Not sure since we've yet to try this with srcds based servers, but I believe the support for domain names already exists. For example if your server can be resolved to a domain, then a player can add the server based on the domain name, not the IP. In other words, you should be able to advertise the server like:
css1.mydomain.com:27015 or www.mycooldomain.com:27015 and then steam / HL will attempt to resolve via DNS, without the need for a server cvar. If I am missing the point here I apologize, but I think this might help you. Good luck. Regards, Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas Grimm Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 5:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [hlds] Feature request: sv_serverdomain Hello, at first sorry for my bad english :) this is a feature request for dedicated server and steam client to valve. I would like to have a server cvar called "sv_serverdomain" for example. Saved into server.cfg like the following line: sv_serverdomain "mydomain.com" So, when a player adds this server into his favorites, the client will check the cvar and will save the ip (like it is at the moment) AND the sv_serverdomain value into the favorites. So that he got saved something like "mydomain.com:27015" for example. And everytime when the player opens the favorite list, the steam client will try to find a connection to the ip, but when the server isnt reachable, the client will try to find the server connection via its saved domain, too ... This feature would have the following advantage: When we as server admins change the hardware, most times the ip adress of that machine changes, too ... The problem is, that the gameserver will lose all its players after an ip change. and since the redirect function is blocked we have no chance to give the players the new ip of their gameserver. buuut, when we got the domain "mydomain.com" routed to the old server, we can change it to route it to the new server, too ... same domain, other ip ... and when a steam client got saved this domain in their favorites, the players can find their saved favorites server again after the change. this feature would help server admins to change the hardware without losing all its players and functions for redirecting would become less important then ... what do u people think about this idea ? i hope there is a chance to realize it ... andreas _______________________________________________ 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
