AMS2 Dedicated Server Tool / SteamCMD Support

Alright guys I'm ready to give up on trying to run a DS. No matter what I do, I can't get the "Wait for race ready" option to show up and now I have a random AI car showing up in the multiplayer games. Is anyone willing to share their config file that has the "Wait for ready to race" and no random AI config that actually works?

 

There are different ways to setup the Dedicated Server.
Option A: you setup everything in server.cfg and disable most lua files.
Option B: you setup everything related to vehicles, tracks and race in sms_rotate_config.json

Take a look here:
Dedicated Server Configuration - Sample - Weather + MultiClass REALLY FIXED! -2/25/18
Yes, it is over 2 years old and yes, it is for PCars2. But.....it does work with AMS2.
The first thing you see is the server.cfg file. Copy/paste it and just change the parameters to match your setup (servername, usernames, ServerControls, Gridsize and MaxPlayers)
Please note that there is nothing after Gridsize and MaxPlayers.

The next section is the sms_rotate_config.json and that is where you setup everything related to vehicles, tracks and race setup. If you look through that file it pretty much is self explanatory. Just setup your track (either just one track or several tracks) and vehicle class and the race setup. Just make sure to disable the things you don't need with a //
And that is all you need. If you set it up this way there is no need to do anything with the System Admin page.

 

I have a issue with the sms_stats_data.json file!

I have edited the code from "\lua\sms_stats\sms_stats.lua" Lines 634->655

-- Session game state changes.
function handle_session_game_state_change( old_state, new_state )
if not old_state or old_state == "" then
old_state = "None"
end
session_game_state = new_state
if ( old_state == "None" ) and ( new_state == "Lobby" ) then
handle_new_session_lobby()
elseif ( old_state == "Returning" ) and ( new_state == "Lobby" ) then
handle_returning_session_lobby()
elseif ( old_state == "Lobby" ) and ( new_state == "Loading" ) then
handle_session_loading()
elseif ( old_state == "Loading" ) and ( new_state == "PostRace" or new_state == "Race" ) then
handle_session_loaded()
elseif ( old_state == "PostRace" or old_state == "Race" ) and ( new_state ~= "PostRace" and new_state ~= "Race" ) then
if new_state == "None" then
handle_session_finished_prematurely()
else
handle_session_finished()
end
end
end
​

And changed "\lua_config\sms_stats_config.json"

config : {
"history_length" : 500,
"track_events" : true,
"track_results" : true,
}
​

Yesterday we had do 2 Races, when i upload the results to simresults (You can see the results here: Result 200910-PR9 - Imola_GP_2001 - RFRO Champ - www.racingfr.net - Automobilista 2 - Simresults), the names from race1 and race2 are not the same, race1 the steam name and race2 the complet names!?!?

And in race1 the admin don't have the Steam ID recorded?
And in race2 to no one have the Steam ID, just one driver who as joined at race2

 

this is a simresults problem somehow. Happens also in Assetto.

 

guys did you know if there is a way to an and blacklist someone forever?
...right now there is only the ban for 1 hour option and you need to manually blacklist the wreckers

 

could be a typical web restriction that it cannot directly write to the blacklist file. So just a temporary option.

 

Look the capture, the participantid 2 have NO NAME in the events.

And here the name changed (Normaly it must be [RFRO] Paradiz and not Lionel...????


I have Attached the results file

 

Variables in server.cfg

Can someone explain what values i can use and what they mean,
Or where i can find an explanation of these variables and their values

"TireWearType" and "PenaltiesType"

Thanks

 

TireWearType = How fast the tyres degrade. Off, Slow, Standard, x2 - x7.

PenaltiesType = Penalties for rule breaches active or not. Full or none.

As mentioned in the very first post in this thread, you can find basic server documentation in UserGuide.pdf in the installation folder. You can get a list of values and what they do by putting http://127.0.0.1:9000/api/list/ into your browser with the server running.

 

I found it in the list http://localhost:9000/api/list/ enums/tire_wear

enums/tire_wear

TireWearType

0 x7
1 x6
2 x5
3 x4
4 x3
5 x2
6 standard
7 slow
8 off

enums/penalties

0 none
1 full

Penalties only enables the penalties, now i have to search for track-limit penalties and their amount-allowed

 

I've given up on running a DS, nothing seems to work correctly. I even blew away the server and installed fresh configs from the links above while making personal edits. Nobody could connect to the server for whatever reason. At this point I've wasted more time than I care.

Good luck to those of you still trying.

 

my servers run w/o any problems since months. One wrong semnicolon can kill everything.
As long you are just copying and pasting and then tell it does not work, nobody can help as of too few information.
Post your cfg files and someone can read over it. Just edit ip adresses and usernames/passwords to something generic before posting.

 

Running the dedicated server on the same PC as AMS2 i can see and enter my server in de " Browse Online" screen,
Does this mean everyone can enter it ?

 

The flag "FORCE_REALISTIC_DRIVING_AIDS" is unclear for me, i want to have authentic Driving Assists, not full.
And most of the settings are still adjustable, i want to have them grayed out, not changeable.
Is that possible?

 

if all the ports you configured in server.cfg file are open/forwarded on your router, yes. As long as your provider supports it.
Google "forwardports pcars2"
Also your ds must be allowed to communicate in firewall settings.

 

Thanks for offering to help Herold. I've attached the files to this reply. Please let me know if you see anything out of the ordinary.

 

So being visible in the lobby isn't a sign for correct configuration, I probably should ask others if they can connect to test the server.
I first try to solve the Force Authentic Assist issue, as long as i can't force disabled all driving-assist and only allow authentic-assists, there is no use for running my own server..
Thanks

 

Setting that flag forces everyone to have authentic driving aids, regardless of what settings they use in their config menus. It doesn't matter if they have the aids switched on or off, because the server dictates the racing rules, not the client.

It doesn't stop people changing the aid settings in the car setup screen though, and nor should it. The setting is really to prevent people from using aids the real car does not have, not to prevent them reducing/disabling aids it does have.

 

Unfortunately, these Reiza people are inept, nor do they know what they are doing. I managed to solve this and many other problems of the dedicated server by studying hard, questions that I posted here and they did not know how to solve and came up with insignificant answers, however I am already abandoning this arcade game !! I just got to know RFactor2, this is a racing simulator. Bye Reiza !!

 

Don't forget to buy the Reiza car pack in rFactor2. I heard it's awesome.....