I just found that when I had a sv_search_key, only people who entered the sv_search_key could find it with a lobby. Is this normal? My two servers were always empty, I just removed the sv_search_key and they were immediately full.
2008/11/13 Anthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've actually had a few of my own servers go above 4 players, including > one time that I experienced first hand. It seems as though sometimes the > matchmaking system assigns two smaller groups to the same server, even > if it means 6 people total. The overflow people are forced to spectate > or leave. I don't know if there is an actual way to forward people to > free servers though, since they did disable that in the OB engine. > > ics wrote: > > People from lobby are connecting to our servers just fine all the time > > and i havent seen this occur at all even if we have these tags and lobby > > only set to 0. > > > > Only bug we have encountered while connecting to our server is that if > > someone from lobby reserved the server, sometimes no one can connect to > > it by using connect IP:port from console even if there are 1-3 free > > human slots available. Then again, sometimes that just works flawlessly > > and it just randomly doesnt allow anyone to connect. I suspect it has > > something to do with option "play with friends" and not with regular > > lobby reservation. > > > > One last thing. Sadly there are atleast 4 servers now that seem to have > > more than 4/4 players available. When people connect to one of these > > servers, you just get redirected to one of their free servers among > > other players. Thats pretty lame and abusing the players if you know > > what i mean. My suggestion to Valve would be to get rid of these > > servers. Any ways to block them from lifting maxplayers count with > > hacked binaries? > > > > -ics > > > > AnAkIn . kirjoitti: > > > >> Many people use the sv_tags lines which set your server to "Server > Browser > >> Join Enabled" now. > >> > >> The only problem with it is that there is a BUG with sv_tags in Left 4 > Dead, > >> when you set it to something long (like Server Browser Join Enabled), > people > >> can no longer join from a lobby. > >> > >> It seems that some people can connect from time to time, I don't know > why. > >> Maybe it is also related to sv_search_key, it makes your sv_tags bigger > (in > >> the server browser tags column you can see it). > >> > >> I guess most people would like their servers to have players almost all > the > >> time. > >> > >> > >> To VALVe: > >> > >> The Tags column in the Server Browser shows the sv_search_key, like this > : > >> sv_search_keyYOURSEARCHKEY36. Shouldn't that be removed so only the > people > >> you only give the sv_search_key to people you know and not everybody > know > >> it? > >> > >> > >> AnAkIn > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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
