That could be. I assumed the option was for a friends-only game, not
just the lobby, but I could be mistaken. So is there no good way to
only play with friends, short of creating a Steam group and putting up
an exclusive server for it?
Thanks,
Dave
gulfy32 wrote:
> I always thought that the friends only option was for the lobby only. Every
> time I have used it random people join throughout the match.
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:25 PM, David A. Parker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> A few days ago, I created a friends-only versus game on one of our L4D
>> servers (I used mm_dedicated_force_servers to force my lobby to search
>> our servers). I was playing with two of my friends. We played for
>> about 15 minutes, and then a bunch of public players suddenly starting
>> joining. The other 5 player slots were all filled in about 15 seconds.
>> I thought perhaps I had messed up a setting, so when the game ended we
>> left and I created a new lobby, made damn sure it was friends-only,
>> started the game, and the exact same thing happened. We were alone for
>> a while, and then there was a sudden and fast influx of public players,
>> right in the middle of the game.
>>
>> So, does "friends-only" not mean what I think it means (that only
>> friends can join your game)? Or could it be that our reservation ticket
>> expired for some reason? Has anyone else had this happen?
>>
>> Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
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>> Utica College
>> Integrated Information Technology Services
>> (315) 792-3229
>> Registered Linux User #408177
>>
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