Hello ALiVE community,

Recently I followed and made notes from this video that Vex530 made in creating some ALiVE-based insurgency:

I believe I have replicated this process myself, the mission runs on my own machine in Eden, although it chugs quite a bit (assume there is a lot going on).

I exported the mission and moved it to my rented server, fired up the server and the mission doesn't want to start - it appears to load, I see the map flash at my face for about half a second, but it never comes back allowing the mission to start.

Did Vex530 leave something out in order for this to work right on a dedicated server or might I have something going wrong with my stuff?

I feel like it's probably a simple change to make it work or an addition, but I can't seem to find anything useful in troubleshooting.

@HeroesandvillainsOS  Sure thing - I am going to do another test with a simpler mission and see if I get the same result, I'll pull the log if it doesn't work. Thank you as always - you were very helpful when I first learned of ALiVE.

@HeroesandvillainsOS  I just tried a smaller scale test and I was able to get to successfully run. No insurgency, I just created a simple 250m square and told an AI commander to occupy it.

So my possible thoughts are as to why I struggled from Vex530's tutorial:

• Overloaded the server (not likely, because it worked on my own machine)
• Vex's tutorial at the end tells to you drop the Game Master module and sync yourself (a player) to it right before you start, I did not do that in the small test.
• I changed the terrain, but, both tests were done on IceBreakr's terrains, which are indexed.

The link to the failed mission is here, it's a big file to paste in the forum:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_88vPfxnDO3ZlpucXdfazVHQXc

@HeroesandvillainsOS one of the steps I took was to not use that module at all and it worked in my small test. Since I now have a foundation that works, I'll try to scale it up from here.

The mods I am using are primarily Cup Core terrains and Icebreakr's stuff, SMA weapons...a few odds and ends for effects and such...right now I am trying to run a fairly "light" modpack and I believe I can if I develop a given level of proficiency with ALiVE.

@HeroesandvillainsOS My successful test was run on Panthera Island...I was using a faction from a mod called Missing Units, which is just a re-skin really of default Arma 3. It seemed to work okay but I'm glad to know IceBreakr's maps aren't fully compatible, that may lead to some other approaches as I scale up.

@HeroesandvillainsOS one last thing for now - seen mention of a discord channel, does one exist for Alive or is not public?

@HeroesandvillainsOS Just asking, I have no problem with the forums. Off to do more experimenting.

Usually when you put a mission onto a server and get the flashing screen it means the mission uses an addon that the server does not have loaded in it's mod line.
The flashing is the "helpful" message saying that one or more mods in the mission have been deleted.

Thanks @Friznit - do you have a link to the Discord channel - I'd like to have it even if it's not the resource the forums are.

Thank you @Friznit