It seems like you have a lack of decent dedicated servers, and another server seems like it would help if there are none in your area/city/country.
Or it could be that you just use randomjoin ala matchmaking in which case I'd advise you type openserverbrowser in console and LOOK for servers that have good ping and free slots. Matchmaking with sv_search_max_ping 100 works to. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jake E Sent: Tuesday, 20 January 2009 11:02 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Left 4 Dead Server Quality Control 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
