Dedicated Server Doesn't Load Any Map

This is as far as the log gets:

I’ve tried everything I can think of. I’ve tried a lot of different ways to try and get it to load a map, but I think there’s something wrong before that point, because it’s not indicating that it’s loading ANY map. There’s no indication that anything is even wrong, but the log will sit there and do nothing until I kill it. I have no idea what is even wrong, and don’t know where to start looking.

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RP_Downtown is the map it should be starting:

This is the cooked server’s Content/Maps/ directory (I believe this means it is being packaged correctly?):

I’m not too sure what that means, I’ve built the engine from source, built using Development Server config in VS, then I used this command to do… something:
Engine/Build/BatchFiles/RunUAT.bat BuildCookRun -project=“TotalImpact/TotalImpact.uproject” -noP4 -platform=Win64 -clientconfig=Development -serverconfig=Development -cook -server -serverplatform=Win64 -maps=AllMaps -noclient -compile -stage -archive -archivedirectory=“C:\DED\TotalImpactCooked”

I’ve also tried it using the editor, going to the Project Launcher window and setting it up there, same result. I followed this guide to get to this point:

If you go to: Project Settings / Maps and Modes / Server Default Map - what do you have there? Also check if you have that map in packaging.

but have you included it in packaging? (are you running a packaged game on a dedicated server?)

I also use batch files to build server (linux) and client (windows) at the same time. The only thing that I do not have is: -maps=AllMaps

cmd /k c:\Unreal\UnrealEngine-release-4.17\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\RunUAT.bat ^
	BuildCookRun -project="c:\GameArtists\Unreal\D1M1Arena\Unreal\D1M1Arena.uproject" ^
    -nop4 -build -cook -compressed -stage ^
    -noclient -server -serverplatform=Linux -serverconfig=Development ^
    -pak -archive -archivedirectory="c:\GameArtists\Unreal\D1M1Arena\Unreal\Build " ^
    -utf8output
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Ah okay I see. Yes, I have done this.

I removed that from my batch file, ran it again, still same result.

Hey @anonymous_user_a8f4beff,

have you found a solution to this problem? Am facing exactly the same situation.

I’m with this problem also. With 4.18 dedicated server was created correctly. With 4.20, map don’t load and server is not listening for connections