[hlds] TS2 Not Updating: WinSock Error 10054 Connection reset by peer

Hello all, I see many have been having trouble with TF2 update. I'm having the same. I've tried about 7 times today already on the same server without success. I have tried with the normal update which doesn't complete. When I try to start the server I get some errors. I tried with the

[hlds] TF2 Lag issues still, Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz

I have been trying to get this problem sorted out for a while. I tried the suggestions people gave on this list before and none have helped. System specs: Win 2003 Server Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz (not dual core) 4GB memory Server load: CPU, memory and network utilization aren't an issue from what I have

Re: [hlds] TF2 Server laggy above 20 players

Yes, mine is a Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz P4 not core2. What problems have been cropping up with P4's exactly ? I tried Tony's suggestions for server.cfg settings but don't have any confirmation if anything was fixed yet from the players. Thanks for any further info on this problem and for everyone's

[hlds] TF2 Server laggy above 20 players

Hello, I am hoping someone will have some good input about this issue I am having on one of my servers. The server is dual zeon 2.8ghz. CPU usage 30% or less at full load. Memory is non-issue Network Less than 19% capacity I have ruled this out as neither a hardware issue or network problem.

Re: [hlds] TF2 Sample server.cfg ? anyone? (Kåre W. Christensen)

@list.valvesoftware.com Hi Leo, leo bounds skrev: Can someone post a sample TF2 server.cfg since steam didn't bring a default one ? Any help would be appreciated. This works for me. I first tried with explicit variables in server.cfg, but after some testing it seems to work better with default

[hlds] TF2 Server.cfg ?

How come there was no file called server.cfg downloaded by default ? Does anyone have an example server.cfg of what it should be ? thank you for info.. Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and

[hlds] TF2 Sample server.cfg ? anyone?

Can someone post a sample TF2 server.cfg since steam didn't bring a default one ? Any help would be appreciated. thank you. - LB Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news,

[hlds] Lag with Bots on 100 Tick CSS ?

I have been spending allot of time trying to figure out a problem so far I haven't been able to find a solution. The problem is when bots are added to a 100 tick cs:source server it starts to lag and players complain about in game performance. The server rates are set correctly for 100 tick.

[hlds] Need Help with CZ sv_downloadurl

Hello, I Need some help from you guys.. (*Please*) I have setup sv_downloadurl but part of it doesn't seem to be working. When I first connect to server I can see it is looking on the website during the verifying resources because the Content Provided by box is blank. Meaning it doesn't say

[hlds] Re: Need Help with CZ sv_downloadurl

Thanks to those that offered ideas. I found the problem. It was that sv_download was in the server.cfg when it should have been sv_allowdownload 1. Someone had changed that in my friends server.cfg thanks again for your ideas, LB

[hlds] Re: Question about .res files and custom models

Thanks to those that replied about my .res files and custom models question. I think I have it all set now. Thanks again. - LB Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail QA for great tips from Yahoo! Answers

[hlds] Question about .res files and custom models

Hello all, I have a fairly simple question I'm sure someone here knows the answer but I have been unable to find it online. I know that .res files need to be created for custom maps when using the sv_download or web redirect but do I need to create some kind of .res file to make the connected

[hlds] HLTV issue

I got a HLTV issue that has me stumped. I've run HLTV on a bunch of CS / CZ servers before with the same config with no problem. Here's my problem: HLTV connects to the server fine and you can see it's a connected. However, when you go to the game and type: connect (followed by HLTV IP) it will

[hlds] CS Source Update released (server still out of date problem)

Anyone having problems after updating CS Source tonight with the server still not saying updated in Steam ? In the server console it no longer shows Your Server is Out of Date since I ran the update tool and restarted however if you find the server in Steam and try to join it says This server is

[hlds] VAC secure mode disabled. Could not establish connection to Steam

I restarted a few servers today and found that they did not become VAC secured again at restart. Servers were on different machines in different parts of the US. Nothing in my config or setup has changed. Getting that good ol' message of: Could not establish connection to Steam servers. VAC

Re: [hlds] hackers in dod source server

The only thing they seemed to be able to do was to change the map at will and annoy the server admin and other people trying to play on the server in chat. As I said before, at first the server was running manimod and eventscripts. I stopped the server, removed the mod temporarily, changed the

[hlds] hackers in dod source server

I had an admin complaining about someone that had somehow got control over his DOD:Source server and was harrassing the admins in game and restarting the server at will by changing maps. Running on the server at the time were manimod and eventscripts. I shut down the server and restarted it with

