I was able to do it just fine in the demo. I haven't had the chance to
try it in L4D2 yet.
- Dave
Jonah Hirsch wrote:
> David, on that topic...
>
> Are YOU personally actually able to open the console while in the lobby?
> I've found that the ~ will only open the console on the main menu or in a
> game.
> Jonah Hirsch
> -----------------------
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM, David A. Parker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Start the game and create a lobby. While you are in your lobby, open
>> the console (usually the "~" key if you started the game with the
>> -console option). In the console, enter:
>>
>> mm_dedicated_force_servers IP:PORT
>>
>> Where IP is the IP address of your server and PORT is the listening port
>> (usually 27015). Start the game and it should connect to your server.
>>
>> - Dave
>>
>> Shlomi Turjeman wrote:
>>> can you explain again? how I can make a lobby for my server?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 16:16, Eric Riemers <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> dont set a game mode in the config, just connect to it with the lobby
>> and
>>>> it will change to what you want to play..
>>>>
>>>> just like it was in l4d..
>>>>
>>>> my simplistic config:
>>>>
>>>> --- snip ---
>>>> hostname "[EU] Lethal-Zone.eu L4D2"
>>>>
>>>> rcon_password "xxxxxx"
>>>> sv_steamgroup xxxx
>>>> --- snip ---
>>>>
>>>> and then they started to fill up rapidly, with coop and versus games.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:46:13 +0200, Shlomi Turjeman <
>> [email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi, how can I replace the game mode (via the config file) to Versus?
>>>>> all my servers stuck on Coop.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank's.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 15:38, Richard GrosJean
>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Am I the only one still having issues with sv_search_key (as in, my
>>>>>> client
>>>>>> searches for 5-10 seconds for a server and then just starts a
>>>>>> listenserver)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Brett Cooper <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm actually having this issue myself. The game will absolutely not
>>>> run
>>>>>>> in any other mode other than coop on startup. The commands from past
>>>>>>> mailings and websites do not appear to work - ideas on this? :(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>> It doesn't matter what map it's running while it's idle, the minute
>>>> a
>>>>>>> lobby
>>>>>>>> connects it will change to whatever map specified in the lobby
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>> [mailto:hlds_linux-
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Vaughan Reid
>>>>>>>>> Sent: 17 November 2009 07:18
>>>>>>>>> To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list'
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Left 4 Dead 2 Dedicated Server Available
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Has anyone figured out how to start a server on anything other
>>>> than
>>>>>>>>> coop
>>>>>>>>> mode? If I enter "map mapname versus" in the server console it
>>>>>>>>> changes
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> versus mode but that isn't really good enough for a mass hosting
>>>>>>>>> environment. I tried sv_gametypes "versus" but it still starts as
>>>>>> coop.
>>>>>>>>> In
>>>>>>>>> addition I tried +map mapname versus on command line as well as
>>>> +map
>>>>>>>>> "mapname versus" with no luck.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am also having an issue with sv_password. Whenever it is set it
>>>>>>>>> breaks
>>>>>>>>> server queries and it doesn't seem to do anything anyway. Clients
>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>> connect without specifying a password yet I type sv_password into
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> server
>>>>>>>>> console and a password is set. Anyone having similar issues?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>>>>>> Joshua
>>>>>>>>> Smith
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 3:49 PM
>>>>>>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Left 4 Dead 2 Dedicated Server Available
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Would someone with a working passworded linux server mind
>>>>>>>>> pastebinning
>>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>>>> server.cfg and launch command just in case we're all doing
>>>> something
>>>>>>>>> retarded?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Working for me, the publics are full and the privates aren't
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>> [mailto:hlds_linux-
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of James Gurney
>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: 17 November 2009 06:38
>>>>>>>>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Left 4 Dead 2 Dedicated Server
>>>> Available
>>>>>>>>>>> Does sv_steamgroup_exclusive work for anyone else? I can't
>>>> launch
>>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> server without it instantly filling with people who aren't in
>>>> our
>>>>>>>>>>> steamgroup.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Jason Ruymen
>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The Left 4 Dead 2 Dedicated Server files are now available on
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Steam.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Use the game name "left4dead2" from hldsupdatetool to download
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> them.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> These are not the final set of files, so there will be another
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> small
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> update before the game is released.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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