this has happend to me many times. What works for me is restarting steam. or re-installing it in a new location and copy the files from the old location to the new location.
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:49:54 -0800 (PST), Dave Zeigler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I'm pretty much a noob at being a server admin. I've > set up a few LAN servers over the last three years, > but mostly for lunchtime fragging in CS at the place I > work. I got them running then left them alone. > > Due to the nice upgrade available with the Source > engine, most of our players have purchased a copy of > HL2. Those that haven't, aren't playing anymore. > > We have a class B IP domain here at work and we have > no access to the internet gateway for configuration > purposes. Our IT department is overworked and nobody > wants to approach them regarding network problems > related to game playing. > > I've gotten a dedicated server running using a new > steam account. This account has no purchases > registered with it. The server is running on a > separate windows PC, no client runs on it. > > Most of us can connect to the server and play. BUT, > there are two guys that can't. They get the error > Invalid Steam UserID ticket. One of them can get in > on an intermittent basis. The other has never been > able to connect. We have been through the network > settings and have reinstalled Steam and CS:S to no > avail. We each have a separate Client port assigned. > We CANNOT connect to the external Internet IP address > since we cannot set up the router/gateway to forward > the usual ports to our server. The IT department > isn't going to do this for us. > > We can all connect to an outside public server though. > We thought about it and we decided that we don't want > to raise any red flags with internet traffic. Again, > we want to stay off of the IT department radar. > > In addition, it seems that if someone connects to the > LAN server and gets the invalid ticket error, then > adding bots to the server puts it into an infinite > loop of adding a bot and having the console kick it. > Very annoying. > > With all this discussion about cheating and NO STEAM > being the big issues, what is the likelyhood of Valve > fixing Steam to work correctly on our corporate > network? Very slim chance. > > I can only conclude that Steam blows. I understand > why it exists, but it is mostly in my way right now. > > So, here we have a handful of responsible adults who > don't cheat and each have a legal copy of HL2 and just > want to blow off some "steam" for an hour every day. > But, no such luck. > > I find it sad that there are already hacks out there > cheating on the CS:S pub servers. I gave up playing > CS online long ago due to the obvious aimbots etc. > What skill does it take to download a cheat and > install it? > > Does anyone have any clues as to what I can do to > resolve our Invalid Steam UserID ticket issue? If > not, I may be inclined to look for a crack to get > around the problem, like NO STEAM perhaps. I haven't > approached the problem from this angle yet, and I > don't want to. So far, my search on the internet has > proven fruitless and my email to Valve tech support > goes unanswered. > > Regards, > Dave Z, aka "Full Metal" > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
