This looks like an interesting mod and I might end up hosting a server for it on the US west coast just to see what the fuss is about!
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:43 AM, Dan Harris <[email protected]>wrote: > If needs-be I can host some servers in canada and france with ddos > mitigation. Let me know if that would help. > > Dan > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: [email protected] > Date:12/05/2014 8:18 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: hlds Digest, Vol 37, Issue 15 > > Send hlds mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of hlds digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Need more dedicated server for "Fistful-of-Frags" (FoF)! > (Kevin) > 2. Re: Need more dedicated server for "Fistful-of-Frags" (FoF)! > (Weasels Lair) > 3. Re: FYI: Fistful of Frags, steam_appid.txt problems (Jesse Molina) > 4. Re: Need more dedicated server for "Fistful-of-Frags" (FoF)! > (Mike Vail) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 22:05:41 -0400 > From: Kevin <[email protected]> <60;[email protected]>> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > <[email protected]> <60;[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [hlds] Need more dedicated server for "Fistful-of-Frags" > (FoF)! > Message-ID: > <[email protected]><60;[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > On 5/11/2014 10:04 PM, Weasels Lair wrote: > > Funny (or maybe not funny) you should mention that. My VPS got > > shut-down last-night by my hosting provider because there was "Traffic > > size:[627 Mbit/sec]". I am not certain if it was an "actual" DDoS > > attack, or just the fact that there was so much demand for FoF > > servers. I had 8 FoF servers running, and all were PACKED (0 slots > > available) most of the time they were on-line. Since there are way > > more servers for FoF available now, I backed my hosting down to just 3 > > FoF game-server instances. So far the traffic has not been a problem. > > > > I think most hosting providers see a large amount of traffic using UDP > > and ports they do not recognize, and assume it is a DDoS. > > > > We shall see if my problem recurs. > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Kevin > > <[email protected]<60;[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected]>><60;mailto:[email protected]%3E>>wrote: > > > > On 5/10/2014 2:51 PM, Weasels Lair wrote: > >> Any server-operators out there looking for another Source-based > >> game to play (and more importantly HOST)? > >> > >> "Fistful of Frags" could use your help. FoF launched (for FREE) > >> on Steam yesterday, and the response has been overwhelming. > >> > >> The down-side to that, is frankly there just are not enough > >> dedicated servers to keep-up with the demand. There are over 200 > >> player-slots of dedicated servers - but that apparently just is > >> not enough! > >> > >> FoF is basically a "reboot" of the older FoF "sourcemod" - moved > >> over to Steam. The Steam version of FoF is kind-of stripped-down > >> right now to just death-match and team-based death-match. > >> > >> Even so, it is very fun to play (especially four-team DM). > >> > >> However, being a free game (put-together by unpaid volunteers), > >> the FoF dev team simply can not afford to bring-up enough servers > >> to keep up with demand. I have personally helped-out by hosting 8 > >> servers instances myself (up from my planned 3). > >> > >> Obviously, it runs on SRCDS and uses SteamCMD/SteamPipe for > >> installation/content delivery. So, it essentially installs just > >> like any SRCDS game, and is compatible with SourceMod, etc. > >> > >> Steam store page (where to get client to install): > >> http://store.steampowered.com/app/265630 > >> > >> Steam community "hub" for FoF (discussion groups, etc.): > >> http://steamcommunity.com/app/265630 > >> > >> Steam "official" group page (update history, etc.): > >> http://steamcommunity.com/games/fof > >> > >> Any help appreciated! > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > Anyone else getting (D)DoS attacked hosting this game? I just got > > an email, and my US servers were just hit with an attack. My EU > > servers were attacked the same day I put them up. Luckily my US > > server has mitigation, but I had to leave my EU servers down for > > now. How can someone try to attack servers on a free mod, it isn't > > like we have pay to win, ads, or even reserved slots on our servers. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > our full 7 FoF servers were only utilizing 30Mbit(with rates allowing as > much bandwidth as possible). Sounds like an attack to me. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/private/hlds/attachments/20140511/55b7a7df/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 19:06:38 -0700 > From: Weasels Lair <[email protected]><60;[email protected]>> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > <[email protected]> <60;[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [hlds] Need more dedicated server for "Fistful-of-Frags" > (FoF)! > Message-ID: > <caepdgad6ehfr4qrtoi6ja3kkdeb6ckh6iv49z0lp8kycscv...@mail.gmail.com><60;caepdgad6ehfr4qrtoi6ja3kkdeb6ckh6iv49z0lp8kycscv...