My bad - I forgot to say what happens at the moment. The server starts and runs. I can connect to it using my internal ip. My friends can connect to it using my external ip. We can play fine with the exception that we cannot use a lobby so we cannot choose characters. I just restart the server to specify the difficulty we want and then in game we choose the campaign.
Sometimes, very occasionally I can see the server listed as a steam group server on my main L4D game menu. My friends have never reported seeing this, but I have never managed to get them to check at a time when I can see it. I can see the server listed in both the LAN tabs and the custom tab of the serverbrowser available in the console with openserverbrowser. So I really need: 1. A way to choose characters. 2. A way for my friends to connect to my server without using a console and connect command, or the serverbrowser (because L4D should use matchmaking). Thanks Jonathan Ritchie 2008/11/20 Jonathan Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello > > I have read the lists and the forums and I cant find a solution for > what I want to do that I can test reliably. I figured I would just > post what I want to happen and you guys can tell me why its hard to do > either from the configuration or network side. > > I have a series of computers behind a firewall/router. They all have > local IP numbers. I run my server on a machine with IP 192.168.1.4. I > want to run a Left 4 Dead server on this machine that has the > following characteristics. > > 1. Only people in a given steam group should be able to connect to it. > No passwords should be required either. > > 2. If a user is in my steam group all they need to do is to go to > option to play on a server for my steam group. When they create a > lobby here (instead of connecting directly) then they will use my > server - it will not be a public lobby. > > 3. The game will display the fact that a steam group server is > available on the main menu to all users of my steamgroup all of the > time. This seems to work VERY VERY OCCASIONALLY at the moment (like 5% > of the time its there, 95% its not - status can change without a > server restart). > > 4. Its easy to connect to my server using a lobby - this is important > because at the moment there IS NO WAY TO CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER. The > other way to phrase this is you do not have to connect to a server > that is already running a game. I want to start a new one.... > > To me this all seems incredibly basic. > > We have a variable that sets the steam group id for a server. When the > client checks for a steam group server it just matches these strings > and only returns these servers. I cannot see how this cannot work > reliably. When you create a new lobby for a steam group, it must find > one of those servers as long as they are broadcasting to the master, > and mine clearly suggests that it is. The lobby code works in general, > so I don't see why it does not see my server. > > I am pretty sure that the steam master servers can see my server. When > I start it up it says: > > Adding master server 69.28.140.247:27011 > Adding master server 68.142.72.250:27011 > Sending heartbeat to master server... > Connection to steam servers successful. > VAC secure mode is activated. > > So I don't understand why it fails, don't understand why it is not > consistent and don't understand why I cant create a lobby then connect > to my server in some way.... Its all very frustrating. > > My server.cfg: > > // Server Name > hostname "Rico's Left 4 Dead Server" > > // Rcon Cvars > rcon_password somepassword > > // this will allows you to find a server through matchmaking with a > specific search string > // note that I have tried with and without this key > sv_search_key some_special_key > > // steam group that has access to the server > sv_steamgroup 599155 > > // only for members of certain steam group > // also tried a value of 2 here > sv_steamgroup_exclusive 1 > > // region > sv_region 2 > > And my startup line: > > srcds.exe -console -game left4dead -autoupdate +map > l4d_hospital01_apartment +ip 192.168.1.4 -port 27015 -nohltv +sv_lan 0 > > I have read this post: > > http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=752866 > > and other long threads on the forums and mailing list. > > Sorry for the long post. If people cant help I hope it stimulates discussions. > > Thanks > > Jonathan Ritchie > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
