Devlog KAG Build 2059 - New APIClient, Updated Maps

It's not new API. It's just new API client in game. There is no documentation and no need for it. It's something built into KAG's Engine.

 

Also, so it would appear that current game doesn't work on Mac...but no users have really complained about it yet except for one person. We did though some internal tests and it seems to really be the case. Cameron is working on fixing it but without real Mac OS X machine to test on it's kind of hard to debug. We'll see what can be done about it. I hope we'll be able to fix it. If not the client will have to be reverted to the old one, which I'd rather avoid...

 

Hmm, I can't tell if servers are crashing due to this, but here.

Code:

[18:20:15] Request Spawn: luigidoyle57
[18:20:18] getTokenValidation error: Token found
[18:20:18] getTokenValidation error: Token found

Lugidoyle57 joined
server crashed
Just froze, which means that the keepalive script did not work. (had to manually restart it)

Code:

[18:43:28] getTokenValidation error: Token found
[18:43:29] getTokenValidation error: Token found

Seems to be happening to modded servers only. IKO CTF (non modded) server stayed alive, the two other modded servers died.

EDIT: To make it clear, after the last token error, game crashes, last thing in logs for both games)

 

I've also heard from @KArth that he's experiencing issues with KAG on Mac.

 

Mac issue folks, please respond here if things are fixed for you

 

Yup, found a second problem.

My server keeps crashing ever so often when somebody is downloading the mod, or joining.

Spoiler: a lot of logs

Code:

[21:10:31] Server: Sending script ../Mods/TFlippy_TerritoryControl_v39c/Structures/Workbench/Workbench.as
[21:10:31] Ignoring script: noteamcollisions
[21:10:31] Ignoring script: ctf_populatespawnlist
[21:10:31] Ignoring script: survival_pickspawn
[21:10:31] Ignoring script: material_sulphur
[21:10:57] Request Spawn: motor4
[21:11:04] COLLAPSE by MrDenO (size 14 blocks)

Player joins game as normal
Crashes

Code:

[19:46:38] Sending file: ../Mods/TFlippy_TerritoryControl_v39c/Structures/WoodStructureHit.as to 1150019170:57269
[19:46:38] Sending file: ../Mods/TFlippy_TerritoryControl_v39c/Structures/Workbench/Workbench.as to 1150019170:57269
*Snip*
[19:46:38] File outside of /Mods: Rules/CommonScripts/UseFakeTechs.as
[19:46:38] SENDING 212 FILES
[19:46:41] Token validation status: Token found
[19:46:41] Token validation status: Token found

Player downloads the mod, then token error

Code:

[18:40:48] File outside of /Mods: Rules/CommonScripts/UseFakeTechs.as
[18:40:48] SENDING 212 FILES
[18:40:49] Token validation status: Token found
[18:40:49] Token validation status: Token found
[18:40:49] Player info Received: stolij

Player joins game
Crashes

Code:

[18:39:50] Server: Sending script ../Mods/TFlippy_TerritoryControl_v39c/Structures/WoodStructureHit.as
[18:39:50] Server: Sending script ../Mods/TFlippy_TerritoryControl_v39c/Structures/Workbench/Workbench.as
[18:39:50] Ignoring script: noteamcollisions
[18:39:50] Ignoring script: ctf_populatespawnlist
[18:39:50] Ignoring script: survival_pickspawn
[18:39:50] Ignoring script: material_sulphur

Player joins, then server crashes

Code:

[18:00:42] Sending file: ../Mods/TFlippy_TerritoryControl_v39c/Structures/Workbench/Workbench.cfg to 3424320858:51342
[18:00:42] Sending file: ../Mods/TFlippy_TerritoryControl_v39c/Structures/Workbench/Workbench.png to 3424320858:51342
*Snip*
[18:00:42] File outside of /Mods: Rules/CommonScripts/KAG.as
[18:00:42] File outside of /Mods: Rules/CommonScripts/UseFakeTechs.as
[18:00:42] SENDING 735 FILES
[18:00:51] Player ollimarrex left the game (players left 5)
[18:01:04] Token validation status: Token found
[18:01:04] Player info Received: digga
[18:01:04] * digga connected (admin: 0 guard 0 gold 1 tester 0)
[18:01:05] Token validation status: Token found
[18:01:05] Token validation status: Token found
[18:01:05] Player info Received: duckypoos

Player downloads mod
crashes

Also, if it can't be fixed soon, is there a way to make the server auto-restart after server freezes.

I have a keep-alive script running, but the token error freezes the server, instead of crashing it. Which is fun, means i have to keep manually restarting it.

 

@TFlippy @Vamist is this a crash or an infinite loop/"lockup" - does the server process actually crash?
In either case, can you start a new thread for this issue, and then:

• run the server under gdb and either
• post the backtrace if it crashes (type "bt" into gdb after it catches the crash)
  
• or if it doesn't and it just "locks up", break execution manually (ctrl+c) and then get a trace - ideally also type info threads at the same time.
  
• If you're running it on windows, none of this applies because the binary doesn't have symbols and hosting on windows is unsupported.

Basically it'd be very helpful to know where it's actually going wrong, because we fixed a potential cause of this yesterday and afaik we're not having this issue on the officials (ie might be related to modding, but which aspect of modding is unclear).

You'd probably need to implement a check against the API if the server is freezing, as it'll fail to put its server status - use that to kill the server and the keepalive will kick in. Quite a pain, I know. We'd like this fixed as much as you would.