No, it is from what Alfred just said: "The problem was caused by one of our ISPs incorrectly filtering certain UDP traffic to our servers." My HL2-CTF server just showe up on the long list for the first time.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Tilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 9:23 PM Subject: [hlds] Re: HL2MP and CS Source Servers not Listing
I had 2 of 12 showing up earlier today. I restarted the empty servers and most of them began showing in the list. The effect appears to be random. I am not seeing any errors in the logs. This pattern suggests an issue with the client server listing and/or the master listing servers. I would not rule out DOS attacks by the cheat community in preparation for VAC's release either. The induced latency could cause issues. At the moment I happen to have a crowd of IP addresses in the UK trying to use up my bandwidth by constantly downloading my motd.asp. Since this is still happening they must be zombie bots in a network of hacked computers. I say this because anyone actually using a browser would see they are not getting my server. They are getting www.fbi.gov. Only legit HalfLife 2 browsers are getting the actual motd.asp. amatuer hax0rz = PWN3D! lol
Mikee wrote:
There are hundreds of HL2-DM and HL2-CTF servers not showing up on the long Steam server list, even though they are working and can be manually added to the Favorites. As a result, these servers are staying empty because the players who don't have them as Favorites don't see them.
There are normally 600-700 HL2-DM servers, but since last Friday there are only about 315 showing up. Likewise only half of the HL2-CTF servers have shown up since Friday. This has not improved or resolved, and does not relate to them using the vacbeta settings.
Nothing that has been tried has resolved this issue. One of my 4 servers shows up on the long list 67.18.241.75:27015 and another on the same server box will not show up 67.18.241.74:27015. They have identical file setups. This second 16 person server is normally the 3rd busiest HL2-DM server as determined by http://www.game-monitor.com/search.php?qry=&game=hl2mp2&order=grank Since Friday it has remained empty. GG Valve! Hurry up June 20th for BF-2
_______________________________________________ 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
