So this VPK stuff, sounds really nice.. is there any news about how to work with it / howto?
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:14:46 -0700, Zoid Kirsch <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a developer at Valve who is working on the Left 4 Dead Survival pack > update. We've made several changes to server operation that we'd like to > give our server operators a heads up on. > > Since Left 4 Dead will now support three different game modes, we removed > the console variable "director_no_human_zombies" and added a new variable > called "mp_gamemode" which can be set to "coop", "versus" and "survival". > This variable is set by lobby reservation, so a normal server running in > lobby mode will require no changes by the server operator. If you are > running in LAN mode without lobbies, you will need to set mp_gamemode > before you load a map. For example, use "mp_gamemode survival; map > l4d_sv_lighthouse" to load the new Lighthouse map in Survival mode. > > We have extended sv_gamestypes to also include "survival". The default > value is now "coop,versus,survival". This may cause issues for some > servers that have a lot of tags in addition to the defaults. We realize > this is problem and adjusted "sv_showtags" to show the truncated tags to > help server operators see if they have reached the 63 character limit. > > The tags issue will be fixed in the forthcoming third party campaign > matchmaking update. We have extended the master servers so heartbeats > will be sent as two distinct packets, one containing the existing server > heartbeat, and another containing additional "game data." This game data > will contain all the matchmaking server tags such as sv_gametypes, and the > list of third party campaign missions installed. This third party campaign > list will be used by people searching for servers with third party > campaigns installed. Server operators will install the VPK file of the > campaign that includes the maps (and associated models, etc) as well as a > "mission" description file that describes the campaign and its name used > for matchmaking. We hope that as various third party campaigns become > popular, more server operators will install them giving a larger base for > players to find servers for those campaigns. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
