Try setting sv_search_key in your client as soon as you load Left 4 Dead, before you do anything else. I found that if I enter the search key after I've already started the lobby, it doesn't work.
2009/1/31 Morgan Humes <[email protected]> > Sorry to bring up yet another pain -- but I have been trying to get the > sv_search_key to work - and have never been successful so maybe someone > could point out what I am doing wrong. > > I start L4D via the following command line: > > srcds_run -console -game left4dead +map l4d_vs_hospital01_apartment +ip > x.x.x.x +sv_search_key "ninjaturtles" > > I am using the following config file (in the cfg folder - server.cfg): > > rcon_password "xxxxxxxxxxxx" > hostname "EGS Left4Dead Server" > > //allow non-lobby people to join > sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0 > > //Let people know they can join ANY time! > sv_tags "Server Browser Join Enabled" > > //omg hard! > z_difficulty hard > > sv_steamgroup xxxxx > sv_steamgroup_exclusive 1 > > sv_search_key "ninjaturtles" > > So then when I make a lobby I issue sv_search_key "ninjaturtles" in the > console, and I attempt to start the game, and I never can find a server :( > > Any help would be appreciated - this lobby system has given me far too many > headaches! > > Morgan Humes > _______________________________________________ > 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
