Game Troubleshooting
Game does not start
If your gameserver does not start, try following the debug instructions by logging into a main administrator, navigate to the gameserver and then click “Management” > “Debug”
Windows
- Try disabling the console log feature, some games will not work properly with console redirection
- This is in Game Templates > Edit > Windows tab
- Try making the service interactive by going into services.msc
- Locate “gsp-serv_[gameid]”
- Go into the properties of the service
- Go into the “Log On” tab
- Check the box that says “Allow Service to Interact with Desktop”
- Restart the service to see if any errors popup
- Check if the service exists and verify the parameters
- Go into services.msc and check to see if “gsp-serv_[gameid]” exists
- Check the parameters by going into regedit
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Services > gsp-serv[gameid] > Parameters
- Ensure these settings are valid. If these values are not valid then open a ticket with GSP-Panel Support.
Game files don't copy
If the game files do not copy when adding a game to a user check the following:
- The games are in the correct location(“File Location” setting for the machine)
- You can check if GSP-Panel can see the files by going to Machines > Information > Game Installs
- The file location folder, sub-folders, and archives have the correct permissions
- In linux this is generally 744
- Debug the backend, you can find out how by visiting Backend Debugging
Cannot install the gameserver, all servers are above the quota
This error can be caused by the following:
- Quotas are enabled and the limit would be exceeded by adding another gameserver
- All your IPs are in-use due to the “Dedicated IP” feature, which means only one server is allowed per IP. This setting is selected when adding gameservers.
- Your machine does not have any IPs setup, go to Machines > Edit > IPs > Add IP
Some required information is missing
You may receive the above error when trying to install a game server.
If you receive this error please confirm the following:
- Make sure you selected a user, game, and machine
- If no machines are listed then the game was not detected on any machines, you can confirm this by going to Machines > Information > Game Installs
- Make sure you entered a slot count
No machine was found matching criteria
- Make sure the machine has IPs added by going to Machines > Edit > IPs
- When adding IPs do not select “Dedicated IP” unless you want the IPs to only be used ONCE
- Make sure the games files are installed and detected properly on the machine(s) by going to Games > Verify
This game server is currently locked while a task is taking place
Chances are you received this when trying to delete or edit a game server that has one of the following tasks taking place:
- Backup
- Server install/reinstall
- Server updating
If you believe a task is stuck you can delete it by going to Utilities > Tasks as an Admin.