The only thing better would be if they paid us to run their servers :) On 4/20/09, Flubber <flub...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, for once we're having pre-patch info to prepare, that's refreshing. > Good Work. > > 2009/4/20 Zoid Kirsch <z...@valvesoftware.com> > >> I'm a developer at Valve who is working on the Left 4 Dead Survival pack >> update. We've made several changes to server operation that we'd like to >> give our server operators a heads up on. >> >> Since Left 4 Dead will now support three different game modes, we removed >> the console variable "director_no_human_zombies" and added a new variable >> called "mp_gamemode" which can be set to "coop", "versus" and "survival". >> This variable is set by lobby reservation, so a normal server running in >> lobby mode will require no changes by the server operator. If you are >> running in LAN mode without lobbies, you will need to set mp_gamemode >> before >> you load a map. For example, use "mp_gamemode survival; map >> l4d_sv_lighthouse" to load the new Lighthouse map in Survival mode. >> >> We have extended sv_gamestypes to also include "survival". The default >> value is now "coop,versus,survival". This may cause issues for some >> servers >> that have a lot of tags in addition to the defaults. We realize this is >> problem and adjusted "sv_showtags" to show the truncated tags to help >> server >> operators see if they have reached the 63 character limit. >> >> The tags issue will be fixed in the forthcoming third party campaign >> matchmaking update. We have extended the master servers so heartbeats >> will >> be sent as two distinct packets, one containing the existing server >> heartbeat, and another containing additional "game data." This game data >> will contain all the matchmaking server tags such as sv_gametypes, and the >> list of third party campaign missions installed. This third party >> campaign >> list will be used by people searching for servers with third party >> campaigns >> installed. Server operators will install the VPK file of the campaign >> that >> includes the maps (and associated models, etc) as well as a "mission" >> description file that describes the campaign and its name used for >> matchmaking. We hope that as various third party campaigns become >> popular, >> more server operators will install them giving a larger base for players >> to >> find servers for those campaigns. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
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