This brings me back to something I said several times when the srcds for L4D first came out: Why can't you set sv_password on a server and still connect to it from the lobby? If I recall correctly, the behavior used to be that a server with sv_password set was removed from the pool, and you could *only* direct connect. I haven't tested it since they introduce ms_force_dedicated_server, so maybe you can also connect to one from the lobby now. Does anyone know if this works? It just seems like you might want to lock a server down so that only certain people can play on it. With both sv_steamgroup_exclusive and sv_search_key, anyone can join the game once there are players on it. So, if you and a friend want to play co-op on your server without people from the public joining in the other two slots, you really have no good way to do that. Is this correct?
Also, I got a reply to my original post from one of the Valve devs. It appears they may have broken sv_stemgroup_exclusive while adding the ability for servers to belong to multiple groups. I think they're working on the problem. Thanks, Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Coldorak <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009 4:39 pm Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] L4D sv_steamgroup_exclusive broken? To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list <[email protected]> > On my servers, I've put a whitelist plugin, so only the players > from my > community can connect, the other ones are kicked before the end > of the > connection. > > Cold > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We have found the search key to be fairly ineffective for our > community.> It's a pain in the butt for people to remember to > use when they want to > > jump > > on one of our dedicated servers. When we talked it over, > nobody wanted to > > deal with it. > > > > I used to run one public and three Steamgroup only > servers. At this point, > > I've taken down all four. I may or may not put one or > two back up as > > Steamgroup exclusive once Valve resolves this. > > > > In the meantime, I've asked the guys what else they'd like to > play. My > > guess is that for now, they'll ask that we put up one or two > DoD:S servers > > and/or a no Honor AA3 server. > > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Adam Nowacki > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, its broken, but you can get same as before behavior by > setting> > sv_search_key to some very random string :D > > > > > > David A. Parker wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Following the latest L4D update, my Steam-group-exclusive > L4D servers > > > > seem to be open to anyone. Both server have these > lines in their > > > configs: > > > > > > > > sv_steamgroup XXXXXX > > > > sv_steamgroup_exclusive 1 > > > > > > > > (XXXXXX is substituted for the group ID, of course) > > > > > > > > When I type "find steamgroup" in each server's console, it > returns> this: > > > > > > > > "sv_steamgroup" = "XXXXXX" ( def. "" ) > > > > notify > > > > - The IDs of the steam groups that this server > belongs to, seperated > > > > by commas. You can find group IDs on the admin profile > pages in the > > > > Steam community. > > > > "sv_steamgroup_exclusive" = "1" ( def. "0" ) > > > > - If set, only members of Steam group will be > able to join the server > > > > when it's empty, public people will be able to join the > server only if > > > > it has players. > > > > > > > > So, the cvars are set correctly, it just appears that > > > > sv_steamgroup_exclusive is no longer being honored. > Is anyone else > > > > seeing this? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dave > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives,> please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > -- > http://www.coldorak.net > _______________________________________________ > 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
