I'm on the verge of giving up

chriseeeee · June 9, 2014

It should be the easiest thing to do after hours of installing plug ins and custom bases. But for some reason I'm failing so much with BEC and can't get it to launch.

I keep getting "missing the -f switch. Need a config file to startup!" and after trying so many different things I can not find where my BePath should lead to.

Can someone please help me here?

EDIT: FIXED

Defent · June 9, 2014

-f bec_config.cfg in the launch options for the bec.exe file.

chriseeeee · June 9, 2014

-f bec_config.cfg in the launch options for the bec.exe file.

Trying that now

chriseeeee · June 9, 2014

-f bec_config.cfg in the launch options for the bec.exe file.

Now I'm getting

Can not find file bec_config.cfg in C:\Users\Administrators\Desktop\BEC\config\

June 9, 2014

is your config file named bec_config.cfg ???

if not adjust either your configfile or the startparameter to have the right name

chriseeeee · June 9, 2014

is your config file named bec_config.cfg ???

if not adjust either your configfile or the startparameter to have the right name

my bad there, I've named it correctly now and am receiving BePath is not valid directory (I really am this bad if I get this working though I may just set up a tutorial for others)

June 9, 2014

in the config file the bath to your battleye folder is wrong ...

C:\Server\cfgdayz\Battleye

something like that and you need a beserver.cfg in there where a rconpassword is defined.

RconPassword YOURPASSWORD

chriseeeee · June 9, 2014

in the config file the bath to your battleye folder is wrong ...

C:\Server\cfgdayz\Battleye
something like that and you need a beserver.cfg in there where a rconpassword is defined.
RconPassword YOURPASSWORD

Thank you for your continued help,

I've now successfully launched it but now it's unable to get a valid response from my server, I've tried multiple IP settings in config like direct and local

June 9, 2014

the server needs to be hostet on the same machine

chriseeeee · June 9, 2014

the server needs to be hostet on the same machine

They are both on the same Windows box

June 9, 2014

well ip and port is configured right in the config yes ? use external ip

chriseeeee · June 9, 2014

well ip and port is configured right in the config yes ? use external ip

Tried every possible IP that is connecting to that server, nothing is working. Going to have a google

June 9, 2014

are you using the standard server.exe or is it renamed?

chriseeeee · June 10, 2014

are you using the standard server.exe or is it renamed?

I'm sorry server.exe? you mean what I'm using to launch my actual server?

June 10, 2014

yes is it the arma2oaserver.exe or has it a different name ?

chriseeeee · June 10, 2014

yes is it the arma2oaserver.exe or has it a different name ?

currently I launch with the following named DayZ_Epoch_instance_11_chernarus.bat

@echo off
start "arma2" /min "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Epoch Server\Expansion\beta\arma2oaserver.exe" -port=2302 "-config=instance_11_Chernarus\config.cfg" "-cfg=instance_11_Chernarus\basic.cfg" "-profiles=instance_11_Chernarus" -name=instance_11_Chernarus "-mod=@DayZ_Epoch;@DayZ_Epoch_Server;"

but it still launches arma2oaserver.exe

June 10, 2014

no thats ok, as long as the exe is called arma2oaserver.exe you should be fine, can you post your bec config pls?

chriseeeee · June 11, 2014

# This config file is only provided as an example file.
# Edit it to sute your needs.
# For more info on how to edit this file. use the Readme.txt file or visit http://www.ibattle.org/install-and-configure

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Bec]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Set the ip to your server. normally 127.0.0.1 will be fine.
Ip = 144.76.100.4

# Set the port to the server. default port is 2302
Port = 2302

# Set the path to the BattlEye directory that is currently in use by the server.
BePath = C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Epoch Server\cfgdayz

# Set the path to your Admins.xml file containing your admins.
Admins = A2_Admins.xml

# Set the path to your Commands.xml file.
Commands = Commands.xml

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Misc]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Set which type of hacks that will be added to your banlist.
# 0 = none. 1 = GameHack. 2 = Battleye Hack. 3 = both GameHack & Battleye Hack.
# value 3 is set as default if this parameter is not defined.
Ban = 3

# Set the height & width of Becs console window
ConsoleHeight = 45
ConsoleWidth = 165

# Only allow english chars.
AsciiNickOnly = False

# Only allow english chars to be typed on the chat. Note, Warnings must be enabled. 0 or more.
AsciiChatOnly = True

# If AsciiChatOnly is set True. you can define none english chars that will be accepted.
# You separate each char with a , "note you need to define lower and upper case of the chars."
IgnoreChatChars = €,£,æ,Æ,ø,Ø,å,Å,ö,ä,ü,ß

