Make sure you have the same WADs as the server

[PortalFreak996]

Oi all, I'm back with *gasp* ANOTHER PROBLEM!!1

Anywho, lemme tall you what's going down.

A little while ago, I tried to make a deathmatch server. I waited a loooooooong time for people to join my server, and after a while, I noticed that someone tried to join, but didn't connect at all. I decided to join the server to see what was going on. And lo and behold, it was my old nemesis of online Doom problems...


"Please make sure you are using the exact same WAD(s) as the server, and try again."

So, what I did was, I went into every possible folder where DoomSeeker would search for downloaded WADs, including an overlooked ".doomseeker" folder that I never saw before, and pasted all of my .wads and .pk3s into each folder. And yet, I STILL get the same error, and this is with ANY custom file I make the server with.

What do I do?

And mind you I have an official doom2.wad, which I was using as the IWAD for the server.

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Bump for help.

[someoneelse]

It's when the WADs aren't in the same dir as Skulltag binary. This problem is just for host... People were just quitting seeing no one's there or something.
When I connect to own server using newest IDE I have no problems even when wads are where I want them to :) But it still happens when I use "join" from console. I don't know about Doomseeker...

[Tsukiyomaru0]

I use Doomseeker and never had this problem. I just bump into some geniuses that host a mod I have but add another extension to it (Example: mod is "dopefish.pk3" and the host has "dopefish.pk3.txt"

[PortalFreak996]

More bump.

[PortalFreak996]

Even more bump.

Good lord, somebody PLEASE reply with a good answer!

[PortalFreak996]

One more bump.

Hopefully I'll get Qent's attention.

[Qent]

Hi. Yes I see you have a problem. No I don't know what to do about it. What does it say when you type "wads" in the console?

[PortalFreak996]

Hi. Yes I see you have a problem. No I don't know what to do about it. What does it say when you type "wads" in the console?

It says the number of PWADs is zero. Does that help?

[Qent]

Is it the same for the client and the server? If the client isn't loading any WADs when it's supposed to then it would fail authentication.

[PortalFreak996]

Is it the same for the client and the server? If the client isn't loading any WADs when it's supposed to then it would fail authentication.

Well, every time I make a server, it DOES say that it fails to authenticate the level.

Also, sorry if I'm sounding like an idiot that doesn't know anything about this, I don't know jack shit about programming or how Zandronum's programmed.

EDIT: I just tried out the client, and loading other WADs works just fine, so the server just has the error.

[Qent]

What PWADs (if any) is the server loading?

[PortalFreak996]

What PWADs (if any) is the server loading?

If you mean what PWADs I'm adding to the server, then the error occurs no matter what PWAD or .pk3 I'm using, whether it's Brutal Doom or the original skulltag pk3s (for the original stock DM and Invasion maps).

[Ijon Tichy]

check your skins/ folder, the problem is likely there

[PortalFreak996]

check your skins/ folder, the problem is likely there

Check for what?

[Ijon Tichy]

well, for right now, just rename your skins folder to notskins, then see if the lump authentication arsecrap comes up

[Qent]

If you mean what PWADs I'm adding to the server, then the error occurs no matter what PWAD or .pk3 I'm using, whether it's Brutal Doom or the original skulltag pk3s (for the original stock DM and Invasion maps).

So you get the error even with no PWADs on the server?

check your skins/ folder, the problem is likely there

Check for what?

Anything. Start by emptying your skins folder entirely (move them to a safe place) to confirm whether the problem is there. AFAIK the announcer/ folder is loaded exactly the same as the skins/ folder, so do the same for that.

[PortalFreak996]

well, for right now, just rename your skins folder to notskins, then see if the lump authentication arsecrap comes up

Nope, still comes up.

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If you mean what PWADs I'm adding to the server, then the error occurs no matter what PWAD or .pk3 I'm using, whether it's Brutal Doom or the original skulltag pk3s (for the original stock DM and Invasion maps).

So you get the error even with no PWADs on the server?

No, I don't get the error without PWADs.

[Qent]

Are you using Zandronum or Skulltag?

[PortalFreak996]

Anything. Start by emptying your skins folder entirely (move them to a safe place) to confirm whether the problem is there. AFAIK the announcer/ folder is loaded exactly the same as the skins/ folder, so do the same for that.

Did that, didn't work.

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Are you using Zandronum or Skulltag?

Zandronum.

[Qent]

So just trying to pinpoint the problem here: your server loads the PWAD fine (when you type "wads" into the server it shows what you want), and it displays the PWAD under "Wads" in Doomseeker, but when you click to join from Doomseeker, Doomseeker loads a client without the PWAD at all.