We don't get this error often but it does happen least 3-4 times a month and completely random, server is full and boom completely empty.
NukePaste wrote: > I have been having these same issues for the last week or two. It has > basically killed both my TF2 servers. I have tried all the ideas here, and > everything listed in the steam forums. I even tried running a server from a > different IP and a different machine. Re-install, re-update, still no bueno. > New DNS servers didn't help either > > I get a lot of timeouts when trying to update and I get unsuccessful > connection to the VAC server when the server launches. Having to retry 10 > times to get in will make sure the server stays empty until there is a fix. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Saint K. > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:57 PM > To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' > Subject: Re: [hlds] Invalid STEAM UserID Ticket hell > > Thanks for the suggestions, but the servers and network connection are > working flawlessly. So all we can do is hope for VALVe to fix it. > > Cheers, > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Kevin Ottalini > Verzonden: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:26 PM > Aan: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Onderwerp: Re: [hlds] Invalid STEAM UserID Ticket hell > > There seem to be a few ways this happens. > > One is if the Steam servers are being twiddled or just need a bit of a kick. > > Another is where players need to log out of Steam and log back in to renew > their ticket - might also be flagged as a "no steam logon". > > Steam tickets seem to need to be renewed every few weeks, occasionally I'll > see clusters of players all having this same problem at the same time - > players will try joining the server over and over only to be kicked after a > few seconds, not quite enough time to tell them what to do to fix the > problem. > > If there is a big update being uploaded to the content servers there also > occasionally seems to be a ticket problem that just clears up by itself > after a little while. > > One thing you can check on is if all the players having problems have > STEAM_0: or all STEAM_1: IDs > If they are all one or the other then one of the AUTH servers might be > having problems. > > I just today started seeing a bit of this on my HLDM (HL1) server today: > > Error verifying STEAM UserID Ticket(server was unable to contact the > authentication server). > > I logged the client out and logged back in and the problem went away (for me > anyway). > > If your server has a chronic problem with this happening (IE: none of the > above apply) then your server or the server's network might be having a > problem of some kind. > > Try running pingplotter (www.pingplotter.com) from and to your server for a > few days and see if you see a network outage along the way in sync with your > players all dropping. Pingplotter is very low overhead and won't affect the > server (or client) performance. > > 10 or 15 second intervals seem to work fine for this sort of checking. > > qUiCkSiLvEr > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Saint K." > To: "'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:38 AM > Subject: [hlds] Invalid STEAM UserID Ticket hell > > > >> Hi, >> From about 2 weeks ago our servers keep experiencing this bug, and it >> keeps emptying the servers from time to time. >> >> Player wL.75 - Άямα left the game (Invalid STEAM UserID Ticket) >> >> Anyone knows if we can do something about this, or is this just pure a >> steam error? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Saint K. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
