Disconnection from server

[palad0n]

Several years ago there was an issue with disconnection from the Vassal game server. This was fixed by using a ‘keep alive’ thingy’.

Last year (or perhaps a bit earlier), the Vassal game server got updated/renewed/refreshed/changed.

Now players are being disconnected from the server. Sometimes multiple times per game session.

VPN is off. Vassal error log has ‘keep alive’ sent entries.

So what has happened that even the ‘keep alive’ thing fails?

Also, different topic altogether, why is the error log called an error log? This log records EVERYTHING, not just errors. How about renaming this log to ‘System Log’?

[uckelman]

@palad0n

Last year (or perhaps a bit earlier), the Vassal game server got updated/renewed/refreshed/changed.

The game server code remains unchanged for years. The virtual machine the game server runs on we last recreated in July 2025.

@palad0n

Now players are being disconnected from the server. Sometimes multiple times per game session.

We need more details to troubleshoot, such as when the disconnections happened and what IP addresses the users were connecting from.

@palad0n

Also, different topic altogether, why is the error log called an error log? This log records EVERYTHING, not just errors.

The reason is historic. There was a point when it recorded errors only.

@palad0n

How about renaming this log to ‘System Log’?

Yes, but not for V3.