Try to launch steam with -tcp in the command line. 2011/12/8 Bruno Garcia <[email protected]>
> Hello, > > I've been having authentication problems for almost a year now, and I > seriously cannot play Counter-Strike: Source; I have already sent an e-mail > to the mailing list, but I couldn't get a definite answer on how to, or > when this problem will be solved. > > A user answered my thread couple months ago saying this: > > The way the old auth system used to work is that when a new client > connected > > to a game server, the GS would attempt to authenticate just that client > > with > > the steam backend. > > > > The new auth system works in a little different way. Instead of > > authenticating just that single user, it will re-authenticate every user > > already on the server in addition to the one that just joined. > > > > The network layout of the steam backend is a little complex, but to sum > it > > up there are seperate reverse proxy servers called CM or Connection > > Masters. > > There's something like 30-40 of these servers at any time, and everyone > is > > connected to one of them. These are the servers you communicate with when > > you're connected to steam. > > > > The reason you see "no steam logon" for groups of clients and not the > > entire > > server is because one or two CMs went down, or otherwise disconnected the > > clients that were connected to it. When the backend attempts to > > reauthenticate all the clients on the server, it will drop the clients > > which > > lost connection to the CM with the "no steam logon" message, because > that's > > indeed what happened. They lost their connection to steam and aren't > logged > > on anymore. > > > > And here's my situation: > > Every time I go into Counter-Strike: Source, I go into a server and after > playing for something like a minute or two, I get kicked for No-Steam > Logon, plus, there's a bunch of logs showing on console saying it's not > connected to steam. > > I seriously cannot play CS: S for over a year, something that I have paid. > I have contacted support, and made threads on forums, but this is the only > direct communication to any VALVe developer, besides I didn't get any > proper answers. > > This is my desperate look for a solution, because on my end everything > seems to be working, every test, and everything I have done has come > inconclusive... > Is it so hard to get a answer from a developer? > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
