Is there any way to edit these options from the GUI, or does a client have to input these in the console and/or a config file?
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 18:23 -0500, o k wrote: > Sounds like you need to use a search key. Set the same key on your server, > and on your client when you make the lobby. And in theory, it should choose > your server to join from the lobby, because the search key is the same. At > least that's how I understood it. > > > sv_search_key : 0 : : > When searching for a dedicated server from lobby, restrict search to only > dedicated servers having the same sv_search_key. > > > sv_search_max_ping : 250 > : : Maximum acceptable ping when lobby leader searches for > dedicated servers. > > > sv_search_max_results : 75 > : : Stop searching for dedicated servers once this many are > found. > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Jonathan Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
