There's a command called "verifyloadout" But spammed this command can *SOMETIMES* drop the player's items for a match... or it can get you "re-connected" to the item server.
I don't know it's functionality internally, maybe a Valve employee might clarify it :) On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:24 AM, hlds <h...@gmx.com> wrote: > I never saw a game server disconnected from Steam without attempting to > reconnect. Steam creates a log file about this, find it and see what's > going > on... > > I saw servers connected to a CM and not receiving Quickplay traffic or > connected to a CM without being authenticated (something like "account not > found"), or connected to a CM and not listed in servers list etc... So I > think that the problem is the CM, not the game server. Using this trick you > force the server to reconnect to a different CM. > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Russell > Smith > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 7:57 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Reconnect to steam command? > > Does this only work when the server is still connected to Steam? If the > server has already lost connection to the CM and is not making attempts > to re-connect why would blocking the port have any effect at that point? > > On 04/08/2012 09:52 PM, hlds wrote: > > There's a manual solution too: find the port used by server for talking > with > > CM server (usually is 26901, but only if is not already used) and use the > > firewall to block the communication. In few seconds you'll see that the > > server loses connection with Steam servers. Then remove the firewall rule > > and the server will reconnect back in few seconds, probably to a > different > > CM server, maybe using a different protocol (TCP instead UDP). > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
