This is just another nudge, make sure to use "-vacbeta" on your HL1 servers. There will be a release in the next few weeks to enable VAC2 by default on servers (with the same command line options as VAC1).
- Alfred ----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alfred Reynolds Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 3:05 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [hlds_linux] VAC2 Beta information > As most of you know, VAC2 has been in beta for a few weeks. We're > nearing release, but we need lots of servers to run the beta right > now in order to complete our testing. > > VAC2 is a significant overhaul of the Valve Anti-Cheat system. Its > release is going to be a major event in the community, so your help > during the beta will be much appreciated. > > From experience, we know that the members of this mailing list will > provide us with better feedback than we'll be able to get elsewhere. > We need as many of you as possible to start running your servers with > the > VAC2 beta code turned on. Once you've started doing so, please send > us any and all trouble reports by reporting them to this list. > > Instructions: > The VAC2 beta functionality is already included in both the Source > and > HL1 dedicated server, just ensure you have the most recent update by > running the hldsupdatetool. > > In order to turn it on, simply restart your server and add " -vacbeta" > to your the command line. > > We're primarily dealing with connection issues at this point. This > means that if you choose to run your server using the VAC2 beta, a > small number of users could have trouble connecting to your server. > We are particularly interested in hearing about any issues regarding > connection problems. > > Things to watch for: > - "No Steam Logon" errors reported by clients. If a user gets this > consistently across a couple day period then get them to go to our > support site for help. > - "steamclient.dll not found, server communication disabled." printed > out on startup. For linux users make sure you have at least GLIBC > 2.3.2 or above. You also need to allow outbound UDP traffic on port > 27014 from your server. If you do have the correct GLIBC version or > run under win32 then contact me to debug the problem. > > Thanks for your help. > > - Alfred > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
