On 8/16/12 4:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: > As far as I know, Source doesn't use DNS at all, it's completely > IPv4-address-based. Lookups are done at connect time or adding-to-favourites > time, completely by the client. There's no official or unofficial way to do > HTTP-style vhosting as far as I am aware.
I dug into this in-depth a while ago and came to the same determination: the existing DNS support is pretty much useless beyond the initial connect. Favoriting or connecting a host by name is nice, but it's a one-time thing. IMHO, the client really should support saving by name so resolution occurs later too, but instead saves by IP. Hosting providers, ISPs, and network infrastructures can change often, why not take advantage of DNS when it's already supports making these changes transparent to end users? Changing a server's "hostname" field to redirect users after an IP renumbering just feels like a crummy hack to me. Sorry to go so far off-topic here, but this has been a pet peeve of mine with Source's network support for a while. And as for the OP, even proper DNS support won't help you here. If it ever comes along, maybe Valve can add SRV record support as others have mentioned and make us both very happy. :) Cheers, -- Kameron Gasso | [email protected] _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
