That's a great idea, and I fully support it -Atreus On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Nephyrin Zey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> +1000 to the sv_favname idea - the favname should resolve to the > server at the time of fav'ing to prevent abuse. It could be added as a > EDP flag item to the A2S_INFO packet too. > > - Neph > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 8:16 AM, J. Miribel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I still wonder why you can't use a dns instead of an IP... We should > > have a cvar like sv_favname... > > > > Lets say its blank by default -> favorites menu memorizes the IP of the > > server > > When server admin sets something in like sv_favname "host.domain.com", > > then favorites memorizes the dns name... > > > > On the same kind of issue I still wonder why VALVe still uses their out > > of date server listing stuff... I have to wait 5 mins to see half of > the > > servers of my country... I really think VALVe should geolocalize the > > player's IP and send the server list depending on the players > country... > > I've been using goelocalization databases for quite a while now, thats > > really easy to implement... Too bad its not done already.. Do you > really > > think UK players will play on Italian servers? Man they have 1000+ > > decent servers in their country, they won't event think about > connecting > > to one... > > > > Best regards > > Julian > > > > Andreas Grimm a écrit : > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > valve is still working on the function, that server admins can change > ip > > > addresses of gameservers without losing them in the steam favorites > ... > > > > > > my tip: change the servername and post the new ip address ... and add > server > > > messages, for example with mani's ad's messages, every 30 seconds, > that the > > > server is out of date and it has a new ip address ... > > > > > > i have done this a lot of times and it worked very well ... > > > > > > in css there are possibilies to pop up a dialog to ask a player if he > wants > > > to connect to another server ... but im not sure how it works, never > tried > > > that ... but a plugin could make it: check www.sourcemod.net > > > > > > good luck > > > andreas > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eirik > > > Nilssen > > > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 3:30 PM > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > > Subject: [hlds_linux] Server redirect > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, hope you can help me out here. > > > > > > After experiencing a lot of problems with some of our servers hosted > by one > > > of our communitys sponsors, we have decided to host them ourself. The > > > problem is, that these servers are our most popular. Changing IP on a > > > popular server is always risky business, so I wish to keep the old > servers > > > up a month or two, but making it redirect all traffic - with a > message to > > > the user about whats happening. > > > > > > Have been browsing the net all day, but all links regarding > "redirect" > > > concerns file download. > > > > > > All input would be gratly appreciated! > > > > > > Best Regards > > > Eirik S. Nilssen > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Søk fra enhver webside med kraftig beskyttelse. Få Windows Live > Toolbar > > > GRATIS i dag! > > > http://www.toolbar.live.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Thanks, -Jeff _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
