Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-23 Thread ElitePowered .
Doing so is the equivalence of joining via a link on a site containing steam//connect:ip. If a user is connecting from a steam group, there isn't an efficient way of tracking it other than concluding the connection originated from a site. gg On Friday, November 22, 2013, Guardian Cipher wrote:

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-23 Thread dan
On 23/11/2013 12:15, ElitePowered . wrote: Doing so is the equivalence of joining via a link on a site containing steam//connect:ip. If a user is connecting from a steam group, there isn't an efficient way of tracking it other than concluding the connection originated from a site. gg Well I

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-22 Thread Guardian Cipher
I joined my server from clicking on an event invite from steam community, then I typed retry in console. It says I've connected from serverbrowser_favorites. On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:56 PM, dan needa...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 18/11/2013 17:08, Fletcher Dunn wrote: Quickplay is basically

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-18 Thread Fletcher Dunn
...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of dan Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 9:38 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? On 15/11/2013 03:56, ElitePowered . wrote: So how come Lotus doesn't fill

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-18 Thread dan
On 18/11/2013 17:08, Fletcher Dunn wrote: Quickplay is basically just automated server browsing, and it uses real pings. You might be thinking of MvM matchmaking, which uses geolocation. (And quickplay beta, which may be revived at some point, used the same thing.) Right, that's it. I knew

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-15 Thread Mart-Jan Reeuwijk
From: ics i...@ics-base.net To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Friday, 15 November 2013, 7:30 Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? I believe in some post within 2 years someone at Valve said that the quickplay

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-15 Thread dan
On 15/11/2013 03:56, ElitePowered . wrote: So how come Lotus doesn't fill up all it's servers when it has close to the same network performance as you do? Ping is a quality to each client, not a feature of the server. That said IIRC Fletcher once said rather than measuring ping they guessed

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-15 Thread dan
On 15/11/2013 09:33, Mart-Jan Reeuwijk wrote: Shouldn't be hard to have a score script running... - On player connect: penalty of 15 - On every minute of the player being connected: add 1 point unless they're there over 45 minutes. - Start over on map change/reload (= reconnect) That sounds

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread ics
Win32 server mailing list ( h...@list.valvesoftware.com) h...@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether they used the favorites tab versus the main server list

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Chris Oryschak
-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list ( h...@list.valvesoftware.com) h...@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether they used the favorites tab versus

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Nicholas Hastings
No value can be from connecting manually via the game console without specifying a parameter after the address. (which is where that tag comes from) -- Nicholas Hastings AlliedMods.net http://www.alliedmods.net Chris Oryschak mailto:ch...@oryschak.com Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:11 AM

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Lambda
Cc: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list ( h...@list.valvesoftware.com) h...@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether they used

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread ics
Of ElitePowered . Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 11:25 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? What's the point of having this feature on the other games if the only way to connect is via the server browser? On Nov 12, 2013 2:09 PM

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Lambda
. Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 11:25 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? What's the point of having this feature on the other games if the only way to connect is via the server browser? On Nov 12, 2013 2:09 PM

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread ics
...@list.valvesoftware.com) h...@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether they used the favorites tab versus the main server list. -Original Message- From: hlds_linux-boun

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread 1nsane
...@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether they used the favorites tab versus the main server list. -Original Message- From: hlds_linux-boun

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Lambda
] On Behalf Of ElitePowered . Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 11:25 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? What's the point of having this feature on the other games if the only way

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Fletcher Dunn
] On Behalf Of ics Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:20 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? I assume quickplay numbers mean cp, pl, ctf, attack defence, plr, sd, all modes etc gamemode, basically all the quikcplay options

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Jonathan Price
It appears that this plugin isn't detecting where players are connecting from on HL2:DM. Has it not been updated with this new CVAR yet? I seem to remember valve said that all source games would gain this ability. Also, very interesting to see other people's stats, thanks for posting!

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Eric Smith
:42 AM To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It appears that this plugin isn't detecting where players are connecting from on HL2:DM. Has it not been updated with this new CVAR yet? I seem to remember valve said that all source games

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Kyle Sanderson
There hasn't been an engine sync for any game but TF. There hasn't been a Steamworks sync for any game. Thanks, Kyle. On Nov 14, 2013 11:37 AM, Jonathan Price pric...@hotmail.com wrote: It appears that this plugin isn't detecting where players are connecting from on HL2:DM. Has it not been

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread DontWannaName!
There hasn't been an engine update yet. Sent from my iPhone 5 On Nov 14, 2013, at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Price pric...@hotmail.com wrote: It appears that this plugin isn't detecting where players are connecting from on HL2:DM. Has it not been updated with this new CVAR yet? I seem to remember

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread ics
, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether they used the favorites tab versus the main server list. -Original Message- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: hlds_linux-boun

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread 1nsane
Win32 server mailing list ( h...@list.valvesoftware.com) h...@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether they used the favorites tab versus the main server

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread DontWannaName!
mailing list ( h...@list.valvesoftware.com) h...@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether they used the favorites tab versus the main server list

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Doctor McKay
That score was not your Quickplay score. Dr. McKay www.doctormckay.com On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 4:25 PM, ElitePowered . elitepowe...@gmail.comwrote: Why was the feature that allows viewing your quick play score removed? It was a great way to see how well your server was doing.