[hlds] Re: VAC Problems

I'm having problems in the US on some of my servers as well. This is what it shows in the server console: Connection to Steam servers successful (SU). status version : 1.0.0.4/7 2707 insecure (secure mode enabled, disconnected from Steam3) - LB

[hlds] Problem with CS 1.6 Server: Error: BAD: 103:svc_bad

I have a random problem on a CS 1.6 Server I hope someone can shed some light on. I have had some players randomly dropping for a while to this server. It does not seem to be a specific problem with certain players or specific map running. Someone finally captured the error and gave it to me

[hlds] Dual Xeon Issue HL1 Engine (CZ File request)

Does anyone have available the pre-march CZ files I could download somewhere ? I need the files that are current enough to be VAC secured. Someone had posted a link to some files for CS a week or so ago but I need the ones for CZ. I just need the CZ .dlls I guess and some of the engine files.

[hlds] HL1 Issues on Dual Xeon Servers

Hello, A week or so ago about 3 people posted on this list about having strange lag issues on HL1 servers that were not due to server load or network performance. They found the solution was to roll back to the next to last HL1 engine update files and someone posted the files for download here.

[hlds] Re: HLDS performance issues

Did we ever get an official statement from valve about the performance issues that seemed to be caused by the last update for HL1 based servers that a few people have mentioned here on the list ? I know the rollback seemed to fix the issue but was there any official fix or statement about this

[hlds] New VAC Problems

I have some VAC problems today that I haven't had before with updated HL1 based servers. The message I see when I start servers is: Connection to Steam Servers Successful (SU) VAC Secure mode not available status shows: insecure (secure mod enabled, disconnected from Steam3) If I have had

[hlds] Problem since last CSS Update

My servers were updated properly and are no longer showing the Server out of Date message. I can connect to the servers fine with no problem but several people have said they can't connect and when they try they get a message saying You do not have this third party mod or something like that and

RE: [hlds] Valve are you listening?

I don't see as many serious issues as other people seem to be complaining about. For the most part people are happy with valve games as far as I can tell. I'm glad that the valve team responds fairly quickly to severe game issues so servers do keep up and running. For that other game that

[hlds] Neo TF Mod for TFC

Does anyone happen to know if that mod Neo_TF will still work with the current version of TFC ? I can't find much about this mod other than the file itself. I'm wondering if it is compatible with the current TFC version and Half Life engine. Thanks for any info.. - LB

Re: [hlds] Neo TF Mod for TFC

I have the newest version of Neo TF I could find ver 1.81 or something like that. I installed it according to instructions, server starts fine and shows as running. However when you try to connect no one can join. It hangs on Loading resources. I spent several hours last night trying to get it

[hlds] Re: Steam Updates

My first servers on that night sat at the Updating Steam to ver 45 message without bringing down a single file for at least 3-4 hours also. I tried a few restarts during that time to see if it was just hung but that didn't do anything. Finally near the end of the 4 hours I did a restart again

[hlds] Steam Updates

Is anyone else having problems with the update starting or completing ? On updating I have this screen: Updating 'Counter-Strike Source Shared Content' from version 43 to version 45 It's been at least 8-10 minutes and not one file has come down or updated. Steam Network overloaded ? It seems

RE: [hlds] Steam Updates

I do understand that. I guess I live in the unlucky part of the world because steam updates allways hit our servers at the worst possible time of the day. That is right when everyone is getting home from work and tries to get on their servers between 4pm - 7pm. It would be nice if us server

[hlds] Problem with sv_alltalk on CZ Server

This seems really dumb but I'm having a problem with sv_alltalk on a CZ Server. In the server.cfg there is the line that says: sv_alltalk 1 However, when the server is restarted and I check the value it is set to sv_alltalk 0 I can't understand why this would be since it was set to 1 for sure

[hlds] Re: the steamid_pending and admin mods

I have this problem as well on a DOD server. Is there no fix at all for this at this point ? I was getting allot of complaints about this bug. Let me know if anyone out there has more info about this problem. Thank you. LB __ Yahoo! DSL – Something to

[hlds] Re: New Years

Happy New Year to everyone and the Valve Team. We probably don't say thanks enough just yell loud when we have a problem but really thanks to Valve for all their support and work over the last year to help us keep our servers running well. __ Yahoo! DSL

[hlds] Re: New Windows WMF Exploit

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Subject: RE: [hlds] Steam Server Query Port Problem ?

