Use the good old fashioned way - coined in gold source games - and just password protect it? Or did valve use their god like wisdom and remove that functionality for L4D?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brent Veal Sent: 06 October 2009 22:56 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Friends-only option in L4D Make sure all the slots are filled with friends and that no one leaves. On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:48 PM, David A. Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Dave Parker > >> Utica College > >> Integrated Information Technology Services > >> (315) 792-3229 > >> Registered Linux User #408177 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > -- > > Dave Parker > Utica College > Integrated Information Technology Services > (315) 792-3229 > Registered Linux User #408177 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
