PalaceServer issues!

kageon1 · 03-15-2005 , 01:09 AM #1 (**permalink**)

Hello, I'm new to this forum because I have a serious problem with my PalaceServer. My PalaceServer is behind a Linksys WRT54G router (I opened port 9998), and is running on Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (Service Pack 1). People can enter my palace without a problem but every 5-10 minutes or so the server freezes for about 30 seconds then goes back to normal then repeats itself. I've been looking everywhere for this problem but could not find the solution to this problem, would like your helpful input on this one guys, thanks!

maarten · 03-15-2005 , 09:24 AM #2 (**permalink**)

This sounds a bit like your Palace server looking for the palace directory. This happens every 15 minutes, you can see in your Palace server log when this happens and if it is succesfull.

The people on your Palace have all the media downloaded without a problem?

Uni posted a good solution for DSL sever problems here:
http://www.palaceplanet.net/index.ph...topic&t=47

It is a good idea to put media on a website and serve it from there (see forum post on server media from websitehttp://www.palaceplanet.net/index.ph...t=4&sid=94)

And check the following: do you have a virus scanner running in the background? This can cause some weird issues with Palace.

And just to really depress you: Windows 98 and the personal Palace server are both pretty unreliable as far as I know you will never run a good stable Palace with more then 8 people on this configuration. I know many who have tried and failed, so might not want to spend to much time trying to fix something that will stay broke.

Good luck hope this helps you out.

kageon1 · 03-15-2005 , 09:32 PM #3 (**permalink**)

Hey maarten thanks for replying to my problem.
From observing the PalaceServer log it seems that it does exactly that (looking for palace directory).

People were able to download the media but they and the log said there was that "Can't find file...." even though it successfully downloaded onto their Palace directory.

Regarding the virus scanner, I never use one.

Is there any way to stop the PalaceServer from looking at the directory?

Thanks!

maarten · 03-16-2005 , 12:30 AM #4 (**permalink**)

Hi

No it can not be stopped, the server will always be looking for directory, it is hardcoded into the server software. But if you have a good connection this should not be a problem. Check out the directory info on palacetools as well:

http://www.palacetools.com/list/getlisted.html

This has some tips about adding the url to your HOST file.

Palace clients will look for JPG files first so if a picture is a GIF it will say "can't find file..." and then download the GIF. It is always a good idea to put the media up on a website becuase the Palace server basically sucks at delivering files.

jon_k · 06-23-2005 , 12:47 PM #5 (**permalink**)

Yeah, I would do the host file fix, it will make it speedier when it can't make a connection to it (since it'll all take place on your system)

Here is the locations for the hosts file in different OS's
Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows XP c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
UNIX/LINUX: /etc/hosts

Just add an entry for the IP of the directory server and then localhost.

E.G.
216.201.182.27 localhost

That should work.