Standalone dedicated server problem

Good evening,

I have been running a SRCDS for the last few years and now today I restarted my server and it gets stuck at:

Network: IP 192.168... mode MP, dedicated Yes, ports 27015 SV / 27005 CL

That's as far as it gets and never actually starts completely.
I've been told before that I need to add -ip <outside IP address> to my command line but I've been running it this way for the last few years with no problems, plus, it complains about a missing UDP port when I put that line in with my outside IP address. I'm running through a router and everything is setup properly. My server has been running great for the last couple years and now this has happened. Any suggestions? Also, server files are all up to date.

Thanks in advance,

dbanimal

Have you recently updated or installed any new firewall or anti-malware tools? Maybe something like that is locally intercepting the socket and not giving you the opportunity to allow/deny?

I believe there was a Windows update a few days ago (for XP Pro) but that's all I can think of.

Make sure your server start line has a -map parameter, and if it does, make sure the map file is actually there and not corrupt. You could also try changing it to a known-good map, just to be sure.

K, I'll try it, thanks!

Edit: LMFAO!! That was the ticket, I changed my startup map and had it spelled out wrong in my startup command - changed it and my server fires right up!! Talk about major brain fart!! Thanks for your help buddy!!