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[rch]

[INFO]Outdated Server!

Does your server say "Outdated Server" when you try to connect to it?

It means that, well.. your server is outdated! You'll have to go to http://www.minecraft.net/download.jsp and download minecraft_server.exe or minecraft_server.jar and replace your existing one!

Be sure to type "stop" in your server console BEFORE you replace the file..

BACKUP YOUR MAP!!!!

Minecraft is going to attempt to convert your map to the new save format.. just in case something goes wrong, make sure you make a backup!

Then you can delete your current minecraft_server.(exe/jar) and place to newly downloaded one in the same directory and start up your server.

You'll see some new stuff on the console like this:

2011-02-22 19:57:22 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version Beta 1.3
2011-02-22 19:57:22 [INFO] Loading properties
2011-02-22 19:57:22 [INFO] Starting Minecraft server on *:25565
2011-02-22 19:57:22 [WARNING] Failed to load white-list: java.io.FileNotFoundException: white-list.txt (No such file or directory)
2011-02-22 19:57:22 [INFO] Preparing level "world"
2011-02-22 19:57:22 [INFO] Converting map!
2011-02-22 19:57:27 [INFO] Converting... 0%
2011-02-22 19:57:29 [INFO] Converting... 1%
......
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......
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2011-02-22 20:02:12 [INFO] Converting... 99%
2011-02-22 20:02:14 [INFO] Converting... 100%
2011-02-22 20:02:15 [INFO] Preparing start region
2011-02-22 20:02:16 [INFO] Done (293614151000ns)! For help, type "help" or "?"

Don't worry about [WARNING] Failed to load white-list: java.io.FileNotFoundException: white-list.txt (No such file or directory) - Minecraft now has a Whitelist option in the vanilla software, the server will generate this file on its own and you can now create a whitelist!

Your map will also be converted to the new format.. the white-list.txt will be generated and you'll be all set!

If the server you play on is giving you this error you will have to wait until the Admins of that server update everything! There's nothing we can do to help if you aren't the admin of the server!

[Redstorm3265]

Just keeping yours on top

[Daveyo]

yes, because people use the default server lol

[rch]

Daveyo said:

yes, because people use the default server lol

You obviously don't spend much time in here.

[sansavarous]

Ooo ooo let me help too...

Bumpy bumpy bumpy...

One
two
three Bump! One
two
three Bump!
There's a new dance that is going around
Called the Bump
do the Bump.
You can do it to the rhythm of that rock'n roll sound
It's the Bump
do the Bump.

[Israeli]

bump, people are still ignoring this thread and making their own

[rch]

Maybe that'll help. :x

[zombiemann]

/give thread bump

[psykeman]

bump + issue

when I did this my server failed to update properly it still said "Outdated Server", currently using XenonServers so I sent them a ticket in case the update needs to be done on their side.

[rch]

Wait what?

These are instructions on how to update your server software - How did you follow these instructions and not update your server? Did you replace minecraft_server.jar with the new one from minecraft.net on your server?

[zombiemann]

Bumping for great justice...

This really needs to stay at the top

[oaf12]

Bump, thanks for this. Hope the admins of the server i play on see this soon :-)

[diginess]

I do not appreciate being forced to update my server just because Notch decided it would be nice.
As of now, I've taken my server down, a bunch of people are going to be very unhappy.
I am too busy for this right now.  I feel this move was intrusive and shows a bit of disrespect to the users - forcing updates.

[HoodedxSaints]

And so if I forgot to stop the server and already replaced the file how do I do that? I can't start up the server again because a server is already running, but I don't know how to stop it either. I'm using ssh and terminal to access the server because I have a dedicated server.

[Orcworm]

diginess said:

I do not appreciate being forced to update my server just because Notch decided it would be nice.
As of now, I've taken my server down, a bunch of people are going to be very unhappy.
I am too busy for this right now.  I feel this move was intrusive and shows a bit of disrespect to the users - forcing updates.

You're not forced to update your server, only your client. You can downgrade your client in about 30 seconds.

[zombiemann]

diginess said:

I do not appreciate being forced to update my server just because Notch decided it would be nice.
As of now, I've taken my server down, a bunch of people are going to be very unhappy.
I am too busy for this right now.  I feel this move was intrusive and shows a bit of disrespect to the users - forcing updates.

Wow, seriously?  Developers shouldn't release a patch because you are to busy to deal with updating?  It takes less than 5 minutes to download the new file and upload it to a remote server if you are using a VPS, less than 2 minutes if you are home hosting and have a thumbdrive handy.  If you are running a vanilla server there are no issues.  And Notch/Mojang are under absolutely 0 obligation to work with or support in any way shape or form, ANY mod be it Bukkit or Kmod or whatever.  

Oh and if you and your precious users had bothered to keep informed ( as a good server admin should) you would have known about the new launcher that lets you choose to update or not.  

Get off your high horse, if you don't want to act like a server admin, then by all means shut your server down.  Nobody on these forums is going beg you not to.

[HoodedxSaints]

Here's the error I'm getting in terminal when trying to stop my server:

[root@mc*** minecraft]# screen -x
There are several suitable screens on:
	****.minecraft	(Detached)
	*****.pts-0.mc***	(Detached)
	*****.minecraft	(Detached)
	*****.minecraft	(Detached)
	*****.minecraft	(Detached)
Type "screen [-d] -r [pid.]tty.host" to resume one of them.
[root@mc*** minecraft]# stop
bash: stop: command not found

I replaced numbers with an asterisk *
This is all in "cd /minecraft"
Am I doing a wrong command?

[Orcworm]

You need to return to a screen before you can use any console commands.

screen -r pid

So if the first screen was 12345.minecraft:

screen -r 12345

[gdea73]

Does anyone else have this issue?!

Before Beta 1.3:
g73mc running SimpleServer RC 7.0 (Beta 1.2_02 Compatible)
All was good, I played Minecraft Sunday night on my server.

Now *Today*, I noticed some "Server Outdated" errors coming up.
So, I went to minecraft.net, downloaded the new minecraft_server.jar, and replaced the old one after backing up the map. I ran my server and after converting, restarted it once more. And *NOW*:
Port 25565 comes up as CLOSED on my IP. I did NOT change my router or firewall settings since Sunday... (I HAVE A STATIC INTERNAL IP ON MY SERVER, obviously ...)
Any time I try to connect, I immediately get "connection refused" error. and nothing in the server log to notify me. Same with all other clients/members.

Solutions?

[HoodedxSaints]

Ok I'm really bad at this. I tried that but nothing happened. I was able to get to where I can enter a command, but this happened when I typed "stop":

stop
java.lang.NullPointerException
		at ki.a(SourceFile:254)
		at ki.a(SourceFile:33)
		at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.b(SourceFile:347)
		at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(SourceFile:268)
		at bc.run(SourceFile:366)
2011-02-23 02:04:01 [SEVERE] Unexpected exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
		at ki.a(SourceFile:254)
		at ki.a(SourceFile:33)
		at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.b(SourceFile:347)
		at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(SourceFile:268)
		at bc.run(SourceFile:366)