On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Jay<[email protected]> wrote: > William Korb wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Yes, I'm seeing the same problem. Sometimes attempting to launch a game >> multiple >> times will get it to start without restarting the server, but sometimes even >> restarting the server doesn't do it by itself (i.e., server restart plus >> multiple launch attempts until one finally works). > > Precisely the same thing that's happening to me.
Noted and discussed on the hlds mailing list, seems to be a problem on valve's end. See below. >From hlds mailing list (not hlds_linux): "Re: [hlds] L4D Steam Group Servers Robert Whelan Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:42:03 -0700 Hey, thx for the conformation and reply...kudos Guess we just wait now... ________________________________ From: Adam Nowacki <[email protected]> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2009 1:33:34 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] L4D Steam Group Servers Yes, its broken. Just after starting the server: 20:19:20.541185 IP 91.121.118.42.27017 > 72.165.61.189.27011: UDP, length 214 \protocol\7\challenge\1889027300\players\0\max\16\bots\0\gamedir\left4dead\map\l4d_vs_hospital01_apartment\password\0\os\l\lan\0\region\255\gametype\empty\type\d\secure\0\version\1.0.1.4\product\left4dead\load\8 20:19:20.541239 IP 91.121.118.42.27017 > 72.165.61.189.27011: UDP, length 136 \protocol\7\challenge\1889027300\region\255\gamedata\coop,versus,survival,grp:587695,grp:587741,grp:4984,grp:883,grp:3483\gdversion\3 and a server that has been running for a while: 20:15:03.724449 IP 94.23.92.36.27016 > 69.28.140.246.27011: UDP, length 214 \protocol\7\challenge\1833792643\players\12\max\16\bots\0\gamedir\left4dead\map\l4d_vs_hospital03_sewers\password\0\os\l\lan\0\region\255\gametype\alltalk\type\d\secure\1\version\1.0.1.4\product\left4dead\load\7 ... no 2nd packet with gamedata tags Robert Whelan wrote: > I know there is a similar topic: Re: [hlds] L4D search_key server good for > only 1 use? > > But...This is directly associated with the 'Steam Group Servers' in general. > > The Steam Groups used to work just fine though due to recent updates its > broke. I can see all of our servers just fine in the masterlist (ie: > openserverbrowser) and can connect and play just fine using that method. > However, I have 6 vanilla (multiple/forked) l4d servers running from one > instance of srcds on win2k3x64. The servers load and run fine (albeit the > timeout bug which is another issue entirely) though within 24 hours all the > servers will slowly drop from the Steam Group till none show and that option > is no longer available. > > I can't find any consistency or console error which might relate to why they > drop though I was hoping Valve is working on the issue. I've yet to see them > comment or confirm there is an problem." -Chris _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
