I stopped the iptables firewall on the local machine and this fixed the
server browser issue. Apparently you need more than the default ports
open in order to see all of the forked servers in the server browser.
Since I'm connecting from within our network, I would imagine the other
servers are still inaccessible from the outside due to our main firewall.
This did not fix the lobby problem, though. I am still unable to find
these servers from the lobby. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave
David A. Parker wrote:
> Also, only server #1 shows up in the server browser. Shouldn't I see all 8?
>
> This is quite frustrating.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> David A. Parker wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have 8 forked servers running. Two of these servers have
>> sv_search_key and sv_password set in their serverXX.cfg files. However,
>> I am not able to find these servers if I try to join from a lobby.
>> Entering "sv_search_key" and "sv_password" into the console of each
>> server shows that these cvars are indeed set.
>>
>> Here is the command line I used to start the servers:
>>
>> ./srcds_run
>> -game left4dead
>> +map l4d_dem_hospital01_apartment
>> +ip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>> -netconport 9000+##
>> -netconpassword xxxxxxxx
>> -steamport 27690+##
>> +sv_lan 0
>> +sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0
>> +exec server##.cfg
>> -nohltv
>> -autoupdate
>> -debug
>> -fork 8
>>
>> The clientport, hostport, matchmakingport, and systemlinkport are
>> specified in each server's config file. Ports are spaced far enough
>> apart that they will not conflict.
>>
>> When I start L4D, I do the following:
>>
>> - Enter "sv_search_key XXXX" into the console (where XXXX is the search key)
>>
>> - "Play Campaign"->"Play With Friends"
>> - "Create Lobby"->"Campaign Mode"
>> - "Create Lobby"
>> - "Start The Game"
>>
>> It sits for a while searching for servers, then pops up a dialog which says:
>>
>> Connection Failed.
>> No dedicated server found. Host game locally?
>>
>> I tried changing the sv_search_key to something shorter but this did not
>> work. I tried changing the value of sv_allow_lobby_connect_only but
>> this also had no effect. Also tried "heartbeat" on the console, but it
>> didn't seem to help.
>>
>> Additionally, I have noticed that server #1 is consistently full, but no
>> one seems to be joining servers 2-6 (7 and 8 are the passworded ones).
>> Server #1 is listening on 27015, so I'm wondering if this could have
>> anything to do with the other ports being blocked. I know the firewall
>> is not supposed to interfere so long as 27015 is open, but it appears
>> that the other ones cannot be connected to.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
>
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Dave Parker
Utica College
Integrated Information Technology Services
(315) 792-3229
Registered Linux User #408177
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