe its because its in your lan but my servers run on another network so I don't get these issues.
The only thing I can suggest is have you tried to join from within the game itseld bu using your lan ip instead, I know this worked for the other guy I helped
so ingame go to multiplayer, use the red + icon and add the ip address with the port number 34597
eg 192.168.1.5:34597. you should be able to join game
good luck

 

[Brent Mills]

Could someone please explain the steps needed to get a dedicated server running on the same machine I want to play it on. Someone above mentioned 'go offline mode' in steam, but as soon as I go back online, the server is shutdown when steam restarts.

 

[Asimov]

You have to simply keep steam client offline, on the server

 

[Snajjder]

You have to simply keep steam client offline, on the server

But how do you then play Automobilista with the Dedicated Server app running "on the same machine"?

 

[Asimov]

Ok, so it's not a dedicated server if it's on the same machine.
Anyway, if that is the case, I didn't try, but you should be able to just launch the server (executing exe file direclty with your steam client already opened) and the launch the game client normally via steam.

 

[Asimov]

Sorry, I didn't notice you mentioned "on the same machine" before

 

[Brent Mills]

Got it working thanks! Reason I couldn't get the game starting is I was trying to run from steam, but as you say using the executable directly worked.

Then the next problem was joining a server from the steam browser. Solution is to right click your server in the browser , click 'server info' and write down the ip address + port. Then go ingame and click the '+' in multiplayer menu and input your ip.

The next problem was that i was getting 'join timed out'. In the other thread discovered 2 more ports that need opening,
AMS Dedicated.exe TCP 34747 , and
AMS Dedicated.exe UDP 49632.

Now all is good, maybe this will help others having the same difficulty I was.

 

[Erick Goldner]

Got it working thanks! Reason I couldn't get the game starting is I was trying to run from steam, but as you say using the executable directly worked.

Then the next problem was joining a server from the steam browser. Solution is to right click your server in the browser , click 'server info' and write down the ip address + port. Then go ingame and click the '+' in multiplayer menu and input your ip.

The next problem was that i was getting 'join timed out'. In the other thread discovered 2 more ports that need opening,
AMS Dedicated.exe TCP 34747 , and
AMS Dedicated.exe UDP 49632.

Now all is good, maybe this will help others having the same difficulty I was.

Rapala, no need to copy the IP Address.
When you click on the + in the multiplayer, it will come with your local address 127.0.0.0 and when you click ok on that, it will find your server as well.

 

[Brent Mills]

Rapala, no need to copy the IP Address.
When you click on the + in the multiplayer, it will come with your local address 127.0.0.0 and when you click ok on that, it will find your server as well.

ah cool, thanks

 

[Snajjder]

Ok, so it's not a dedicated server if it's on the same machine.
Anyway, if that is the case, I didn't try, but you should be able to just launch the server (executing exe file direclty with your steam client already opened) and the launch the game client normally via steam.

Thanks, man! That worked!

 

[Brent Mills]

since the update today, my server is not showing in the server list anymore. Anyone else?

 

[Tony]

since the update today, my server is not showing in the server list anymore. Anyone else?

mine is fine I had to update the dedicaterserver.exe on my server box but that was to stop mismatches. So if mine is showing then the ports should not have changed