It's a similar issue to the TF2 problem. Install this plugin and it should fix the issue: http://www.nephyrin.net/tools/NephDSU/NephDSU_v1.1-r1.zip
I've had 0 timeouts on my L4D servers since having this installed for the past couple months. On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Andrew Armstrong <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > > I read a while back that TF2 had a timeout on map change bug, where players > would be dropped from the server with a 'Timeout' message, which was later > fixed (According to the Steam website, early March 09). > > > > We've noticed several times some of our Left 4 Dead servers will drop all > players due to a 'Timeout' (after reading the server console) during the > map > change. Players get the 'Lost connection to server, reconnecting.' message > with a countdown timer of 30 seconds. > > > > Most of the time the servers are fine and have no issues. > > > > The actual server does not crash, and you can reconnect to it later, which > reminded me of the problem experienced by TF2 servers where it uploaded > game > stats during map change. > > > > Is this still/was it ever a problem with Left 4 Dead servers? Does anyone > know anything about this problem? > > > > Cheers, > > Andrew > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
