Valve has since blocked the ability to execute client commands like that. Some very few ones still work, but stuff like that and the connection-redirect stuff that destroyed TFC and some other games prompted them to remove the ability.
On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 14:53 -0500, Joel R. wrote: > In HL1 I use to send a retry command to everyone just as I would restart the > server. I don't know if this is at all possible in HL2. But it would get > me about 80-90% of the players back. > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:18 PM, msleeper <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yeah something like that. My idea was to have it reconnect on map > > change, I can deal with it losing connection for a single map iteration, > > but having to restart the server means a lot of people don't come back, > > even when I spam chat telling people it's going down for about 3 > > seconds. > > > > > > On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 14:46 +1000, [email protected] wrote: > > > Good suggestion, had this happen quite a few times! Seems server reboot > > is > > > only solution at the moment :/ > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cc2iscooL > > > Sent: Thursday, 14 May 2009 2:38 PM > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Fix for Loadout/Steam server bug with the Sniper > > update? > > > > > > > > > An auto-reconnection after x minutes, maybe? :) > > > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Dj Satane <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > well if a server loses connection to steam, i dont think there is > > anythint > > > > that can be done, i mean what do you expect? > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:37 PM, msleeper <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Is there any word of if there will be a fix for a TF2 server losing > > > > > connection to the Steam servers and blocking the loadout? Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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

