has anyone got any idea when this issue was actually introduced? steam client or server/game update?
might help the devs narrow down the code revision. On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 4:37 PM, DontWannaName! <[email protected]>wrote: > Maybe its VAC, does VAC need to reconnect and check something server side > every map change? If you get players joining during the map change or right > before, they move to the next map fine. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Arg! <[email protected]> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list < > [email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 8:57:58 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] Timeout on Map Change > > thats an interesting development. could it be steam or some other server > querying application that is causing this. > > I have this feeling that the problem is going to be something very obscure. > > On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Cc2iscooL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The timeout bug seems to happen at the same time on multiple servers. I > had > > two servers on different machines change maps at the exact same time and > > both of them got the timeout bug. > > > > Valve, it seems this is something on your end. > > > > Plz fix. After L4D master server update servers go boom. :( > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Chris Walker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Yeah I was aware of the fact that it won't make a difference to the > > server. > > > I'll just time how long it takes next time, and tell my players to > change > > > it > > > to arround that value. > > > Thanks. > > > > > > ~Chris > > > http://chriswalkr.com > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Tony Paloma <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Setting cl_timeout on the server won't change anything. You'll want > to > > > > instruct clients to set cl_timeout to longer than the map changes > take. > > > For > > > > example, if when the timeout bug happens it takes 3 minutes to change > > > map, > > > > set the timeout to 4 minutes (cl_timeout 240) so that you'll be fine. > > > > You'll > > > > want to set sv_timeout to this value as well because the default is > > > > somewhere around 75 and leaving it will cause people to get booted by > > the > > > > server. > > > > > > > > The drawback is anyone who has legitimately timed out will now waste > > > space > > > > for 4 minutes if you set the higher sv_timeout value. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris > Walker > > > > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:06 AM > > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Timeout on Map Change > > > > > > > > Yeah I was just wondering what a reasonable number would be so to > make > > it > > > > have enough time to pick up the server when it comes back up. > > > > > > > > ~Chris > > > > http://chriswalkr.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:01 PM, turb0z <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > cl_timeout is a variable on the server side. Could this be set > > higher > > > on > > > > > the server to prevent client timeouts? > > > > > > > > > > I haven't tested this myself so I'm not sure. It happens so > > > > > infrequently... > > > > > I guess it doesn't hurt to try! > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris > > Walker > > > > > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 10:35 AM > > > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Timeout on Map Change > > > > > > > > > > What do you tell them to set it to? > > > > > I'd also like to setup a message to do similar. > > > > > > > > > > ~Chris > > > > > http://chriswalkr.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Ryan Mannion < > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This is currently possible. Clients can set their "cl_timeout" > > value > > > > > > locallly. I currently have a periodic message asking players to > do > > so > > > > > > via there config files. Ultimate, this is a kludge and I hope the > > > > > > source of the problem, as well as the horrible lag/warp issue > Neph > > > has > > > > > > been writing about, are resolved. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Kim Olesen Baarsch > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > It could be nice if it was possible to change the timout from > 30 > > > > > seconds > > > > > > to > > > > > > > 60, or higher, so that clients wouldn't just stop trying to > > > > > re-establish > > > > > > the > > > > > > > connection to the server after the failed map change. Atleast > > until > > > > > > they've > > > > > > > fixed it completely :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Kimo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > From: "CLAN RCR" <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 4:07 AM > > > > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Subject: [hlds] Timeout on Map Change > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Do we know when this timeout on map change issue is going to > be > > > > > > addressed? > > > > > > >> It really sucks getting a server full of people, and then > having > > > > them > > > > > > >> dumped > > > > > > >> at random times. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> ..Seriously, guys.. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Please fix it, or give me something I can do to lessen the > > chances > > > > of > > > > > it > > > > > > >> happening.. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Thanks. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> -Matt > > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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
