I've already posted about it, and someone else has the same issue. I have the most basic of configs. It should work, and I have run many servers in the past with no issue.
I don't get what you don't understand - these should all be GUI options - not things I have to set in the console (which is inaccessible while in a lobby) or bind to shortcut keys or to the startup options. The issues I'm having with getting the server to properly accept my lobby reservation are separate. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:34:44 -0500 > Subject: Re: [hlds] Server Key > > This seems like a lot of user error then since all of that stuff works > for everyone else, or at least works as much as it is supposed to. Why > doesn't search key work for you? You should investigate that. Why can't > you "actually connect" to the server? That also seems like something > that should be important to figure out. > > The search key and force dedicated servers lets you, as lobby leader, > specify what servers you want to preference to. If the servers are full > then you'll go to another server, just like you normally would. > > I don't get what you're not understanding. "I should have the direct > option of choosing a server (mine and my favorites) as well as the > option of being matched to one." That's exactly what search key and/or > force dedicated servers does. You specify a server to use, and if it is > free then you go to it. Your little list of complains all work with > minimal effort, except the first one which doesn't really make sense > with the type of environment in L4D/L4D2. > > This isn't TF2 or CSS, you can't just join any server and start playing. > If you want to do that, then remove your server from the lobby system > and connect directly via IP. If you want to use a lobby, then use some > combination of the many server CVARs to make it possible. You can't have > it both ways, they conflict how eachother work. > > > On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 15:24 -0800, Blood Letter wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
