I'm on the verge of giving up

[chriseeeee]

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

[chriseeeee]

CEN has helped me loads with this and fixed the issue! YAY

[Guest]

and what was the problem? i bet its wrong config ^^

[cen]

:)

[Guest]

^^

[DangerRuss]

If you've found a fix for your problem, please share it with the community. This is a huge pet peeve of mine. Someone else someday is going to have your exact problem, find this thread, and get absolutely nowhere.

[cen]

Well he didn't have a beserver.cfg with an RCON pass so BEC couldn't get a valid response back from the server as BE wouldn't initialize.

[chriseeeee]

Well he didn't have a beserver.cfg with an RCON pass so BEC couldn't get a valid response back from the server as BE wouldn't initialize.

I did, it was just not in the correct location XD

[Guest]

well no problem, that was only the first suggestion i made xD

[chriseeeee]

well no problem, that was only the first suggestion i made xD

I know I'm sorry, I misinterpreted what you said :(

[Brockie]

It took me around a week to get BEC working.  The most frustrating part was when you fix one problem, and then get high hopes that it will work, and then just to get a different error  :wacko:

 

But it's a great program once you get it configured. 

[Guest]

xD

[tylerxyz1]

# 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 = 127.0.0.1


# 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:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\Expansion\BattlEye


# Set the path to your Admins.xml file containing your admins.
Admins = C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\server_tools\Config\Admins.xml


# Set the path to your Commands.xml file.
Commands = C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\server_tools\Config\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 = arma2oaServer.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 = C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\server_tools\Config\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



#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[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

 

I have been having this same problem I have looked at everything that you guys have posted and nothing has fixed it is there anything else that could cause it? any help would be appreciated 

[DangerRuss]

Well maybe you could look into doing things differently? Let me explain..

 

I use Vilayer as a server provider, and while you can manually schedule everything with BEC they also have a couple other neat options.

 

1. is a script called server messages.  Basically just a script that runs and all you have to do is edit the message on the time you  want that message displayed and save it.

For example

14:00 -  Welcome to _____

14:30 - etc..

 

2. They also have a little task scheduler. It schedules the restarts at exact times, not tied to how long your server has been running. So if your restart is at 6:00PM but you had to manually restart it at 5, even though you're restarting your server every 4 hours it will still restart at the scheduled 6 pm.

 

Might be worth checking out if you are stumped with BEC.. Also Vilayer has a youtube channel with some helpful, albeit dated, videos on setting up your scheduler.

[Brockie]

# 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

I have been having this same problem I have looked at everything that you guys have posted and nothing has fixed it is there anything else that could cause it? any help would be appreciated 

 

 

 

As it says, that file is an example only.  You should edit it to look more like this:

[Bec]
Ip = 127.0.0.1
Port = 2302
BePath = C:\epoch\BattlEye
Admins = Admins.xml
Commands = Commands.xml

[Misc]
ConsoleHeight = 45
ConsoleWidth = 165
AsciiNickOnly = False
MinPlayerNameLength = 3
Scheduler = Scheduler.xml
ChatChannelFiles = true