It was probably more problems with the master servers. Its supposedly part of Valve making the Friends feature of Steam that they broke about a week after it started working and never fixed. Funny enough though is that Xfire has probably remove any need for the feature all together.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Stevens (IAmAI) Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 3:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds] Secure off and on -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] As a player, the other night I noticed that there was hardly any secure servers in my list, when usually it's the other way round. Dan On 19/12/05, James McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can we just go back to puttinng -secure in the target? It would make me > feel > more comfortable than "It's just on." > -- > Sincerely, > > James McKenna > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Affordablegameservers.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:30 PM > Subject: RE: [hlds] Secure off and on > > > > if i had a nickle... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Saint K. > > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:22 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Secure off and on > > > > > > Same here, vac seems to go on and off randomly. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "James McKenna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:24 AM > > Subject: [hlds] Secure off and on > > > > > >> I'm not really sure what the deal is with VAC... One day my servers > will > >> all > >> be secure... the next day (today) they are all open to hackers. I've > >> banned > >> 26 hackers today. > >> > >> > >> How can I ensure that vac will always be running? It's clear the > "default > >> on" system isn't working, and I'm getting tired. > >> -- > >> Sincerely, > >> > >> James McKenna > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "infexXxiousservers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 12:49 PM > >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Perfect server before, kind of laggy now? > >> > >> > >>> emailer "YUP" i feel ya on the fps thing. > >>> Ive done a lot of testing myself and found that i can keep the fps up > >>> and > >>> remove any skippingby setting hi priority on the server and reducing > the > >>> slots in the box all together. > >>> Valve has gotten to the point that we simply must run less servers per > >>> box > >>> if you want a server with infexXxious ping and fps. > >>> im getting 100-120 slots on my dual xeon 2.8 comfortably. > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Yup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To: <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 2:15 AM > >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Perfect server before, kind of laggy now? > >>> > >>> > >>>> -- > >>>> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > >>>> i have a box with the same specs as yours and i have the same > >>>> problem... > >>> low > >>>> FPS even though CPU usage is low. it's the worst at round start when > >>>> more > >>>> than 20 players are playing but like you said after a few people die > it > >>> gets > >>>> better. > >>>> > >>>> i wrote about this problem here a few times over the past couple of > >>> months, > >>>> but couldn't get much help. the best advice i got was to disable > Hyper > >>>> Threading, which i did, and which helped some but not enough to fix > the > >>>> problem. > >>>> > >>>> it's good to know that i'm not alone here. i'd appreciate it if you > >>>> would > >>>> send me an e-mail at nik808[at]gmail.com so we can get to the bottom > of > >>>> this. > >>>> > >>>> here are some of my previous posts about this issue: > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/private/hlds/2005-October/036765.html > >>>> > >>> > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/private/hlds/2005-November/037170.html > >>>> > >>> > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/private/hlds/2005-November/037205.html > >>>> > >>>> i was focussed on surf maps in the November posts, but keep in mind > the > >>> FPS > >>>> still drops low on other maps such as de_nuke when more than 20 > players > >>> are > >>>> in a single server even if all of the other servers are empty or shut > >>>> off. > >>>> > >>>> On 12/3/05, Rafael Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > > >>>> > -- > >>>> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > >>>> > This was posted at the steam forums by someone and I'm turning to > you > >>> guys > >>>> > for some help in sloving his problem. Here it is: > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > Hello, > >>>> > > >>>> > This is related to Counter-Strike: Source. > >>>> > > >>>> > I'm running them on a Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz with 2GB of RAM and 100Mbit > >>> uplink > >>>> > (located at ThePlanet) > >>>> > > >>>> > Below are some of the more important settings on the game servers: > >>>> > > >>>> > - Max players, 26 for one, and 30 for the other > >>>> > - tickrate 66 > >>>> > - sv_maxrate 25000 > >>>> > - sv_maxupdaterate 100 > >>>> > - fps_max 250 (about 170 in reality) > >>>> > *edit* and source fps boost. > >>>> > > >>>> > I've had no problems with the setup above for over a month now. > They > >>>> > ran > >>>> > smooth as silk, no complaints for anyone playing there. Also they > >>>> > were > >>>> > perfect for the machine I'm running them on, kept CPU around 35-40% > >>> under > >>>> > full load, and ram at 35% (used) > >>>> > > >>>> > NOW, I updated, and it runs ok up until about 20 people - and by ok > I > >>> mean > >>>> > not as good as before, but playable. Once it goes over that (in > >>>> > either > >>>> > server), the FPS drops to around 10. I don't mean just dipping to > 10 > >>> here > >>>> > and there, it will idle at 10-30FPS. When you're in game during > that > >>> time, > >>>> > you get as low as say 8-15 ticks in. It's just terrible. Also it's > a > >>>> > fairly > >>>> > popular office extended server and I don't want to ruin it's > >>>> > popularity > >>>> > with > >>>> > this lag. > >>>> > > >>>> > It's running CSP 1.1 and BeetleMod Beta w/fix (from last night). > >>>> > > >>>> > I've taken both off with the same results so that is not the > problem. > >>>> > > >>>> > I know how easy it is to point the finger at valve on these sort of > >>> things > >>>> > so I'm not doing that just yet. > >>>> > > >>>> > Anyone know what the problem might be? Is anyone else having this > >>> problem? > >>>> > I'm pretty much stumped so any help would be greatly appreciated. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > -- > >>>> > Rafael > >>>> > -- > >>>> > > >>>> > _______________________________________________ > >>>> > 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 > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: > >> 12/16/2005 > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