Gary, Is that scattered servers accross different boxes or do you have an entire box that has none showing in steam ? I have another win server box in the same rack that shows servers in steam, then the other box that shows none. I can't figure out what the problem is. I've been running steam

[hlds] Steam Server Query Port Problem ?

Is there a specific port that has to be open on a server box for servers to show in the Steam server listing ? For some reason I have one server box with CS Servers not showing in the Steam server listing. You can connect and play on the CS Servers fine it's just not showing in the server list.

Re: [hlds] Steam Updates

The problem with people that setup remote control panels to update games by Steam that don't have full access to the server is the person using the control panel never knows how long the update is taking, they also never know if there is some steam error that did not complete successfully. I have

[hlds] Questions about CS Bullet Registration

Are there any settings besides server sv_maxrate settings that affect bullet registration for CS 1.6 Servers ? I'm having some problems with people having bullet registration issues. I don't see the CPU or resource usage as a problem. What settings would I need to look at in the CS Server.cfg

[hlds] Re: DOD:S Disabling Hyperthreading ?

I've been having allot of problems with DOD:S Servers where anything above 18 players on a server will cause lag. Meanwhile CPU/Memory are a non-issue. I have messed with rate settings, have fps booster etc with no improvement. I can't figure out why people say they lag with more than 18

Re: Subject: [hlds] DoD:S motd.txt

I know this is not a big deal but why does it overwrite the motd.txt in the first place ? I remember when CSS first came out it did the same thing but doesn't do it anymore as far as I know. It just checks to see if a motd.txt exists, if it doesn't then it puts one there. What is the reason for

[hlds] RE: DoD:Source Default tickrate ??

Yep, DOD:S shows as 66 tickrate default on all my installs as well while CSS default shows as 33. - LB __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list

[hlds] Rate Settings for 20 Player DOD:S ?

Can someone suggest what would be the best rate settings for 20 player DOD:S ? sv_maxrate ? sv_minrate ? sv_maxupdaterate ? sv_minupdaterate ? I used settings like I did before for CSS but people have been complaining about game lag. Thank you for any helpful info at all. - LB

[hlds] Re: DOD:S Dedicated Server Files

It sure would be nice if someone from Valve would give us an official statement about when the server files will be available. At least us server admins would be able to plan the rollout on our servers a bit. (sigh) __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice

[hlds] No Comment from Valve ?

Why has no one from Valve said one word on this list for days. Come on Valve.. at least say if DOD:S files will or will not be available on hldsupdatetool.exe Not saying a word to all the server admins and Game Host providers on this list is really freaking lame. You must know all the people

[hlds] DOD Source Dedicated Server Files

From what I read earlier we were expecting to have the DOD Source Dedicated files 2 days before the public unlock of DOD:S. Right now we are less than 24 hours away from the public unlock time. The files are not available yet and we haven't had any news about this as to what the delay is.

[hlds] DOD:S Server Files ? How Soon ?

Just wondering how soon we will be able to get the dedicated server files off of Steam to Pre-load ? It's starting to get down to the wire now with only a few days left before the game is unlocked. I hope us server admins can get the files by Sat at the latest to be prepared. Thank you for any

[hlds] RE: Mandatory Source engine update later today...

I for one appreciate the fact that Valve is checking for bugs before pushing out the release delayed a few days or not. - LB __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[hlds] DOD:S Dedicated Server Files

How far away are we from being able to download the DOD Source Dedicated Server files ? Anyone know what the switch will be on the update command line to download this ? I would like to get the dedicated server files soon before there is a strain on the Steam network on DOD Release date. Thank

[hlds] VAC Problem Could Not Establish Connection to Steam Servers

Since no one replied last time I'm reposting this question/Problem. After the last few updates I now have problems with some of my CSS servers where when I start it up it will say VAC Secured then a few seconds later it will go unsecured with a message saying Could Not Establish Connection to

[hlds] HL1 Engine Update Problems ?

