After a few hours, I'm kicked with a message that says something like, Server quit, also check for new updates.

When I look at my dedicated server, the program didn't crash or anything. This is annoying because then I have to manually restart the server every few hours and also the map is thus wiped.

Anyone have help?

So the server says nothing?

Nothing like Disconnected from Master?

Umm the server doesn't seem to have any things in its console except everyone disconnecting. I can check next time and scroll up some to check for messages. I'm not sure what the "Disconnected from Master" issue is, except I know that my server randomly also stops being listed on the server list after a few hours too.

I've found that the issue is my dedicated server loses connection for a few seconds every few hours, and this causes the server to stop working and not be listed at all after this. This is really annoying, can't the server at least make an attempt to reconnect to the master server?

that message is displayed to a player and he gets kicked when his client can't communicate with the server.

your server is probably bottlenecking somewhere, most likely insufficient bandwidth or CPU, or your routing to the master server is just bad, which is the case for one of my servers as well.

This is really annoying, can't the server at least make an attempt to reconnect to the master server?

a feature i have been on my knees, begging for:
http://ace-spades.com/forums/topic.php?id=1047

Ben doesn't seem to be concerned about this feature, so i've been constantly bugging mat to include it in his reverse-engineered server. he has been progressing with its development rather quickly, so i won't be surprised if he releases a working version with this feature sometime soon.

I'll make sure to have a feature like that, yes.

:)

Izzy, your message about the communication and stuff is irrelevant. My server more than enough CPU a 100 megabit/second upstream line. The problem is just that my host occasionally disconnects for a few seconds every few hours, and this forces me to have to restart.

So yes, the feature that you request in that link is indeed what I also want. Thanks.

something else is going on then.

losing connection to the master server doesn't kick players with that "check for updates" message, it just means your server disappears from the server list and new players can't join while already connected players continue to play.

Actually it may just be me getting that message because I alt+tab a lot

But the issue with the master server is still very serious.

i agree, it's silly to have to reset the map and thus kick everyone just to reconnect to the master server

I jizzed