That was the idea of a private server :P Only people with the same sv_search_key can find it.
Someone earlier from valve said this. AnAkIn . wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