Are the majority of you folks running the latest HL1 Steam updates with no problems ? I saw a few people having some issues. For the most part are you guys running the latest HL1 update with no problems ? I really would like to hear feedback before I update other servers. Thank you for your

[hlds] DOD Server Errors

I have not updated my servers with the latest steam updates since they were optional updates and not required for players to connect and play on their HL 1 engine servers. I only updated one for testing purposes. However, I started getting complaints for DOD Servers only that are not updated

[hlds] Lag issues on large DOD server

We have been having some lag problems on a 32 player DOD server. It does not seem to be related to the network so we are looking at possible problems in the server.cfg Would this be correct for an active 32 man DOD server ? // Set Rates sv_maxrate 25000 sv_minrate 4500 sv_maxupdaterate 101 It

[hlds] Re: Lag issues on large DOD server (Whisper)

We will try sv_maxrate 1 for our 32 player Day of Defeat server as suggested and see if that helps. Thank you for info Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

[hlds] Could not establish Connection to Steam Servers

Why would I get a Could not establish Connection to Steam Servers - VAC Secure mode Disabled message on one of my source servers when I have another source server on the same machine that downloads VAC and is running secure mode with no problem ? I've rebooted the css server with the problem 3

[hlds] Problems with CSS Surf Maps

I have a server with some performance problems and I noticed that when running Surf custom maps for CSS there are 100's of errors per minute in the console. The error is something like Datatable Warning:... Out of Range Value.. in Send Prop Float This is bad scripting in the custom map I would

Re: [hlds] Problems with CSS Surf Maps

Would you happen to know if this problem is in all CSS Surf maps or just a few of them ? The bad thing about this I guess is that the server admin may not even know of these 100's of errors unless he has a direct view of the server console. Message: 1 Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:09:20 +0100

[hlds] Steam update problem

Is the Steam network overloaded today because of this update ? I've been trying to update some servers for the last 30 mins. I'm looking at a screen that says Updating Shared Content from version 35 to 36 for the last 30 min or more and not a single file has been copied down. Is this normal ?

[hlds] Questions about sv_maxrate for DOD Server

I have some larger DOD servers that are having some performance issues. What is the best sv_maxrate for a 24 player server ? For source servers I usually set sv_maxrate to 2 or so but I don't think DOD handles that much. For Day of Defeat 24 player server should it be set to 9000 or a higher

Re: [hlds] VSM failing to download

One of the VAC1 servers had a brain fart, it has been given a stern talking to and should be operational again. - Alfred HAHA.. thanks for breaking it down in technical terms we can understand Alfred.. lol __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?

[hlds] Error! Server verification failed.

I have several people reporting an error message of Server verification failed. I have run servers for months with no problem then just yesterday this problem started to popup with no changes to the servers. Is there some problem on the Steam network the last 2 days ? Thank you for any helpful

[hlds] Re: sv_unlag and Ping

I saw someone talking about sv_unlag and ping performance. Is it a good idea to have sv_unlag 1 in all our server.cfg files as a general rule to help people with bad ping rates and if so would that be for all HL games, CS, DOD, CSS etc ? Thanks for info

[hlds] Re: stats command in srcds console

Is there some place that explains what the info means when you type stats in your server console ? I see this in my console: CPU IN OUT Uptime Users FPS players What does CPU and IN / OUT mean with this command ? I see the numbers I just don't understand the data. Thanks for any info on this.

[hlds] Re: HL1 Engine Update breaks HLSW and Web query

I'm sorry if someone has already covered this but if it was in the news group I missed it. Since the HL1 engine update the other day CS servers can't display the server in HLSW and online web server views from web pages that show live server status. There was the similar problem with a CSS

[hlds] Re: Questions about Tic rate

I have some questions about Tic rate. The default Tic rate is 33 correct ? Why is CAL requiring servers to be locked at a Tic rate of 100 and does this mean that the slice or percentage of CPU usage 100 Tic rate servers will be locked down or reserved? I mean does a 100 Tic rate server lock

[hlds] Re: CSS Stats logging

Is there any option to cause weapon stats details to be written to the server logs for CSS so Psychostats can pull player info like the hitbox stats ? I know in CS you had to use AMX or statsme to get extra data written to the logfiles that was then processed player data and weapon hitbox info

[hlds] Re: Steam Update Time Schedule

Can someone please explain to me why Steam Updates are always released between 4pm PST and 7pm PST ? What is the purpose of this time frame ? I know there are others outside of the US but 5pm to 9pm is the heaviest traffic time for gamers. I know valve is also in the US. can someone explain to

[hlds] Re: hlds digest, Vol 1 #3451 - 13 msgs

Question to the Valve Team: Why do you guys always release new Steam updates for servers late in the day like 5pm ? Don't you guys know that is when people start to get home from work and try to get on all the CS:Source servers ? Meanwhile people that are game hosts are scrambling trying to

[hlds] Can't display MOTD in CS:Source Beta

For some reason when I modify the motd.txt file that came with CS:Source Beta the changes still aren't displayed. It still shows the generic motd that came with the beta. Has anyone been able to modify or customize the CS:Source MOTD ? I'd be glad to get some info. Thanks