Re: [hlds] Left 4 Dead 2 server beta available

[Ook]

That did it. However, having spent the last few hours trying to get it to run, I'm giving up for the night, concluding that a) I'm missing something or b) L4D2 beta is buggy and won't run. No matter what I do, it crashes on startup. I have a clean L4D2 beta install, no plugins at all. Start server, with or without a map specified, and it immediately crashes.  No log entry, no errors that I can see, no crash dumps, just poof gone. The console comes and goes so fast I can't see what it is saying. I know from (painful) experience that you have to get the -game parameter right or it will do this, but I'm using -game left4dead2 like I always have. Has this changed with the beta server? If I start it up without -console, you get the gui, and if I start the server from the gui, it still immediately crashes. I reverted to the non-beta L4D2 and it fired right up as expected. Is anyone running a L4D2 beta server? FWIW this is running on Windows 7 64 bit. On 06/30/2013 10:58 PM, Andreas Grimm wrote: Try...   "+app_update 222860 -beta beta"   instead of...   +app_update "222860 -beta beta"   From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Ook Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 2:34 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Left 4 Dead 2 server beta available   Then I have no clue how to actually get it. I installed the non-beta version, then installed with +app_update "222860 -beta beta", and I got the exact same file set. Either the non-beta is now the same as the beta, or there is some other way to get the beta that I don't know of...as it is, either way gives me version 2.1.2.3 5310, and I don't know if that is the beta version or not. On 06/30/2013 03:05 PM, Nicholas Hastings wrote: The beta is definitely available via SteamCMD. -- Nicholas Hastings AlliedMods.net Ook Sunday, June 30, 2013 5:56 PM Tried that, still no update. I'm going to do a clean install and see if it gives me a different file set. Can anyone verify the version for the beta versus the version for the public build? Is it possible that Valve just didn't get around to actually making the beta available via steamcmd? On 06/29/2013 10:24 PM, Ross Bemrose wrote:   _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds Ross Bemrose Sunday, June 30, 2013 1:24 AM Last time I checked, the -beta beta has to be part of the appupdate command, like this: +app_update "222860 -beta beta" On 6/29/2013 11:59 PM, Ook wrote:   _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds Ook Saturday, June 29, 2013 11:59 PM d:\steamcmd>steamcmd +login anonymous +force_install_dir d:\l4d2  +app_update 222860  -beta beta validate +quit Redirecting stderr to 'd:\steamcmd\logs\stderr.txt' [  0%] Checking for available updates... [----] Verifying installation... Steam_: BugslayerUtil.DLL not found Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation -- type 'quit' to exit -- Loading Steam3...OK. Loading Steam2...OK. Connecting anonymously to Steam Public...Success. Success! App '222860' already up to date. The content log shows nothing was downloaded or updated, and an examination of the files likewise shows nothing changed. This was run in a directory that had a clean non-beta install from earlier today. status version : 2.1.2.3 5310 On 06/29/2013 08:51 PM, Ook wrote:   _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds Ook Saturday, June 29, 2013 11:51 PM When I use -beta beta, it tells me it is already up to date and AFAICT it doesn't update anything. How can I tell if I have the beta build or not? Or do I need to do a clean install with -beta beta? On 06/28/2013 02:26 PM, Kerry Davis wrote:   _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds Kerry Davis Friday, June 28, 2013 5:26 PM Left 4 Dead 2 has a new dedicated server build available as a beta. Add “-beta beta” to your SteamCMD command line to get the beta. This is the updated build that will be released to clients next week, so it is NOT interoperable with the current public client.   Due to updated build scripts and a regeneration of the vpk’s, this depot will be about 2GB smaller than the pre-SteamPipe version.   - Kerry _______________________________________________ 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

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