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread ElitePowered .
Yea, it was. The performance of the server is determined by the score. For example, Skial may have a score of 500k while your 2Fort may have 20k. Hence why Bottiger always has his servers full. The score was visible and i can show you the code the gets it from Valve. This feature was cut off a few

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Bottiger
That old scoring system was only used to automatically delist servers. It does not get you more players from quickplay. Valve has said that many times already. It doesn't take much effort to figure out that the quickplay scoring system is dominated by ping. There is a server quality score aside

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Doctor McKay
Right, that old scoring system that was removed is the one talked about in this blog post: http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2338 It was only used for a short time. In more recent years, that score was tracked but used for absolutely nothing. It was completely separate from the Quickplay

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread ElitePowered .
Steam3Server()-GetServerReputation(); So how come Lotus doesn't fill up all it's servers when it has close to the same network performance as you do? Player latency does in fact play a roll in determining where they are sent but there has to be an outside factor in play. There are thousands of

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Doctor McKay
I never said that Quickplay doesn't have a score. Quickplay does in fact have a score, and that score is not publicly visible. The score that was recently removed was completely separate and unused. Please stop talking about things you don't know. Dr. McKay www.doctormckay.com On Thu, Nov 14,

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread ElitePowered .
Chill there amigo. No need to be but hurt. I'm just trying to find out why the backend score isn't available for us to see anymore. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Doctor McKay mc...@doctormckay.comwrote: I never said that Quickplay doesn't have a score. Quickplay does in fact have a score,

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread Todd Pettit
: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? Chill there amigo. No need to be but hurt. I'm just trying to find out why the backend score isn't available for us to see anymore. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Doctor McKay mc...@doctormckay.comwrote: I never said that Quickplay doesn't have

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-14 Thread ics
I believe in some post within 2 years someone at Valve said that the quickplay is affected only by small part by server reputation score. But even if it is, the server that i had 7 million score vs the one that had less than a million, the one with less score got more traffic through quickplay

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-13 Thread Doctor McKay
server mailing list hlds_linux@list. valvesoftware.com Cc: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list ( h...@list.valvesoftware.com) h...@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-13 Thread Oskar Levin
, November 12, 2013 11:25 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? What's the point of having this feature on the other games if the only way to connect is via the server browser? On Nov 12, 2013 2:09 PM, DontWannaName! ad

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-12 Thread DontWannaName!
Is it able to tell if they connect from their favorites? Sent from my iPhone 5 On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Fletcher Dunn fletch...@valvesoftware.com wrote: Several server operators have requested the ability to know how their clients are connecting to their server. The latest TF

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-12 Thread ElitePowered .
What's the point of having this feature on the other games if the only way to connect is via the server browser? On Nov 12, 2013 2:09 PM, DontWannaName! ad...@topnotchclan.com wrote: Is it able to tell if they connect from their favorites? Sent from my iPhone 5 On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:02 AM,

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-12 Thread Gordon Reynolds
I get a little excited whenever a new console command is given to us. This one also has the added benefit of giving us more metrics/data on our players. I fucking LOVE data! Thanks for this. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:08 AM, DontWannaName! ad...@topnotchclan.comwrote: Is it able to tell if

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-12 Thread Valentin G.
This is a great addition. Thanks! On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Gordon Reynolds thisisgordonsem...@gmail.com wrote: I get a little excited whenever a new console command is given to us. This one also has the added benefit of giving us more metrics/data on our players. I fucking LOVE

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-12 Thread Nomaan Ahmad
This is never bad to have :) Thanks! On 12 November 2013 19:26, Gordon Reynolds thisisgordonsem...@gmail.comwrote: I get a little excited whenever a new console command is given to us. This one also has the added benefit of giving us more metrics/data on our players. I fucking LOVE data!

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-12 Thread Fletcher Dunn
, 2013 11:25 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? What's the point of having this feature on the other games if the only way to connect is via the server browser? On Nov 12, 2013 2:09 PM, DontWannaName! ad...@topnotchclan.com

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-12 Thread Todd Pettit
Cc: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list (h...@list.valvesoftware.com) h...@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether they used the favorites tab

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-12 Thread DontWannaName!
PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether they used the favorites tab versus the main server list. -Original Message- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-12 Thread ics
hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Cc: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list (h...@list.valvesoftware.com) h...@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:45:44 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? It tells you what tab they used. So you know whether

Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from?

2013-11-12 Thread Todd Pettit
Exactly. - Original Message - From: ics i...@ics-base.net To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:13:08 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Where is my traffic coming from? I'd settle for a command that lists where