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For those of us struggling with getting this type of arrangement to work would you be willing to post sanitized versions of your server.cfg files so we can see a config that works? I've been struggling with this ever since I started running my first l4d server, and I cannot get it to behave as desired. Thanks, Bill Steven Sumichrast packhead at gmail.com wrote: > Here's how my forks are configured: > > All instances execute: > > sv_steamgroup ID# > > > The first four forks also run a cfg I built that adds sv_search_key > <keyname> -- first four forks are always reserved for those with the > key, the other four are public all the time... Never have a problem > (and never have had a problem with this method since they provided the > search key method). > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Daniel Worley <worleydl at gmail.com> wrote: >> One person claimed the sv_search_key was still working for them, but for me >> it's not working and if I only use that flag, it puts my server into the >> public matchmaking pool and it fills up before I can even get a chance to >> start a game. I ended up creating a group for myself and just set the >> steamgroup and steamgroup exclusive flags and that's been a temporary fix. >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Kevin J. Anderson < >> lestat at counter-strike.net> wrote: >> >>> Jeff Sugar wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > Speaking of which, I'd rather not make my own email for this. *Is >>> > sv_search_key currently working? I can't seem to get it to work.* I set >>> it >>> > on the server, then on the client, and it can't find shit. I'd use >>> > sv_password, but then I can't have a lobby -_- >>> > >>> > Valve seems to want to make it as difficult as possibly to run a >>> > community-oriented semiprivate server. >>> > >>> > -Atreus >>> >>> Yes, I too would like some clarification on all of this. (what currently >>> works, and what is going to be implemented) >>> >>> One might assume they are heading towards using >>> ms_force_dedicated_server ip:port as the standard, based on the changelog: >>> "Made ms_force_dedicated_server not require cheats" >>> >>> At this point, I and my fellow admins have the other servers we have >>> echo out when we exec our autoexec or other config, that we copy and >>> paste from the console before launching our lobby. It works quite >>> well. If you use this method, comment out your search key, as having it >>> in the client memory will drastically slow down the lobby launch. >>> exec yourconf.cfg >>> yourconf.cfg: >>> echo "1 ms_force_dedicated_server #.#.#.#:27015" >>> echo "2 ms_force_dedicated_server #.#.#.#:27015" >>> echo "3 ms_force_dedicated_server #.#.#.#:27015" >>> >>> Personally, I don't understand why valve doesn't take the list of steam >>> group servers, and add a pulldown menu in the lobby, or at least round >>> robin the available steamgroup servers, or something along those lines. >>> >>> Being able to go to specific servers through the lobby easily is pretty >>> important for a community. If that was effective, it would take away >>> the reason to use the server browsers at all for the most part, imho. >>> >>> http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=2390 talks about the new >>> matchmaking system, but is not clear with regards to group servers if >>> any changes will be made, and makes only a vague reference to: "This is >>> just the first step in giving players control over what servers they >>> play on and the type of experience they have." >>> >>> >>> Kevin - -- William Korb, President & CTO Phone: 715-382-5462 QISC, Inc. 19945 82nd Ave., Suite 201 E-mail: [email protected] Chippewa Falls, WI 54729-5631 URL: http://www.qisc.com/ "Tilting at Digital Windmills since 1995." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: What is this gibberish? http://www.qisc.com/keys/ Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknvPh4ACgkQaJBT6t/iy5bmCACfRWwA4VrIYPDL57u6NcYmJuni tUkAn2P6tyiW5biGT06SnVLhsHd80JlN =4yxK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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