Thanks Alfred, I was able to get it to show up in the list again by adding the game key in gameinfo.txt.
Do you have any ideas about the DM mod dedicated server problem? Running a dedicated server of an unmodified DM mod has player animation problems and death notice problems that don't seem to happen if you're just running a listen server. On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:20:27 -0800, Alfred Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need to update your gameinfo.txt, I will cut and paste the note I > sent to this list last week about it: > ------ > On a related note, the name that is displayed in the games list (and in > the server browser) will be from the "game" key in your <mod > dir>/gameinfo.txt file (and it will fall back to the "name" key for the > games list if a "game" key does not exist). > ------- > > So, just add that key to your gameinfo.txt and it will work again. > > - Alfred > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick > Flanagan > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:42 PM > To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: [hlcoders] Dedicated server for mods broken by new steam update > > Ever since the new Steam update, my mod has been having problems with > dedicated servers. > > Before the Steam update, I copied my mod into /SteamApps/username/source > dedicated server/ and then when I launched the Dedicated Server program > from within Steam, the mod would show up in the list of games that you > could run a dedicated server with. > > After the Steam update, with no changes at all to the mod, the mod no > longer shows up in the dropdown of available games in the Dedicated > Server program and if I try to start it manually via the command line > then it doesn't work. > > I tried testing this by using the updated SDK to create a new DM mod. > I did not change any of the files created by the DM mod except for the > game name in GameInfo.txt so I could tell it apart from the others. I > compiled the DM code to put in the /bin directory for that mod but did > not modify the code at all. I then copied this mod directory into > /SteamApps/username/source dedicated server/ like I had done before and > it showed up in the list of available games to run a dedicated server > for. When I ran the dedicated server using the unmodified DM mod, none > of the animations worked at all and whenever anyone was killed it would > just say that player "unconnected" suicided. If I ran a listen > (non-dedicated server) using this DM mod, then everything worked fine > and animations and death messages and all were working. > > Something is broken in Source Dedicated Server since the new Steam > update. Can anyone from Valve comment on this? > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
