Can't start game after I start server (nor vice versa)

[cpt.macp]

Camelman

same issue

Seems like the location for " plutonium-bootstrapper-win32.exe"
is wrong

.\bin\plutonium-bootstrapper-win32.exe

is not correct path

[cpt.macp]

ok so i found the issue

updater.bat , downloads the file in req i.e bin folder

but you HAVE to change location here also , the mw3 directory

then run serverrun.bat and change mw3 directory there also .

good luck

[Camelman]

@cpt-macp Thank you, I will try this and get back to you.

Edit: I have changed the path in both, still nothing. Could you share me a screenshot of what your Downloader.bat and StartServer.bat looks like? (Obviously don't forget to censor the key)

[cpt.macp]

Camelman said in Can't start game after I start server (nor vice versa):

@cpt-macp Thank you, I will try this and get back to you.

Edit: I have changed the path in both, still nothing. Could you share me a screenshot of what your Downloader.bat and StartServer.bat looks like? (Obviously don't forget to censor the key)

you need bin folder in your mw3 directory

that's why server bat command says .\bin

or you can do one more thing

copy %localappdata%/plutonium/bin folder to your mw3 directory and try to run the start
server .bat

what updater.bat does is , it downloads bin folder in your mw3 dir to run server, from pw's executable

[A Former User]

Same problem..

[Camelman]

@cpt-macp Yeah, I did this and also had bin folder in my MW3 directory but when I tried to start up StartServer.bat, it would just show up blank cmd window for a second and then close.

[cpt.macp]

Camelman

open the bat file in a cmd and try

startserver.bat in cmd

and see what error you get

[A Former User]

not open the game,pls help

[Fry]

Hey Camelman sorry for the late response might be best if you create C:\PlutoServer and place the updater.bat and startserver.bat on that folder.

Simply just Change the following

Updater.bat

@echo off
Plutonium.exe -install-dir "C:\PlutoServer" -update-only

Place the startserver.bat in C:\PlutoServer. (You might have to edit this but if the window still closes on you)

@echo off
.\bin\plutonium-bootstrapper-win32.exe iw5mp "C:\your\normal\mw3\game\folder\here" +set key "secondkeyhashgoeshere" +start_map_rotate -dedicated

That way you have 2 plutonium-bootstrapper-win32.exe's which hopefully doesn't conflict between your server and the game.

If still have problems. Then you might have to setup another computer box with RDP access or virtual machine.

[Xerxes]

I had the same issue, you have to start the client first then start the server on a different port then you can use the same folder for both.