Uh, search key doesn't work for me, and force dedicated server requires that I can actually connect to the server.
I currently can not start a lobby and join the lobby to my server. I currently can not join my server directly from the steam group server list. I have to have someone outside of my lan join the server from the steam group list. Then and only then am I able to join the server (by joining their lobby explicitly or implicitly through the steam group server list). Joining the server normally results in a "session no longer valid" error when it attempts to connect. Using a search key results in absolutely nothing - the server is never found, and I never attempt to connect. And why would I set a default search key or force dedicated servers list? My server is public and I would only want to use it if it's free - otherwise I'm content joining whatever server I'm matched with (when I'm lobby leader). I can bind shortcuts. I can set launch options. I can get on my server which isn't functioning as it should. But I should have the direct option of choosing a server (mine and my favorites) as well as the option of being matched to one. It's not rocket science. I shouldn't have to jump through ANY hoops to: Open the game, get directly (no lobby screen) to my server or a favorite server, if available. Open the game, make a lobby, tell it to use my server or a favorite server, if available. Open the game, make a lobby, tell it to match me to an available server. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:54:12 -0500 > Subject: Re: [hlds] Server Key > > Add +sv_search_key <key> to launch options > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Johan Andersson > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 5:04 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Server Key > > bind F8 "mm_dedicated_force_servers IPADRESS" > > Press F8 before starting the search for a server. > > Couldn't be any easier tbh. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Blood Letter" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 10:41 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [hlds] Server Key > > > > > Terrible solution. > > Nothing bugs me more than being a member of a bunch of pointless steam > > groups. > > (Well, automagically being joined to random steam groups for no reaosn > > bugs me a lot too.) > > > > I don't want that crap cluttering up my friends list. > > I don't want shitty updates about "your steam group has an event in 5 > > minutes!" popping up all the time. > > > > I shouldn't have to put up with that crap to maintain a list of servers I > > like. > > This is what server favorites was for. > > > > Would love to see the following: > > > > - An extra button on the UI - Favorite Servers > > - A "Favorite Servers" page which lists servers you have tagged as > > favorite, their ping, map, player count, game mode, and lobby status. > > - Ability to select a server from the list and remove it from your > > favorites or connect to it (if lobby restrictions and player count allow). > > - A UI button to "add server to favorites". Show it on the server info > > popup in game. > > > > I'm not even asking for a full server browser - just a favorite's list. > > > > > > > >> From: [email protected] > >> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:03 -0600 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Server Key > >> > >> Make a steam group called "Joebob's L4D Servers" and invite everyone. > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:25 PM, shoskins73 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I'm assuming that only works if I'm the Lobby Leader? What happens if > >> > I'm > >> > in someone elses Lobby and they start the game, will it take me to my > >> > server > >> > while everyone else goes to another server? > >> > > >> > Long story short, I had a server for the first 2 months L4D was out and > >> > stopped using it as it was such a PITA to get a Lobby connected to it > >> > (at > >> > that time there was no sv_search_key function at all. This whole setup > > >> > for > >> > using specific servers is crap, especially when not everyone on your > >> > friends > >> > list is in any one particular Steam Group. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Jake Skenna <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> I'd put the command in an autoexec.cfg so you can get your own server > >> >> every > >> >> time without having to enter it once you get in game. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
