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Heya folks! I've been fiddling around and trying to get my server functional, but I've run to a problem that I just cannot figure out - don't know if it's a problem at my end, or if the early state of the alpha multiplayer is to blame. Anyway, here goes: My ports are open (16261-16326, both TCP and UDP ) and even tried setting the server outside the DMZ, with disabled firewall and Antivirus(Not recommended, but only for troubleshooting). People can connect, but after a short time interval new areas stop to load for them, locking the player down to a small limited area, with black borders around it. Zombies still are active and everything in the limited playable area is functional. Manually disconnecting or attempting to quit at this point crashes the player client. Such issue does not appear on other servers for me, only on mine so far. Here are the excerpts from the consoles when the 'incident' happens, both server and client. Server Console: java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.bind0(Native Method) at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketBind(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:106)Loading cell: 166, 143 (38, 33) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.bind(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:376) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:190) at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:376) at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:237) at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:128) at zombie.network.PlayerDownloadServer$1.run(PlayerDownloadServer.java:349)Exception in thread "Thread-74" java.lang.NullPointerException at zombie.network.PlayerDownloadServer$1.run(PlayerDownloadServer.java:373)Client Console: Player Connect received for player Niuva id 0 (me)INDEX MISSPLACED -1 size 3INDEX MISSPLACED -1 size 3java.net.SocketException: socket closed at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:150) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:121) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:203) at zombie.network.GameFileClient.DoFileTransferZip(GameFileClient.java:497) at zombie.network.GameFileClient.access$000(GameFileClient.java:22) at zombie.network.GameFileClient$1.run(GameFileClient.java:233)receiveObjectChange AddRandomDamageFromZombiejava.net.SocketException: socket closed at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:150) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:121) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:203) at zombie.network.GameFileClient.DoFileTransferZip(GameFileClient.java:497) at zombie.network.GameFileClient.access$000(GameFileClient.java:22) at zombie.network.GameFileClient$1.run(GameFileClient.java:233)java.net.SocketException: socket closed at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:150) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:121) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:203) at zombie.network.GameFileClient.DoFileTransferZip(GameFileClient.java:497) at zombie.network.GameFileClient.access$000(GameFileClient.java:22) at zombie.network.GameFileClient$1.run(GameFileClient.java:233)When the client tries to disconnect the server / exit the game, the client crashes. Upon relaunching the game and attempting to reconnect, the client starts looping the following message in the console, not being able to get in. timeout downloading zip, I'll keep waiting foreverAnd this is what happens server side. ID_NEW_INCOMING_CONNECTIONid=0 guid=711568742487824329User Niuva is trying to connect.Connected new client Niuva ID # 0 and assigned DL port 16262Shared zombie descriptor packet size is 64KBMetaGrid packet size is 33KBjava.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.bind0(Native Method) at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketBind(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:106) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.bind(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:376) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:190) at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:376) at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:237) at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:128) at zombie.network.PlayerDownloadServer$1.run(PlayerDownloadServer.java:349)Exception in thread "Thread-107" java.lang.NullPointerException at zombie.network.PlayerDownloadServer$1.run(PlayerDownloadServer.java:373)I'm out of ideas and no solution in sight. So my only option now is to turn to the official boards to seek assistance from the developers and more experienced people in the community. Cheers.

So the trash can hiding and hidey hole posts got me thinking of an awesome and realistic magic trick we could do in-game. A Body Bag!! This body bag would be carried by a survivor and folded up stored neatly in a backpack or something similar. When the survivor comes across a herd of zombies and is spotted, they can get a head start around a corner somewhere and pull out their body bag and unfold it, hop inside and zip it up. Then all they have to do is lay perfectly still and all of the zombies will go stumbling by because the bag would fool their senses by blocking their vision of you because you are now inside a body bag, they wouldn't not be able to hear you because you are not moving and laying still inside the body bag and they will not be able to smell you, because the body bag is made out of materials that block decomposing odors, so they would be able to block out the smell of a live human. You would have course have to wait until the herd passes, then climb out, and fold it back up into your inventory, leaving it unzipped so you can just jump in again next time. Though if zombies spot you jumping inside of it, they will still attack you and rip the bag apart and eat you.