Same here. Net con ports are pretty much useless at this point.
- Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:38 pm
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Left 4 Dead Demo Update Available - bugs with forking
To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list'
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> This has the cool new commands you can run on the root server
> (shutdown will
> shut each server down after its empty - you can't even do that
> on single
> servers without sv_cheats tomfoolery :D) - type "find" to get a list.
> Broadcast has some obvious uses too.
>
> Unfortunately, there's some issues with console/logging output
> of all kinds
> and this:
> The "master" netconport seems to output the combined console
> data from all
> servers (which I personally dislike, as it makes it impossible
> to use the
> new commands), but stops outputting after the line "
> VAC secure mode is
> activated." A "broadcast quit" will restart both the
> servers and the
> streaming of console data, but the latter may stop at any
> time. The actual
> process will output the combined console data from all servers
> to the screen
> for me, but not to if I redirect stdin and stderr to a file -
> the file
> contains some of the startup information but no more.
>
> More seriously, server instance netconports never contain any
> console output
> at all, so to use them interactively I need to have 2 windows
> open: one with
> the master netconport session to see the results (assuming
> that's still
> working), and one with the server instance netconport to type
> the commands.
> This lack of console output also extends to use of rcon; tools
> like hlsw
> never get the results of their commands displayed, and neither
> does rcon
> from within the game. ("rcon say hello" will result in hello
> being printed
> to the main screen and nothing in the console, and "rcon
> status", which has
> no visible effect other than console spam, results in nothing
> happening).Not sure if streaming logs are affected because hlsw
> is the only tool I know
> that receives them and it fails due to not getting feedback from its
> commands.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:hlds_linux-
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Ruymen
> > Sent: 15 November 2008 02:09
> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list;
> > hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com;
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [hlds_linux] Left
> 4 Dead Demo Update Available
> >
> > A required update for the Left 4 Dead Demo has been
> released. Please
> > run hldspdatetool to receive the update. The specific
> changes include:
> >
> > - Added the ability to tie game servers to Steam Community groups.
> > Group administrators can now see the GroupID on the group's
> > administrative page, which can be used as the value for
> sv_steamgroup.> Users that are in that group will then be able
> to browse directly to
> > them from the main menu
> > - Fixed setinfo exploit
> > - Fixed a crash when exiting the game
> > - Fixed a few cases where the game would crash when using ALT-TAB
> > - Fixed a problem that could cause texture corruption on some
> ATI video
> > cards
> > - Fixed a bug that could cause infected horde to disappear
> >
> > And we've added more documentation for dedicated servers in
> the file
> > dedicatedserver_readme.txt
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
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