If I remember correctly, that launch option is obsolete, as valve made it default afaik.
>________________________________ > From: Didrole <[email protected]> >To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list ><[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2011, 1:03 >Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Authentication problems [Cant play!] > >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 > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
