Error after moving Servers: No Stations are shown, Map seems empty

[iffi]

Hello,

I just went to change the save state of my server A (Linux) from provider A to a new server B from provider B. My Procedure was as followed:

1. Type /save on Server A
2. Type /stop on Server A
3. Copy all files in Folder galaxies/XXXXX to my PC (Windows)
4. Open FTP Connection zu Server B
5. Upload all Files to the new Folder
6. Change the Ports to match the config of Provider B
7. Start Server B

But after logging into Serve B I no longer see any of the stations and the following errors appear in the log:

2024-03-03 00-00-54| Starting thread [Input Commands]...
2024-03-03 00-00-54| Started thread [Input Commands] with id XXXXX
2024-03-03 00-00-54| "galaxies/XXXXX/server.dat": All instances have the same timestamp. This can lead to issues when loading.
2024-03-03 00-00-54| Server has been running for XXXXX seconds in total, and XXXXX without pauses.
2024-03-03 00-00-54| Starting thread [UDP Connection Receive]...
2024-03-03 00-00-54| Started thread [UDP Connection Receive] with id XXXXX
2024-03-03 00-00-54| Server startup complete.
2024-03-03 00-00-54| Starting thread [HangDetector]...
2024-03-03 00-00-54| Started thread [HangDetector] with id XXXXX
2024-03-03 00-00-54| Starting thread [Steam Networking Receive]...
2024-03-03 00-00-54| Started thread [Steam Networking Receive] with id XXXXX
2024-03-03 00-01-05| OnP2PSessionRequest from XXXXX
2024-03-03 00-01-12| Steam authentication confirmed for XXXXX
2024-03-03 00-01-12| Authentication successful for XXXXX
2024-03-03 00-01-12| Connection to client established
2024-03-03 00-01-12| Connection accepted from XXXXX
2024-03-03 00-01-16| 'XXXXX' (1) (XXXXX) owns BlackMarket DLC: no, client reports: no, Steam reports: 0
2024-03-03 00-01-16| 'XXXXX' (1) (XXXXX) owns IntoTheRift DLC: no, client reports: no, Steam reports: 0
2024-03-03 00-01-16| 'XXXXX' (1) (XXXXX) owns Behemoth DLC: no, client reports: no, Steam reports: 0
2024-03-03 00-01-16| SectorDatabase: Loading Sector (-182:117)
2024-03-03 00-01-16| Player logged in: XXXXX, index: 1
2024-03-03 00-01-16| <Server> Player XXXXX joined the galaxy
2024-03-03 00-01-16| FileSecurer error: Reading of file "galaxies/DieZocker/sectors/-182_117" failed, moving on to the next instance. Error: Unexpected end of file
2024-03-03 00-01-16| FileSecurer error: Reading of all instances of galaxies/DieZocker/sectors/-182_117 failed.
2024-03-03 00-01-16| Data of a loaded sector is at version 0.0, which is behind server database version 0.4. Converting.
2024-03-03 00-01-16| SectorDatabase: Loading Sector (-279:191)
2024-03-03 00-01-16| SectorDatabase: Loading Sector (-271:195)
2024-03-03 00-01-16| FileSecurer error: Reading of file "galaxies/DieZocker/sectors/-271_195" failed, moving on to the next instance. Error: Unexpected end of file
2024-03-03 00-01-16| FileSecurer error: Reading of all instances of galaxies/DieZocker/sectors/-271_195 failed.
2024-03-03 00-01-16| Data of a loaded sector is at version 0.0, which is behind server database version 0.4. Converting.
2024-03-03 00-01-17| FileSecurer error: Reading of file "galaxies/DieZocker/sectors/-279_191" failed, moving on to the next instance. Error: Unexpected end of file
2024-03-03 00-01-17| FileSecurer error: Reading of all instances of galaxies/DieZocker/sectors/-279_191 failed.
2024-03-03 00-01-17| Data of a loaded sector is at version 0.0, which is behind server database version 0.4. Converting.
2024-03-03 00-01-17| SectorDatabase: Loading Sector (-179:116)

 

If i move the Folder to my local savefolder on my PC, the Savefile works as intended.

 

I would appreciate any help because the savefile contains 20+ Hours of work from 3 people

[Rymaca]

Hi there!
 

The issue sounds like a transmission error. Do you know if the files were transmitted via text-mode or binary-mode? You can check for a transmission error by comparing the exact size (in bytes) of the savefolder between the server and your pc.

In the case of a transmission error you can try the following:

• be sure to use binary mode transfer
• transmit the savefolder as zip or tar.gz and unzip it on the server

[iffi]

Hi @Rymaca,

yes it was indeed a Transmission Error. Filezilla uses a list of endings to determine whether it uses binary Mode or ASCII Mode.

After switching to binary for the sector files and the "Database"-files everything works as intended 🙂

Thanks for your fast Response, I Hope this Thread helps other people with the Same Problem (e.g. Nitrado only offers FTP without an unzipping Option so i was forced to Upload it unzipped

 

Edited March 4 by iffi