I think he is talking about the Steam Community Group features for Left 4 Dead. You will probably make private groups and assign them to a specific server so that those people could use a lobby to connect to that server.
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Chris Brunelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Guys it's not that difficult to follow, "left4dead" and "l4d_demo" are the > files for the DEMO. Come official release day "left4dead" will switch to > the full version. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Sutherland > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:20 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: [hlds] Group Features for Left 4 Dead > > So how will this work? > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Mike Stiehm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So are "left4dead" and "l4d_demo" the same server files? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Ruymen > > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 2:03 PM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [hlds] HLDS L4D, 2 full versions? > > > > Yesterday we started the preload L4D on Steam. For dedicated servers, > you > > can also "preload" most of the content for a server by running > > hldsupdatetool and using the game parameter "l4d_full". You will not be > > able to run a dedicated server until sometime before the official release > > though. There will also be at least a 300 MB update on Monday, since we > > have not made the maps available for dedicated servers yet. > > > > Once the full game is live, we'll also switch the game parameter to be > > "left4dead", as that is currently in use for the Demo. > > > > Jason > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gulfy > > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:45 AM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] HLDS L4D, 2 full versions? > > > > Can we get some official clarification on what to download for the > > dedicated > > server for the full game? > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > > signature > > database 3614 (20081114) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > > signature > > database 3614 (20081114) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > -- > Marc Sutherland > _______________________________________________ > 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
