Like I explained to someone else quite a while ago, I have read somewhere a long time ago a basic (albeit not official) explanation how svc_bad worked.
It basically happens if there is a "half-open" server-client connection, i.e. the client is "timeouting" but not yet dropped as timed out, and a round restart happens on a server. On some servers and some maps this can occur frequently, I used to have this problem occasionally but mostly some after de_nuke started. Anyway, what I read was that this can be cured by altering the sv_timeout value. The default is 60 (for 60 sec), and having changed this to 25 I have never had this problem again in years. It sort of makes sense because clients with poor connections can often timeout on changelevel to certain maps (de_nuke in my case), but as by default it takes 60 sec for server to drop the client as timed out, a round can be won in the meantime, triggering a round restart and thus the svc_bad, And in case you're wondering, no I did not see an increase in timed-out kicks because timeouts for 25secs don't happen often at all with todays connections. For me, it is basically a cure with no side effects. On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 3:19 AM, michael taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Daniel Duarte <[email protected]> wrote: >> Is there a known way to fix the svc_bad error like the on in this >> screenshot? Something i should or should not do to avoid this errors? >> http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8273/errore5.jpg > > Any chance the '&' in the sound file's filename is being not escaped > properly somewhere and is being passed to a Linux shell like bash > (which means to put the process into background)? A totally out there > suggestion, but if you're bored. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
