How would that help anyone else but the 3 people I play with daily (and myself)?
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Kingsley Foreman <[email protected] > wrote: > How about you rent your own server then it should never be an issue > and you want have to switch servers > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 20/01/2009, at 11:26 AM, "Andrew Armstrong" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I thought the CPU Load (%) icon (like ping) in some games was always > > pretty > > neat. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nephyrin Zey > > Sent: Tuesday, 20 January 2009 11:20 AM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Left 4 Dead Server Quality Control > > > > CONOSLE: Warning: You are playing on a Single-Core server. Expect Lag > > > > Lollz > > > > A rating system or something for servers maybe, but your whole > > idealized no-single-core (srcds is largely single threaded...) 2gig > > ram having thing sounds pretty snobby and ineffective at the same > > time. > > > > I run three lag free 32x TF2 servers on a 2.4GHz quad core with 4gigs > > of ram, and some old pentium 4 could run a single lag free L4D server > > pretty well. Network and configuration are usually vastly more > > important. > > > > I agree that on games with a server browser you can find and return to > > fun lag free servers, while outside of steam group servers l4d just > > throws you in there. > > > > One idea would be pushing steam group servers a lot more, IE have a > > 'hosted by' drop down that lets you pick steam groups, including ones > > you're not in but have played on before (assuming theirs arn't > > exclusive) or some such. > > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Jake E <[email protected]> wrote: > >> HI, > >> > >> My Friends and I usually team up on campaign servers, and usually > >> it takes > >> 10-15 minutes to find a good dedicated server. The first one may > >> lag, the > >> second one may "shut down", and the third one may lag also. I was > >> just > >> wondering if we could have a form of server selecting or warning- > >> i.e., > >> Valve adds something that says "CONOSLE: Warning: You are playing > >> on a > >> Single-Core server. Expect Lag" when you join or maybe you could > >> see the > >> specs of the dedicated server you are about to join. Like the lobby > >> leader > >> sees "2.4 GHz Quad, 4000MB Ram. Accept? [YES] [NO]" Alternatively, > >> there > >> could be something like HLDSupdatetool checks your specs and says > >> "Please > >> upgrade your system to have at least a __._GHz Dual Core Processor > >> before > >> running left4dead." I know it's a long shot, but I think the Left 4 > >> Dead > >> community deserves to play on lag-free servers. > >> > >> Well also if you guys could do me a favor, we are putting up a > >> CS:Source > >> server and are thinking of just buying a dedicated server for our > > CS:Source. > >> GMOD, and L4D, I know that the CPU usage of L4D is comparable to a > >> 26 slot > >> TF2 server, how good a box do you think we would need for all three > > servers? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Jake > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
