[Server] VanessaE's Creative Server [git/dev]

[VanessaE]

I saw you try to sign in, followed almost immediately by a timeout.

[bulldog1]

it did timeout

[VanessaE]

Try this one, it's one of BlockMen's builds:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/59mr2f4uny9m149/minetest-0.4.7-dev03082013.zip

[bulldog1]

its not wanting to download

[VanessaE]

Try this copy:

http://digitalaudioconcepts.com/vanessa/hobbies/minetest/minetest-0.4.7-dev03082013.zip

(it's the same file, but hosted on my webspace, direct download link without all the extra javascript BS to get in the way)

[bulldog1]

its getting there slowly

[VanessaE]

Oh good, I noticed you were just "standing there" without timing out.

Note to others reading this thread, that last build I pointed him to worked. I've added links to the first post for BlockMen's, sfan5's and PilzAdam's Win32 build topics.

[Inocudom]

Oh good, I noticed you were just "standing there" without timing out.

Note to others reading this thread, that last build I pointed him to worked. I've added links to the first post for BlockMen's, sfan5's and PilzAdam's Win32 build topics.

You could add a link to Fess's 64-bit builds as well, as they now have a sticky topic.

[VanessaE]

Inocudom: good idea - added.

[VanessaE]

Minor updates to a few mods here and there, but most importantly, we have a remote media server (hosted via my regular web space) for those whose builds have cURL support. This should speed up the media downloads significantly.

[ndjdjksisksk]

can i have interact

[bulldog1]

i would grant it if I could

[ndjdjksisksk]

13:01:42: ERROR[main]: Access denied. Reason: Could not allocate player. You may need to wait for a timeout.
13:01:51: INFO: event_handler(): Ctrl+C, Close Event, Logoff Event or Shutdown Event, shutting down.




i get this error

[bulldog1]

LazyJ says that he cant see me on the server. He says when I move there is only a blackoutline.

[VanessaE]

bulldog1: That is due a bug in the cURL feature in either the server or client code (I don't know which). I'll have to wait for a bugfix upstream. In the meantime, I've disabled the remote media server until this gets fixed, so it should be okay now. Sorry about the inconvenience.

ndjdjksisksk: Pick a readable user name (not a bunch of random letters), sign onto the server, and let me know what you chose, and I'll grant.

[ndjdjksisksk]

bulldog1: That is due a bug in the cURL feature in either the server or client code (I don't know which). I'll have to wait for a bugfix upstream. In the meantime, I've disabled the remote media server until this gets fixed, so it should be okay now. Sorry about the inconvenience.

ndjdjksisksk: Pick a readable user name (not a bunch of random letters), sign onto the server, and let me know what you chose, and I'll grant.

ok i am stormchaser2000

[ndjdjksisksk]

13:01:42: ERROR[main]: Access denied. Reason: Could not allocate player. You may need to wait for a timeout.
13:01:51: INFO: event_handler(): Ctrl+C, Close Event, Logoff Event or Shutdown Event, shutting down.




i get this error

this happens every time

[bulldog1]

i have always wondered: how do I become a admin?

[VanessaE]

ndjdjksisksk, I'm not sure what that error means. Perhaps you need to update your copy of Minetest? Anyway, interact granted as "stormchaser2000".

bulldog1, I'll choose an admin one of these days. I don't have any set criteria though. Just a matter of making up my mind.

[ndjdjksisksk]

ndjdjksisksk, I'm not sure what that error means. Perhaps you need to update your copy of Minetest? Anyway, interact granted as "stormchaser2000".

bulldog1, I'll choose an admin one of these days. I don't have any set criteria though. Just a matter of making up my mind.

i a=am using one of the links provided in the first post and i get the error

[aracnus]

Hi VanessaE, I'm having the same error as ndjdjksisksk. It make all the connection process (stablish connection, download media and textures), but, in the end I have the error message:

ERROR: Access denied. Reason: Could not allocate player. You may need to wait for a timeout.

I just updated my version from git.

[sneebliahj1]

Interact granted for sneebliah1 as "Whitemau5".

thanks

[VanessaE]

Got an explanation for the "could not allocate player" message. Turns out this was the message the server was sending after a client crashes or just exits unexpectedly and tries to re-connect too quickly before the server times-out that player. Some tweaks have been made to the source code which should partly resolve that. There's still a bug somewhere in the timeout code, which will hopefully be fixed soon.

[VanessaE]

Hybrid Dog: I've never seen that error message before. weird.

[ndjdjksisksk]

i think someone hacked me i got an error saying someone was using my username

[VanessaE]

Nope, that's no hack. That's the new server message. It means the server hasn't timed out yet after your last sign-off or crash or whatever, and you just need to wait a bit before signing back on.

[ndjdjksisksk]

Nope, that's no hack. That's the new server message. It means the server hasn't timed out yet after your last sign-off or crash or whatever, and you just need to wait a bit before signing back on.

lol i have been waiting cience yestersay lol for hours

[VanessaE]

I've been seeing you signing on and off repeatedly.

bulldog1, twoelk and I seem to have no trouble signing on and playing - are you absolutely certain you are running a VERY recent git development build and not 0.4.7-stable or some older git copy? "I am using one of the links provided in the first post" doesn't help me much, because not all of them are necessarily up-to-date all the time, and in the case of sfan5's link, there are many builds available.

Please give me the link to the exact file you downloaded -- not the page you got it from, but the actual downloadable .zip or .7z or .exe or whatever.

[twoelk]

sadly not true ...

I had lots of problems yesterday evening using the same client that had worked in the morning. Have just now used that same client again but on a different way faster machine with a faster internet connection (dont tell anyone in my office hehe).

I use a portable minetest set up on a portable harddisk that I drag around with me. I ussually use three different machines on two different networks at different times. -- And for the records minetest performance is quite different on each setup, so if you remember the discusssion we once had while watching KhonKhortisan building his music machine, the capabilites of the local pc used does have a great influence on fps, lag, view and other stuff. I can tell because I constantly switch computers using the exact same client. (erm well actually the ninth incarnation)

I had similar problems yesterday evening on the landrush server. I did get onto the startest server as prove of concept, so it wasn't my client or the network that failed. As I got onto the VanessaE server today using that same client it also can't be an issue due to out of date client version.

Yesterday I also tried to connect to both servers as guest using names I had not used before and it gave me the "Could not allocate player" message. Other servers had the same problem. Maybe some not completed timeout while downloading the inventory pics? It seems servers with lots of stuff to download have this problem more often than simple ones. Some sort of survey might be usefull. Don't know how to phrase a search to get usefull results of the mentioning of this problem on the forum but there was a thread on it by Brandon Reese at https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=6812.

[VanessaE]

Huh. I wish I knew wtf was going on, bulldog and I are able to use the server with no problem.