Right. One of my biggest disappointments when they released the L4D dedicated server was that you could not join a password-protected game from a lobby. If you connect directly to the server, the password works but you can't use lobby features like voting and changing the game mode.
If you're an insular hermit of a gamer, like me, who generally dislikes random pubbers and only wants to play with friends on a truly private server, you pretty much have to use a LAN if you're playing L4D. It sucks. I guess the rest of the world is less grumpy and selfish than I am. :-) Thanks, Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Ryan Katkov <ryan.kat...@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 6:27 pm Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Friends-only option in L4D To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> > Password protecting a server does nothing to make a server > "Friends-Only" after a game has started. It will only prevent public > lobbies from finding it. If you force the lobby to search for > that IP > it will bypass the password anyway. > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Dave Williams > <m...@noquestionsasked.co.uk> wrote: > > 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: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > > [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] 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 > <dpar...@utica.edu>> 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 > <dpar...@utica.edu>>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
