Is there any way to check if the Geolocation is working correctly?

I know some databases where IPs owned by European companies were mistakenly
labeled as European even though they were located in the US.


On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Felipe Fujihara <felipete...@hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Ok man, I removed this...
>
> But it's still possible to list servers by region, right? So, how can I
> fix this problem?
>
> I really need them at the right place.
>
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:13:21 +0100
> > From: d...@forlix.org
> > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com
>
> > Subject: Re: [hlds] Internet Servers List Problems (CS 1.6)
> >
> > He just said the region is no longer used and should be ignored.
> > Perhaps it would be best to also remove the sv_region convar along with
> > the GUI elements in the server browser (unless those still work somehow).
> >
> > On 2013/03/18 21:52, Felipe Fujihara wrote:
> > > Alfred,
> > >
> > > Actually they're being listed, but on the wrong region. This happens
> > > only to CS 1.6 servers, as you can see in the result of the API.
> > >
> > > "addr": "189.1.171.23:27085",
> > > "gmsindex": 65534,
> > > "appid": 10,
> > > "gamedir": "cstrike",
> > > "region": -1,
> > > "secure": true,
> > > "lan": false,
> > > "gameport": 27085,
> > > "specport": 0
> > >
> > > "addr": "189.1.171.23:27027",
> > > "gmsindex": 65534,
> > > "appid": 440,
> > > "gamedir": "tf",
> > > "region": 2,
> > > "secure": true,
> > > "lan": false,
> > > "gameport": 27027,
> > > "specport": 0
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Why is this happening? Why "-1" value for region?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > From: alf...@valvesoftware.com
> > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com
> > > Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:54:18 +0000
> > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Internet Servers List Problems (CS 1.6)
> > >
> > > The region variable is no longer used and should be ignored, the list
> > > order is now based upon a dynamic ip database lookup (and the same
> > > system that all those other games you listed use). Your server appears
> > > to be listing properly.
> > >
> > > *From:*hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
> > > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] *On Behalf Of *Felipe
> Fujihara
> > > *Sent:* Monday, March 18, 2013 12:44 PM
> > > *To:* hlds@list.valvesoftware.com
> > > *Subject:* Re: [hlds] Internet Servers List Problems (CS 1.6)
> > >
> > > Helo,
> > >
> > > Thanks. Before watching this, I could see that my servers are no
> showing
> > > on the correct region. I could find some of them on "East USA"
> > >
> > > Running this API, we can see some "region -1" only with cstrike:
> > >
> http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamApps/GetServersAtAddress/v0001?addr=189.1.171.23&format=json
> > > <
> http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamApps/GetServersAtAddress/v0001?addr=189.1.171.23&format=json
> >
> > >
> > > "addr": "189.1.171.23:27090",
> > >
> > > "gmsindex": 65534,
> > >
> > > "appid": 10,
> > >
> > > "gamedir": "cstrike",
> > >
> > > "region": -1,
> > >
> > > "secure": true,
> > >
> > > "lan": false,
> > >
> > > "gameport": 27090,
> > >
> > > "specport": 0
> > >
> > > But I just checked, they are all with "sv_region 2" inside server.cfg
> > >
> > >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > From: alf...@valvesoftware.com
> > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com
> > > Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:31:19 +0000
> > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Internet Servers List Problems (CS 1.6)
> > >
> > > Use the following WebAPI call to dig into issues for your server:
> > >
> > >
> http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamApps/GetServersAtAddress/v0001?addr=204.140.22.89&format=json
> > > <
> http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamApps/GetServersAtAddress/v0001?addr=204.140.22.89&format=json
> >
> > >
> > > (change the addr= parameter to match your server).
> > >
> > > *From:*hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
> > > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] *On Behalf Of *Felipe
> Fujihara
> > > *Sent:* Monday, March 18, 2013 12:26 PM
> > > *To:* hlds@list.valvesoftware.com
> > > *Subject:* [hlds] Internet Servers List Problems (CS 1.6)
> > >
> > > Hello Guys,
> > >
> > > I'm having a serious problem here. Any of my Counter Strike 1.6 servers
> > > can be seen on the list of the game.
> > >
> > > 1) I've already updated all my game servers with SteamCMD
> > >
> > > 2) I've tried to stop all running server and download new files
> > > (vanilla) and run only this
> > >
> > > 3) I've already updated steam client that is running on the same
> machine
> > >
> > > But still got nothing working... I'm sure it's not firewall or
> > > connection problems, since I have Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike
> Gloval
> > > Offensive, Counter Strike Source and other games running and showing on
> > > the list.
> > >
> > > When I start a CS 1.6 server, console tells me it's ok:
> > >
> > > Connection to Steam servers successful.
> > >
> > > VAC secure mode is activated.
> > >
> > > I don't know what else can I do...
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
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