# Set the amount of warnings a player will get before kicked. -1 is disabled. 0 instant kick
# 1 == one warning on a bad word. next bad word results in kick
Warnings = 3

# Kick players who has listed chars in their name
DisallowPlayerNameChars = []{}()0123456789

# Min length, kicks players who has to short name.
MinPlayerNameLength = 3

# Max length, kicks players who has to long name.
MaxPlayerNameLength = 16

# Set the name of your Arma3server.exe if it has been renamed from arma3server.exe to something else!
# if the exe has its original name. comment it out.
# DO NOT SET FULL PATH TO THE EXE FILE
ServerExeName = NewArmaExeName.exe

# Set path to the file containing a list of bad words. Note, Warnings must be enabled. 0 or more.
WordFilterFile = BadWords.txt

# Set the path to the file containing whitelisted guids.
WhiteListFile = A2_WhiteList.txt

# Set custom whitelist kick message. Text must be in ascii letters. MAX 58 CHARS. BE only does ascii on messages
WhileListKickMsg = you are not whitelisted on this server.

# Kick people with offensive names
NickFilterFile = BadNames.txt

# Set the path to the Scheduler.xml file.
Scheduler = Scheduler.xml

# Kick people who are idleing in the lobby, kick will happen after given time, Min time is 90 sec. use 0 to disable this function.
KickLobbyIdlers = 0

# If enabled. Bec will create seperate chat files for each channel along with the main file.
#ChatChannelFiles = false

# Set the amount of Normal players who can connect. Set it to -1 to disable it.
# If set to 0 it means only players who are listed in the Admins.xml, (or whatever you call it) will be able to connect to the server.
# Quick Example 1: server can holed 50 players. and you want to reserve 5 slots for admins. then set SlotLimit to 45.
# Quick Example 2: server can holed 50 players. and you want to reserve 5 slots for admins and 5 slots for friends. then set SlotLimit to 40,
# AND edit your admins.xml. ADD in all your frineds guid and remaining data, put them in group example 100. or whatever you feel likt.
# by using this method you can give some of your friends some access to some commands if you like or none.
# in general this is works like .Whitelisting X player slots for admins and friends, while leaving the remaining Y slots for public.
SlotLimit = -1

# Set the message people will get when they try to connect and is not whitelisted. Text must be in ascii letters.
SlotLimitKickMsg = The Server has reached its player limit.

# The amount of time Bec will wait for the server to start up.
Timeout = 30

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Reporter]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Reporter account. Fill in the username and password for your reporter account.
# GameHacks, BattlEye Hacks will be reported to a database. all players who connect will also be checked against this database.

# Set the Username for your account
#User = alfred

# Set the Password for your account
#Password = 123456

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ChatRestriction]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Set max amount of chat lines a player is allowed to send for each channel.
# Going passed the number will result in kick. -1 is disabled, 0 isntant kick.
# If the number is higher than 0 players will be sent warnings.

Lobby = 30
Global = 5
Side = 7
Group = 9
Vehicle = 11
Command = 13
Commander = 15
Direct = 17

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ChatSpam]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Set max amount of chat lines per channel allowed within given time frame.
# Set the values to 0 to disable this function(s)

# Quick Example:
# Lobby = 5
# Lobby_Time_Lower = 10
# Lobby_Time_Upper = 15

# If the time between each new chatlines from a player is less than CHANNEL_Time_Lower the spam counter increases by + 1.
# Consider the CHANNEL (Lobby) as the spam counter.
# When a player has (CHANNEL - 1) in spam counting. a warning will be sent to whom it may consern.
# If the time between each new chatline from the player is Greater than CHANNEL_Time_Lower and Less than CHANNEL_Time_Upper the spam counter stay as it is.
# If the time since the last chatline is greater then CHANNEL_Time_Upper the spam counter is reset to 1.
# To get optimal result play around a bit with the values on your server.

Lobby = 0
Lobby_Time_Lower = 0
Lobby_Time_Upper = 0

Global = 0
Global_Time_Lower = 0
Global_Time_Upper = 0

Side = 0
Side_Time_Lower = 0
Side_Time_Upper = 0

Group = 2
Group_Time_Lower = 1
Group_Time_Upper = 3

Vehicle = 0
Vehicle_Time_Lower = 0
Vehicle_Time_Upper = 0

Command = 0
Command_Time_Lower = 0
Command_Time_Upper = 0

Commander = 0
Commander_Time_Lower = 0
Commander_Time_Upper = 0

Direct = 0
Direct_Time_Lower = 0
Direct_Time_Upper = 0

Namffoh · June 11, 2014