[SUPPORT] Trouble setting up a IC2 server

    A friend and I share a private server and we've been trying to set it up for industrial craft but are having some difficulties. Now I am no stranger to modding clients but am rather new when it comes to setting up and running a server. I've gotten my client to run IC2 without any problems and figured the server would be just as easy. This is not the case. We're running minecraft 1.2.3 on both our machines and the server is running the 1.2.3 server jar. As far as we can tell we installed the proper mods listed on the wikis download page but we keep getting java.net exception errors. We have tried numerous combinations of mod versions thinking that maybe that is where we went wrong. I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on what we're doing wrong. Here is what we're doing just for clarity sake.


    Drag and drop modloadermp into the server jar.
    Drag and drop forge into the server jar.
    Placing the IC2 jar into the mods folder.


    We haven't deleted the META-INF folder in the server jar because the few places I've seen it mentioned says not to. I remember seeing something about a server fix but I can't remember where or if its even relevant. If I am leaving out any important information I can easily remote into the server and get it. Any help you could offer would be appreciated greatly.

    Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

    Well I feel like a fool. Was getting second hand information from my friend who actually owns the server and was having trouble with my remote console so I couldn't actually see the errors. Sorry for the screw up. Here is actually what is happening.


    The server runs but when any of us try to create a IC block (or put it in the hotbar in creative mode) we are instantly booted. We get the connection lost: end of stream message. Server side it says "Broken lost connection: disconnect.genericReason from the server"


    Haha nice and specific. The only other information I can think to offer is the various versions we currently have.


    1.2.3 server jar
    modloadermp server 1.2.3 v3
    forge 1.4.1.59
    industrialcraft-2-server_1.81
    the server is running Java 6, update 31 as are our clients.


    We've been pulling our hair out for days and any help you could offer would be great.

    Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

    So hopefully this helps.




    2012-03-27 19:59:14 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version 1.2.3
    2012-03-27 19:59:14 [INFO] Loading properties
    2012-03-27 19:59:14 [INFO] Starting Minecraft server on *:25565
    2012-03-27 19:59:14 [INFO] Preparing level "test"
    2012-03-27 19:59:14 [INFO] Default game type: 1
    2012-03-27 19:59:14 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 0
    2012-03-27 19:59:15 [INFO] Done (1015208078ns)! For help, type "help" or "?"
    2012-03-27 19:59:18 [INFO] CONSOLE: Stopping the server..
    2012-03-27 19:59:18 [INFO] Stopping server
    2012-03-27 19:59:18 [INFO] Saving chunks
    2012-03-27 19:59:18 [INFO] Saving chunks
    2012-03-27 19:59:18 [INFO] Saving chunks

    Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

    Yup. The modloader got dropped in the server jar, same with forge. Its interesting you said modloader isn't loading properly because me and my buddy had long conversations about which version to use. We wondered if maybe there was a magic combination of versions that would work for us. Well, not magic, just a combination we haven't been seeing yet. Either way, is there some stupid step that people often get wrong when loading modloaders on servers? I feel like it has to be something incredibly dumb that we're just missing.

    Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

    Huzzah! Thanks man. I got it to work. Knowing that modloader wasnt showing up in the logs actually made the difference.

    Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.