Sounds a bit like re-inventing the wheel to me.
Hostnames are far more easy to remember and more customizable then...
STEAM_0:SERVER:37984729847
"sv_domain" "tf.voogru.net"
if(strlen(sv_domain.value) > 0)
use_domain_name_instead_of_ip_kthx;
On top of that, I don't think it would take more than an hour to implement.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas Grimm
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Server Tags Coming Soon
Alfred told me, that they are already working on it. But they want to use a
steamid based system instead of hostnames ... but it's the same ...
that was a half year ago and it's still on their todo list :P
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:50 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Server Tags Coming Soon
>
> Jason,
>
> While you're improving the client server browser, could you
> please allow servers to specify a "hostname" to be used
> rather than an IP address? So that when a player adds a
> server to their favorites, it adds that hostname instead of
> the IP address, and when they view details on the server it
> shows the hostname as well as the IP.
>
> When I say hostname, I mean like tf.voogru.net.
>
> The point is simply, in case the server changes it's IP
> somewhere down the road, all of the players old favorites are
> not invalidated.
>
> I heard that they tried this a few years back with websites
> (using domain names instead of memorizing IP's), and I hear
> it works pretty good for them.
> Maybe it'll work for game servers too?
>
> ;)
>
> Thanks.
>
> - voogru.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Ruymen
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:51 PM
> To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Server Tags Coming Soon
>
> One of the things that customers have been consistently
> requesting from us a better method of finding game servers
> with the specific settings that they like. Some players want
> servers with friendly-fire on, or TF2 birthday mode, or 24/7
> Dustbowl, and so on. Other players specifically want none of
> these, asking us how they can find servers with no changes.
> At the same time, we've watched as server operators have
> increasingly filled out their server names with descriptions
> of their custom settings.
>
> We've been working on a solution to these problems that we
> hope will make sense, solving the player's desire to search
> for specific settings, and the server operator's desire to
> have better descriptive tools for their server. The concept
> is similar to web page metatags, where server operators can
> specify descriptive tags in any manner, and clients can
> search for servers by specifying the tags they're interested
> in. Some tags are automatically filled in, based on server
> convars. For example, in TF2 we've removed the restrictions
> on a variety of server options (like friendly fire & respawn
> wave times), and now the tag system will automatically add a
> tag when they're changed, so that customers who want to play
> on these servers can easily find them.
>
> Click here:
> http://www.steamgames.com/v/img/whatsnew/serverTags.jpg for a
> screenshot of the new server browser interface that players will have.
> As you can see, we've put a new tab onto it called "Custom".
> Servers with tags will appear in this list, where the player
> can specify a list of tags they're interested in. The "Add
> Common Tags" button will give them a list of the top 20 tags
> in use across all the servers, so they're able to easily
> choose the popular tags. Untagged servers will show up in the
> old Internet games list.
>
> Jason
>
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