Unfortunately that's not the issue, as the servers are receiving the lobby reservations and accepting them fine. The problem is when on a NAT network, somewhere in the lobby reservation part of things it "forgets" which client reserved the lobby, and whenever the reserving client tries to connect, it get's rejected.
Plus it is still impossible to connect to a server through NAT loopback. I shouldn't need to DMZ my box if I have my ports forwarded. David Graham wrote: > I find I have to use +mm_force_dedicated_server and +sv_search_key, once > I've done that I can create a lobby and then invite friends and then it will > connect to my restricted server, I have it set to only allow lobby > connections. > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Blood Letter > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Yup. Can you try opening the console and doing the ol' connect IP:port ? >> >> Try with your lan IP (should fail), then try with your wan IP (might work). >> >> I've noticed that when I simply click on the server from my steam group >> list, it tries to connect via the lan ip (and fails). >> If I try to connect to an existing lobby, it works. Probably because >> connecting to a lobby results in feeding a "connect ip:port" statement with >> the wan ip, not the lan ip. >> >> Once this is figured out / patched / whatever, I need to figure out how to >> get the search key working with it. >> I don't like having to join the server (when I can) and then call a vote / >> rcon to switch game type, map, and difficulty. >> I'd much rather prefer to join/create a lobby, let it fill up, and throw >> the search key in to get to my server. (Valve also needs to fix the bug >> where youc an't bring up the console while in the lobby). >> >> When I try this now, all I get lots of waiting then bam, I'm running a >> local server. There's no popup message asking if you would like to run a >> local server (like there was in L4D). >> >> >> >> >>> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:47 +0800 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] The Session is No Longer Available >>> >>> The issue seems to have something to do with lobby reservation. I don't >>> know if you see this too, but if you create a lobby on the NAT side of >>> things, the server will complain about bogus payload data, and then show >>> the reservation. I can confirm that reserving the lobby from outside the >>> NAT seems to be fine. >>> >>> It's almost as if the NAT client reserves the lobby, then the server >>> accepts, then ignores it... >>> >>> Blood Letter wrote: >>> >>>> Looks like having someone else join the server (from outside the lan) >>>> >> works fine. >> >>>> Then I can join just fine. >>>> >>>> Weird... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:51:58 -0800 >>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] The Session is No Longer Available >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Really? No one else has this issue? >>>>> >>>>> Can someone with a working config behind a nat post their server.cfg >>>>> >> and command line? >> >>>>> >>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:26:47 -0800 >>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] The Session is No Longer Available >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Zero problems when running with sv_lan 1. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:05:37 +0800 >>>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] The Session is No Longer Available >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes, on a Linux server. Are you running it behind a NAT firewall? We >>>>>>> were told that using mm_dedicated_force_servers <public>|<private> >>>>>>> >> would >> >>>>>>> fix this, but it doesn't. Test this for me, if you start with >>>>>>> >> +sv_lan 1 >> >>>>>>> does it then work flawlessly? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Blood Letter wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anyone getting this? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Windows. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --command line-- >>>>>>>> srcds.exe -console -game left4dead2 -maxplayers 8 -ip 192.168.1.11 >>>>>>>> >> -port 27015 -nohltv +sv_lan 0 +map c1m1_hotel >> >>>>>>>> --server.cfg-- >>>>>>>> hostname "Love Me Sexy" >>>>>>>> rcon_password " >>>>>>>> password" >>>>>>>> sv_steamgroup 12345 >>>>>>>> sv_steamgroup_exclusive 1 >>>>>>>> sv_search_key "searchkey" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Forwarding pots 27000-27015 to 192.168.1.11 . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ?? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:112009 >> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>>>> Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. >>>>>> >>>>>> >> http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1 >> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>> >> archives, please visit: >> >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>>> Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. >>>>> >>>>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:112009 >> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> >> please visit: >> >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>> Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. >>>> >>>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:112009 >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. >> >> http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
