A lot of those extra servers have some type of sv_search_key set, but I usually have at least 3-4 of my own public servers that are empty during the day at any given time.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > Not really for this list but this includes issues for running a server > and i'm pretty sure some of you are thinking why your servers sit on > empty while some people complain that there are no free servers to play on. > > I am wondering how lobby system picks the servers that it keeps > assigning people? Random? Based on some ranking system? Right now there > is a rush time on Steam network Passing over already but this seems to > have impact to L4D and finding a server. It's PAIN right now, atleast in > this part of the world. I checked the servers count, there are over 5500 > servers that my server browser found in-game. Only _half_ of them have > players and still i just spend 30 mins trying to get into one free > server. Alone, with other people and so on. Different guy hosting lobby > but no. > > Ive been monitoring servers in my country out of interest (23 total for > L4D) and only 3-4 of them have players per day. 1 has players almost all > the time, the other has players most time of the day and then the few > random ones. This leaves 19 free servers and the goddamn lobby system > seems to ignore these and 3000 other free servers completely and doesnt > let me play on any server or it gives me a server with high ping from > around the world if it for some reason happens to find a server after > all. I dont know how the system works but i would say that this is a > major issue. > > Now, i've been tracing the thing and looks to me as if the servers that > have been there from the start, are the ones that are given to players. > For those who just started hosting servers, they are sitting empty and > no players are on them because lobby seems to ignore these completely. > In my opinion, the system doesnt assign nearby servers to you, it uses > Valves own ranking to do that. So if that in-game ranking which shows on > "server banner" is used, the system fails to give free servers for those > who need it when there are lots of people. > > World wide server rank #225, Total players served 5945. These are the > stats that most popular server in this country gets and its almost all > the time full. The 19 others which have no players at any time are just > sitting there, ready to serve but lobby system does not assign people to > these servers. Why is this? If i where to host a lobby and lobby selects > server according to my own ping, it should throw me in to one of these > servers, right? No, doesnt seem to work that way. Anyone got more > "inside" information about how the system really works? Game seems to be > unplayable right now at this hour of the day and the past 3-4 hours too. > > -ics > > _______________________________________________ > 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
