Luckily Valve keeps an incredibly detailed wiki about these sorts of things. This isn't the exact link but it should point you in the right direction.
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Master_Server_Query_Protocol#Game_server_to_master_server Also please keep in mind when using language like "retard" that this is a public list. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. "Mike @ BOOM!" <teamb...@comcast.net> wrote: Thank you for the reply dontwannaname..... I'm unfamiliar with this "master server list ini ", but from what I'm reading into your statement; are you saying that if Valve changes or takes one of it's servers offline , a game server could potentially stop being listed in the master server list because the server it's trying to connect no longer exist due to an entry in a file on the server that is no longer valid? If that's the case, why would 4 of the 5 identical servers on the same box work correctly and only one or 2 randomly stop being listed. Also why wouldn't the game server just go to another Valve listing server to be listed? Sorry, I sound like a retard but I just don't know enough about how the master server list actually works. Mike V. _____________________________________________ From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of DontWannaName! Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:44 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Cc: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Servers Randomly Drop Off Master Server List - WHY? Is your master server list ini up to date? You could try deleting the directories that aren't in the tf folder. The only thing that's there that matters is the sv pure white list. Then you can dl a fresh copy of those steam files from the tool. Sent from my iPhone 4 On Jan 24, 2012, at 1:38 AM, "Mike @ BOOM!" <teamb...@comcast.net> wrote: Fellow Server Operators and Valve Readers, I have gotten into the habit of checking my TF2 servers to make sure they are appearing in the Valve master server list because about every week or so they just stop showing up and my player counts fall through the floor. At least one or more of my servers will just randomly stop showing up in the server list while the others show up just fine. It's not always the same one(s) and I have no idea why it happens. If I simply restart the server(s), they still won't show again until I run the HLDSupdatetool on them, even when there's nothing to be updated. After running the update tool and seeing no updates, the broken servers begin to show up in the list again after they restart. I just ran an experiment and copied the InstallRecord.blob file from a working server I had just run the empty update on to one that still didn't show up in the server list. I restarted it and it showed up correctly after receiving the new InstallRecord.blob file from the other server. WTF? Has anyone else noticed this and/or know how to stop it from happening? It's very frustrating to find my servers simply gone from the list and running empty. Thanks in advance for any advice. Mike V. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
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