Command-line console commands are executed fairly early on, it's possible these get reset by something later
http://whisper.ausgamers.com/wiki/index.php/SRCDS_cfg_startup_order Note it doesn't mention other things that can affect cvars; even if no other script is reverting your commands, something internal to the game might be. It's probably a good idea if you put any values that don't change between server into your server.cfg file. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben > Sent: 12 March 2009 12:16 > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Left4Dead: Workaround for a few > problems after the patch > > Yep, I wasn't getting much luck with forks before either. It flatly > wouldn't use the setmaster add commands in the config file > specified on > the command line with +exec (even though it was pulling the > rest of the > vars from there fine). If you manually did a setmaster on an > individual > server's console, it immediately showed up and players would start > joining from the matchmaking system. > > What does work with forks however is chucking: > > setmaster add 68.142.72.250:27011 > setmaster add 69.28.140.246:27011 > setmaster add 69.28.140.247:27011 > setmaster add 72.165.61.189:27011 > > ..into server.cfg in your cfg folder. If you notice on the > console when > you start up forked servers, it still tries to exec server.cfg and > complains if it doesn't exist. This might vary if your startup line > specifies -servercfgfile (does that work on L4D?), but we use > +exec in > our startup line. That at least has resolved it for us, and > now I can > see the usual 200+ servers of ours in the Steam group servers > interface > in Left 4 Dead. > > See if that works for you. > > > [email protected] wrote: > > Hmmm, whats your start line? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Adam Nowacki > > Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2009 9:43 PM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Left4Dead: Workaround for a few > problems after the > > patch > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > >> Semi works on Linux servers, > >> > >> Only works on non forked servers from what I gather, once > forks come into > >> > > it > > > >> no go :( > >> > > > > 1st server with -fork 24 ... works, > > 2nd server with -form 12 ... works. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
