I have an auto restarter (serverdoc). I don't use it to auto restart because I get heavy traffic when I do have traffic. I'll have to look for said plugin - restart when empty should work. Kludgey, a fix from valve would be a better solution but I'm not holding my breath...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Krasnow" <[email protected]> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] L4D - no traffic after a day or so of heavy usage. >i believe there is a plugin that shutsdown the server when there are 0 > people on the server for an amount of time you specify, > > you just need to have an auto restarter > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Ook <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So to continue this topic - what can I do, other then restart my server >> every 24 hours, to keep it from dying after a day or so? I start the >> server, >> I have heavy traffic for a day, sometimes more, sometimes less. And then >> no >> traffic at all. This is what I see in the console: Notice the date of the >> last message. I tried heartbeat in the console, but that didn't do >> anything. >> I can join the server manually and it works fine, and it seems to still >> be >> available via my steamgroup. IOW the server is still working, but no can >> find it anymore unless they are in my steamgroup. >> >> L 12/01/2009 - 14:08:53: Preventing spawning >> Connection to Steam servers lost. >> VAC secure mode is activated. >> Connection to Steam servers lost. >> VAC secure mode is activated. >> heartbeat >> Queuing heartbeat send to steam master server updater. >> status >> hostname: Ooks Steaming Pile of Crap >> version : 1.0.1.6 4023 secure (unknown) >> udp/ip : 10.0.0.12:27016 [ public 72.160.68.171:27016 ] >> os : Windows Dedicated >> map : l4d_stadium1_apartment >> players : 0 humans, 0 bots (4 max) (hibernating) (unreserved) >> >> # userid name uniqueid connected ping loss state rate adr >> #end >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
