I just posted the new version :

This is the new version of the server (0.33d SP1):
-Big stability improvements
-Security fixes (thanks to Luigi Auriemma)
-Support of the new user mapping

The archive contains:
-Source code (for Linux and others)
-Windows binaries (in replacement of those included in the game install)

Go get it if you want to host a server!

 RoRserver-0.33d-SP1.zip

i just compiled it and i have to say its stable now.
only tried under linux tho, will try with windows later on.
only problem i have atm is when i join the server (to test) it works, but when i leave "ghosts" of me stay, filling up the server.
im unsure if that is only a problem cuz of the same ip or a real problem.
ill see when somebody joins the server (running an unusual map - flat_map) then ill report back.

@master open the inetserver.bat file with notepad and change the options to ur likings.
then simply double click it and the server goes online.

i think there IS a problem with players "ghosts" staying on the server after disconnect.
one guy came onto my server...all good.
he left then some time, and later on he joined again.
yes, now hes twice on, and the ghost wont leave.

as u can see hes on twice, the first one has no ip and says busy... its in that state for like 30 minutes.
im unsure what to do, except restarting the server 

in the serverlist i have seen that it also happens on other (official) servers.
there are quite a lot ppl on 2-4 times.

edit...

problem persists, so im sure its a serious bug.
none of the first 3 do move - ghosts

suggestion: make it possible for an server admin to send messages to the server while not being in game.

thanks for reporting

yes ghost are annoying and i've seen them too

OK, fortunately (or not) I can't reproduce it on the main server! I did not had time to check on Windows.

So for those that host servers and have ghost people marked as: Busy

1) What operating system do you use?

2) In case the answer of 1) was "Linux": Which kernel version, and which libpThread version do you have?

Thanks.

FYI, it seems the issue is that depending on the system, the sequence:
can block on join(). On my server it does not blocks and works correctly.
When you see "Busy" that means that join blocked and the server is unable to delete players anymore.
Commenting out the join() (there are at two places IIRC) would fix it but beware there is a risk of resource exhaustion in case the cancel() did not work. So check how much threads you have in your process (in /proc) if you comment out the joins (the normal number is 2 threads per players plus 3 IIRC).

Linux boosted-desktop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

NPTL 2.6.1

thats mine...

My code suffers from the "server crashes when someone leaves" syndrome

*** glibc detected *** ./rorserver: free(): invalid pointer: 0x08059639 ***



Nevermind, my mistake