@mail.gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I am not sure that game/mod-specific ban system is still in place in the > new Steam version. But, I will double-check with the developer (R_Yell) on > that. > > PS: I didn't like that much either, and was able to block it by just > preventing that domain name from resolving on my server with a hosts file. > But again, I do not think that is necessary any more. > > > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Jesse Molina > <[email protected]><60;[email protected]>>wrote: > > > > > I really don't know a lot about the history behind this mod, but I > > immediately noticed that it has a built-in hard-coded global ban system > > which can't be disabled by the local admin. Very disturbing. > > > > http://www.fistful-of-frags.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1471 > > > > Other things I've read on their forum and elsewhere lead me to believe > > some of the devs on this mod are rather juvenile. It seems likely they > have > > attracted some amount of negative publicity. > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/private/hlds/attachments/20140511/849ad406/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 19:21:51 -0700 > From: Jesse Molina <[email protected]> <60;[email protected]>> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > <[email protected]>, <60;[email protected]>>Half-Life > dedicated Linux server > mailing list > <[email protected]><60;[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [hlds] FYI: Fistful of Frags, steam_appid.txt problems > Message-ID: > <[email protected]><60;[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > Hi, thanks for bringing this back to my attention. > > So, I was sorta wrong. It's not the format of the file. It actually is > the wrong AppID in the file, but it wasn't a problem of my doing. You > were correct that the wrong APPID was in the wrong file. > > FoF Client APPID = 265630 > FoF Server AppID = 295230 > > The default steam_appid.txt files as distributed with SteamCMD are as > follows: > > -->cat ~/srcds/fof-MASTER/steam_appid.txt > 295230 > -->cat ~/srcds/fof-MASTER/fof/steam_appid.txt > 265630 > > This seems to make sense, but it's wrong and will prevent a server from > serving clients. > > If you start a normal server installation, it appears to immediately > overwrite the steam_appid.txt in the root of the installation with the > Client APPID, so both files end up having APPID 265630 in them. > > However, I use a symlinked installation type server (my wrench script), > and the master installation files are read-only, to prevent servers from > modifying the files. Because the server can't change this master file > when it starts, client authorization fails. > > The solution is to delete the steam_appid.txt symlink and replace it > with a real file. > > The file needs to be fixed upstream. > > > > On 5/11/14, 18:58, big john wrote: > > > > It's because your using the wrong appid the server appid is 295230 > > > > On May 11, 2014 8:36 PM, "Jesse Molina" > > <[email protected]<60;[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> <60;mailto:[email protected]%3E>>wrote: > > > > > > I tried to set up a FoF server last night and was having problems. > > > > I was getting these errors, and was unable to connect to the > > server from my client. > > > > Client: > > STEAM validation rejected > > > > Console: > > S3: Client connected with ticket for the wrong game: UserID: 2 > > S3: Client connected with ticket for the wrong game: UserID: 2 > > > > > > > > This appears to be some nonsense with the default steam_appid.txt > > (server APPID) in the root of the installation. There is also a > > fof/steam_appid.txt (client APPID) file, but that file is fine. > > > > fof/steam_appid.txt has no end-of-line, and the server > > steam_appid.txt has a DOS end-of-line. > > > > I simply deleted the default steam_appid.txt file and replaced it > > with a new one and it works fine. I guess the DOS line feed/end is > > a problem. > > > > This may only be a problem on Linux, but I'm sending it out anyway > > as an FYI. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 00:18:31 -0700 > From: Mike Vail <[email protected]> <60;[email protected]>> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > <[email protected]> <60;[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [hlds] Need more dedicated server for "Fistful-of-Frags" > (FoF)! > Message-ID: > <[email protected]><60;[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Someone on this list said they was able to load Sourcebans with MM:S and > SM working using the latest snapshots. I took a chance and installed MM:S > and SM on my Windows 2008 based FOF servers. I was never able to get SM to > load. MMS did load. Prior to doing this, not a single crash. Now all four > serverd have crashed numerous times and wouldn't auto-restart. I'm back to > vanilla now and not a crash for the past few hours. > > Just an FYI to you all. > Mike > > Mike Vail <[email protected]> <60;[email protected]>> wrote: > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/private/hlds/attachments/20140512/030aa5cb/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > End of hlds Digest, Vol 37, Issue 15 > ************************************ > > _______________________________________________ > 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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