For a custom game server, it would be nice to know if the server executable is actually running without errors. I'm imagining this status could be displayed in the Game Manager --> Servers in the Status column.
Even more helpful would be if the error message would be displayed. But even just displaying the presence of an error would be very helpful.
That makes sense, but I am still confused.
In this thread (
https://community.playfab.com/questions/5411/how-to-check-if-the-server-exe-is-in-fact-running.html) you pointed out that:
I also had a look inside the log file, and your server is failing to start as it's trying to load a "settings.cnf" from the wrong directory - the settings file is in the same sub-folder with the executable on the server, and it's trying to read it from one directory up.
However, when I was at that stage of development, I saw the server Running, yet according to your comment, it was failing to start because of an error.
Either the server was in fact starting (even with the wrongly placed settings.cnf file), or the game manager dashboard was falsely acting as if the server were running?
Sorry, to be clear - when I said it was failing to start, I meant that it wasn't getting to a state where it was able to accept new players. If the executable were to quit upon failing to load the cnf file, it would have disappeared from the Active Games tab. The executable itself had started - hence, the error message about trying to read the cnf from the wrong folder.
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