I have recently switched over my servers to a linux machine. I always ran windows before. Thet were ak=ll running fine until recently when I started getting weird error messages regarding 'INVALID CHARACTERS' in the log file and crashes soon after wards. I was curious if you guys had recently implemented changes in code regarding the TAKEOVER option? As stated by Yoshiro
Admins may have noticed that their server has been changing settings without them after they updated their server in the opt-in beta.
This is part of the new Server Takeover feature which is still a work in progress and not final. However there are some unintended bugs that are happening which includes admin passworded servers being used for takeover.
To remove your server from the take over list you can use this line in the KFEngine.ini:
[Engine.GameEngine]
bUsedForTakeover=FALSE
We will be continuing to work on takeover, other matchmaking bugs, other bugs found as well as general feedback and balance as we continue with this opt-in beta.