After investigation, here are more information. We have a for example a 18 slots servers with 8 real player and 10 ghosts. Both HLSW and CSS Ingame Server Browser report 18 players online and if you try to join, you get "server is full". Now, making a "status" in server console report only 8 players, and if you make a "connect" in console using the server ip, you can join the server.
There are several topics talking about this issue on the communities forums. It's seems to be related to the steam master server, and one of the reported solution would be to change sv_master_legacy_mode and add a master server ip manually (I haven't test this yet). But even if this would fix the problem, I guess we need a patch as most people will never even hear about this. Marc. 2011/6/27 Marc.B <[email protected]>: > We some of our customers that are reporting the same problem. > > Cheers, > > Marc > > 2011/6/26 Eli Witt <[email protected]>: >> We had 4 of them on one of our NFO servers yesterday, no TV enabled, replays >> disabled for now, too. >> >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 8:30 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have 6 ghost players on my 30 slot server now, no TV. >>> >>> -----Oryginalna wiadomość----- From: molnár lászló >>> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 12:05 AM >>> To: [email protected].**com<[email protected]> >>> Subject: [hlds_linux] Ghoting on CSS >>> >>> >>> It's easy to reproduce the ghost players on CSS server. Just enable the >>> TV and connect to it, press cancel and repeat it.Someone hade managed to >>> make the server show 52/12 whit this method. ps: thanks for all of the IP >>> tables tips, it's working :) Greets >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/**mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux<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<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

