Even sv_visiblemaxplayers won't always fix the issue. If two clients join at the same time (say your server is 23/24 with one reserve so technically 25 slots) they'll both hit the server. Whichever one happens to have joined that millisecond earlier will be admitted to the server, while the other client will be kicked for a reserve slot.
None of my servers have reserve slots. All of our clients (even our admins) wait like everyone else, and if there's an issue we have SourceTV for watching players rather than actually joining the server itself. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:46 AM, LDuke <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree that it is annoying. Some server admins need to do a better job of > correctly using sv_visiblemaxplayers. > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So, I have been playing TF2 since the public beta and have noticed > > something in TF2 that has made the game rather annoying: reserved > > slots. With the advent of the new server browser, it seems that nearly > > full servers are brought to the top, which is another way of saying that > > servers with only reserved slots left. Its pretty annoying to try to > > join a game and then be kicked after downloading its stupid content. > > > > I myself (like many others here) am both a server admin as well as a > > gamer. I have found that using reserved slots just makes prospective > > players angry. I personally (and this doesn't work for everyone) just > > kick a few random people. It doesn't make sense to reserve a slot for > > 24 hours a day, when I play the game 1- 2 hours max a day. > > > > If there was a way for servers to advertise (though maybe server tags) > > that the remaining slots are reserved it would be most beneficial. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
