This bug was in the Crash Course DLC update for L4D, but it was fixed fairly quickly. We forgot to bring this patch across to the L4D2 code base. Just make sure your install is up to date.
M. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Logan Rogers-Follis Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 12:24 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Empty L4D2 demo servers Milton, Does this issue also affect Left 4 Dead (the first one)? It seems that my public L4D server stays full a lot, but then will have random idleness and if I go restart the server it fills the second it comes back online. Sorry to go kinda off-topic. Logan Rogers-Follis - [email protected] Try New Technology Networx - www.tntnetworx.net Owner / IT Consultant Milton Ngan wrote: > This is a heartbeat issue when servers go into hibernation. We have a bunch > of fixes coming, including one for this issue. You can force a heartbeat on > each dedicated server and you will probably find people start turning up. > > M. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David A. > Parker > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:27 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: [hlds_linux] Empty L4D2 demo servers > > Hello, > > I've noticed that my L4D2 demo servers seem to be sitting empty for very > long periods of time. They were pretty constantly full between the demo > release and the first update, but since the update they seem to be > empty for many hours at a time. I restarted the server last night when > it was empty, and 3 of the 4 public forks immediately filled up, so I'm > wondering if this is a problem with heartbeats, matchmaking, etc. Has > anyone else noticed this? > > Thanks, > Dave > > _______________________________________________ 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

