There was discussion that having a "2" setting, with behaviour as described, would be a good idea. This was just talk amongst ourselves however, not something that's been implemented. So it came from the list, in a sense, but it's wrong... Chinese whispers at work ;)
Typing "cvarlist" into a console and saving the output as a file somewhere is a good place to start to work out what you can and can't do with the server. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of ksu.deadeye > Sent: 19 November 2008 15:59 > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] L4D Linux Group Server Connection > Issues(sv_steamgroup) > > Also good to know. :) > > http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8449565&p > ostcount=5 > > Was this post just flat wrong? I thought it was referring to > this mailing list, but I searched through all of November and > didn't find anything. > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Flubber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is no "2" settings in sv_steamgroup_exclusive it's 0 or 1. > > > > 2008/11/19 ksu. deadeye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Good to know. :) > > > > > > Have you have any luck with "sv_steamgroup_exclusive" at all? > > > Ideally I'd like it set to "2"...but after reading through some > > > forums, I'm not even sure it works. > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Cc2iscooL > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > You can't use exclusive and sv_search_key. I played > with it for a > > > > while earlier. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:48 AM, ksu. deadeye > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey All: > > > > > > > > > > I'm having some annoying issues getting a private > dedicated L4D > > > > > Linux > > > > group > > > > > server set up. I ran the demo server from the time it was > > > > > released > > > until > > > > > now > > > > > and I could get my friends to connect to it using > > > > > "sv_search_key" or > > > the > > > > > old > > > > > fashioned way with the "connect" command in the dev console. > > > > > Here's > > my > > > > > current working config and command line: > > > > > > > > > > ====command line==== > > > > > ./srcds_run -console -game left4dead -maxplayers 8 +map > > > > > l4d_hospital01_apartment +ip XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX > > > > > > > > > > ====config file==== > > > > > hostname "The N.U.T.S. Dedicated Server" > > > > > z_difficulty impossible > > > > > sv_steamgroup XXXXXX > > > > > sv_steamgroup_exclusive 0 > > > > > sv_region 1 > > > > > sv_lan 0 > > > > > > > > > > The problem is my server gets registered with the > master servers > > > > > and > > is > > > > > almost always full. So I try to make it private by > changing the > > > following > > > > > options: > > > > > > > > > > change "sv_steamgroup_exclusive" to "1" or "2" in the config > > > > > file add "sv_search_key" to config > > > > > > > > > > When I make those changes, my group members can't > connect (not > > > > > even > > > from > > > > > the > > > > > dev console). We all see the server pop up in the > main game screen. > > We > > > > also > > > > > see the game in progress (with 0/4 players). When I > connect to > > > > > it, it > > > > works > > > > > fine (I'm on the same local network as the Linux box). When my > > friends > > > > try > > > > > to connect, they get various connection errors or > timeouts after > > > > > 10 retries, etc. I set the port forwarding on my router > > > > > according to this forum > > > post: > > > > > > > > > > http://forums.srcds.com/viewtopic/585 > > > > > > > > > > I think this is setup correctly because as I said earlier, my > > > > > server > > is > > > > > usually full thanks to the matchmaking system when I leave it > > > > > wide > > > open. > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
