The Windows build is taking a lot longer than an hour. Is there any news on it?
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Lucio Botello <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome, I'll run this by my friend to see if he'd like to make a server. > > --Lucio-- > ________________________________ > From: Fletcher Dunn <[email protected]> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > ([email protected])" <[email protected]>; > "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > ([email protected])" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 10:39 PM > Subject: [hlds] TF MvM hosting questions > > Here are some answers to questions regarding hosting MvM servers: > > * Players can join your server through any means they can join PvP games: > the server browser, ad hoc joins, or the new matchmaking system (quickplay > beta). > * To accept matchmaking traffic, you must select which sort of traffic you > want. (Regular PvP traffic or MvM traffic.) Set “tf_mm_servermode 2” to be > placed in the MvM pool. > * For MvM matchmaking, if 6 players are sent to your server to start a new > game, it will switch to whatever map the players selected. > * You will need a TF gameserver account to accept matchmaking traffic. > * You can switch the server in and out of any matchmaking mode pool or back > to any regular game mode at any time. > * The CPU usage for a 6 player MvM game is about the same as for a regular > TF server. (Yep, this mode requires significantly more CPU cycles per > player than the PvP mode, that’s an unfortunate fact.) > Given the surge of players that comes with any major release, and the player > / server ratio of this game mode, the demand for MvM servers will probably > be high. We expect that a large number of players will want to try out the > new mode, so we will be converting most of our servers to host MvM, and then > adjust the allocation based on what players are playing. > > I, for one, DO NOT welcome our new robot overlords! > > - Fletch > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
