>From the l4d.com Blog: *Matchmaking* Because Left 4 Dead is all about sharing, we've re-tooled Left 4 Dead's matchmaking system to provide extensive support for custom add-on campaigns. When creating or searching for a lobby, a new option named "Add-on campaign" will let you select from among the add-on campaigns that you have installed. You can then find games or lobbies as well as create a lobby for that campaign. You can invite your friends, too. *If they do not have the campaign installed, they will automatically be offered an option to download it.*
-Mike On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Brent Veal <naslund.fan...@gmail.com>wrote: > I could be wrong, but it sounds like the VPKs are uploaded to a central > server or something, and then clients are prompted to download them if they > dont have them > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Kris Byer <kby...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So, will this work with fast download or will the clients need the the > VPK > > file? > > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Nikolay Shopik <sho...@inblock.ru> > > wrote: > > > > > Any words on SourceTV support in L4D? Will we see it in foreseeable > > > future, before L4D2 release at least? Simple answer YES or NO will be > > > sufficient. > > > > > > On 25.06.2009 21:33, Zoid Kirsch wrote: > > > > As mentioned on the Left 4 Dead blog recently, we're are going to > > release > > > an update that adds support for third party custom campaigns. For > server > > > operators, there are a few significant things to be aware of for this > > > release. > > > > > > > > First off, we're giving authors of new campaigns the ability to put > all > > > their campaign data into a single .VPK file for easy distribution. On > > the > > > server, you just install these in the left4dead/addons folder just like > > > clients do. You can install one and activate it on the server without > > > restarting by entering "update_addon_paths;mission_reload" into the > > server > > > console after placing the .VPK file in the addons folder. > > > > > > > > Also, we have fixed the fact Left4Dead tends to hog the 63 character > > > server tags. We've extended the master servers and the steam API to > > allow > > > servers to send up a list of keys separate from tags for matchmaking, > up > > to > > > 1200 bytes in size. We're moving the sv_search_key, sv_gametypes and > > > sv_steamgroup tags out of the regular server tags and into this > extended > > > set. The extended set will also be used by servers to send up a list > of > > the > > > names of the third party custom campaigns they have installed so > players > > can > > > find them. The "sv_showtags" command will now list the normal tags as > > > public and the extended matchmaking-only tags as private. The private > > > matchmaking tags are only communicated between your server and the > master > > > server. We also extended sv_steamgroup to allow a server to be in > > multiple > > > groups by specifying the group IDs separated by commas. > > > > > > > > When players now select a custom third party campaign add-on and > search > > > for a dedicated server, it will look at these extended tags for the > name > > and > > > version of the campaign installed. Server operators will certainly > want > > to > > > keep an eye on the various Left 4 Dead add-on websites for popular > third > > > party campaigns and install them for people to play on their server. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > /// Zoid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Kris > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
