I doubt what we've downloaded is a complete L4D2 SRCDS. My guess is that
once it's live, we'll have to download some more, then A2S_INFO responses
will be working properly...
Or not. It's still a demo.
-Richard Eid
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:17 PM, David A. Parker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just wanted to mention that I ran a packet capture, and there are 8
> bytes in the A2S_INFO packet between the port number and tag data which
> aren't there in the response from L4D, TF2, etc. I can't make heads or
> tails of what the bytes are supposed to be, but they are always the same
> from my server:
>
> 0x03 0x34 0xF8 0xCC 0x9A 0x01 0x40 0x01
>
> - Dave
>
> David A. Parker wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > The issue with the weird data in the A2S_INFO response is still present
> > in the last update (l4d2 demo linux dedicated server version 2). It
> > really looks like some sort of data has been added before the tags field
> > in the response packet, but that's just a guess.
> >
> > - Dave
> >
> > ics wrote:
> >> Well naturally i expect no less than 1-2 updates to dedicated servers
> >> before the demo actually goes live and many more updates during the
> >> demo, just like last time with l4d However, having lack of features now
> >> either is a sign on heavy optimization to the game engine and thus
> >> ripping off everything that is not needed or just lack of implementation
> >> at the dedicated servers part.I guess we will find out during the demo.
> >>
> >> (And this is pointed to Valve) Last time there were heads up for us,
> >> with new features and such explained here on the list. Is there anything
> >> we need to know about running the game on our ded servers? Changes to
> >> the lobby and how they affect to our settings? Milton said that if game
> >> settings are modified, then we're out of luck but what else?
> >>
> >> -ics
> >>
> >> Richard Eid kirjoitti:
> >>> We're talking about a demo. Some features are going to be limited
> while
> >>> others just plain won't work. Not to mention that the early-access
> demo has
> >>> been delayed so Valve can take care of some bugs.
> >>>
> >>> Until the full game is released, I'd expect that a big set of features
> might
> >>> be unavailable. Plus, being that there is a delay, be ready to run
> >>> hldsupdatetool again before the demo goes live.
> >>>
> >>> -Richard Eid
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:54 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I also have an script running that provides server status to the irc,
> >>>> players, ip, name, ping, map and game name. Currently it fails with
> L4D2
> >>>> servers so something definitely has changed. No reply.
> >>>>
> >>>> -ics
> >>>>
> >>>> David A. Parker kirjoitti:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Was something new added to the A2S_INFO response in L4D2? I have a
> Perl
> >>>>> script which fetches server info, and it works correctly for other
> games
> >>>>> but I get some random data in with the server tags on my L4D2
> servers,
> >>>>> almost like there's a new field in the packet before the tag data.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You can see it here:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> http://www.utica.edu/academic/iits/computingservices/networking/resnet/gaming/status.cfm
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Dave
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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