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I am trying to run a srcds for The Ship game from Linux (Debian v8). It is downloaded and all the files seem to be there, but whenever I try to run ~/servers/ship/srcds_run -game ~/servers/ship/ship +map andrea_doria +max_players 10 I get an error saying

Auto detecting CPU

Using AMD Optimised binary.

Auto-restarting the server on crash

Unable to find gameinfo.txt. Solutions:

  1. Read http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/faq.html#NoGameDir
  2. Run vconfig to specify which game you're working on.
  3. Add -game on the command line where is the directory that gameinfo.txt is in.

Unable to find gameinfo.txt. Solutions:

  1. Read http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/faq.html#NoGameDir
  2. Run vconfig to specify which game you're working on.
  3. Add -game on the command line where is the directory that gameinfo.txt is in. Add "-debug" to the /home/steam/servers/ship/srcds_run command line to generate a debug.log to help with solving this problem

Thu Oct 15 07:21:58 CDT 2015: Server restart in 10 seconds

I went to the http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/faq.html#NoGameDir(note1) but that isn't a website, I tried to run vconfig but I couldn't find a file named that, and to be sure I had the right path I first ran cd /home/steam/servers/ship/ then ran ./srcds_run -game ./ship +map andrea_doria +max_players 10 and it came back with the same error. I then tried /home/steam/servers/ship/srcds_run -game /home/steam/servers/ship/ship +map andrea_doria +max_players 10 but same error. Now I tried to add -debug but after it runs I can't find debug.log anywhere.

I know this is not an srcds issue because I can run a CS:GO server fine using ~/servers/csgo/srcds_run -game csgo -console +net_public_adr {My IP} +game_type 1 +game_mode 2 +map de_shorttrain -authkey {My AuthKey} +exec start/start.

This is not the same as this question because he can actually get it running, though it is freezing, it runs. Mine won't start at all and won't accept any commands.

(note1) - I used the WayBackMachine to try to find information with the valve-erc website but I cannot find a part of the code of the site (at any point of time) that said name="NoGameDir" so there is no information on this site anyway, even if it is still up.

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  • also note: I can run the windows version with no issues
    – ZomoXYZ
    Oct 15, 2015 at 17:52
  • Try running "~/servers/ship/srcds_run -console -game ship +map andrea_doria +max_players 10"
    – Adam
    Oct 15, 2015 at 23:28
  • @Adam it just replies Invalid game type 'ship' sepecified.
    – ZomoXYZ
    Oct 16, 2015 at 0:03
  • Then try the same thing but use your original game path for -game. Leave -console in still.
    – Adam
    Oct 16, 2015 at 0:04
  • @adam the -console command isn't making a difference with any way i set the directories, it seems to not accept any commands like -console or -debug
    – ZomoXYZ
    Oct 16, 2015 at 0:35

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Finally found it out. Turns out that linux is very case sensitive. The server is looking for gameinfo.txt when the file is called GameInfo.txt by default, I just renamed the file and it's starting fine.

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