Re: [hlds] Master Server Move

2010-04-14 Thread AnAkIn .
Oh, that nice, I might at least find French servers in the CS 1.6 server browser now, instead of all the Russian cracked servers I get all the time :) 2010/4/14 Matthew Gottlieb matthew.j.gottl...@gmail.com I know that some dorm housing in Chicago sometimes shows up as Canada depending the the

Re: [hlds] Master Server Move

2010-04-14 Thread AnAkIn .
Oops..I just reread again and saw that it's only the HL2Master :x 2010/4/14 AnAkIn . anakin...@gmail.com Oh, that nice, I might at least find French servers in the CS 1.6 server browser now, instead of all the Russian cracked servers I get all the time :) 2010/4/14 Matthew Gottlieb

Re: [hlds] Master Server Move

2010-04-14 Thread f0rkz
Will this also affect Left4Dead? On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 14:19 -0700, Zoid Kirsch wrote: On Wednesday April 14th we will be moving the HL2Master servers to a new set of IP addresses. One of the major new features is the new Masters should return dedicated servers ordered by their geographical

Re: [hlds] Master Server Move

2010-04-14 Thread Zoid Kirsch
Yes, any games that use the HL2Master such as all multiplayer Source based games and some of our partner games such as Killing Floor. For the Left 4 Dead series specifically, the geographical based ordering will provide much better results when searching for dedicated servers from the lobby.

Re: [hlds] Master Server Move

2010-04-14 Thread f0rkz
Awesome, thanks Zoid. Good luck moving the servers! On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 06:45 -0700, Zoid Kirsch wrote: Yes, any games that use the HL2Master such as all multiplayer Source based games and some of our partner games such as Killing Floor. For the Left 4 Dead series specifically, the

[hlds] L4D2 Lan Servers

2010-04-14 Thread Nick Watkinson
I've been having some issues trying to wrap my head around L4D2 handles finding servers, specifically in a LAN party environment. To cut the long story short, is it possible to still use the lobby system to handle people sorting themselves into proper teams (we may be small, but we like to

[hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Zoid Kirsch
The new HL2Masters are now online. Dedicated server operators will want to restart their servers to pick up the new Master IP addresses. If you have any manual setmaster configuration commands, please remove them as those older addresses are no longer valid. We will be monitoring the

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Ronny Schedel
The master server IP addresses are different for clients and servers, is this intended? The new HL2Masters are now online. Dedicated server operators will want to restart their servers to pick up the new Master IP addresses. If you have any manual setmaster configuration commands, please

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Jonah Hirsch
On Wednesday April 14th we will be moving the HL2Master servers to a new set of IP addresses. One of the major new features is the new Masters should return dedicated servers ordered by their geographical distance from the player requesting the server list, making for lower latency and

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Zoid Kirsch
No, they should be the same. What addresses are you seeing? Clients may take a few minutes to timeout talking to the old master IPs and moving to the new ones. -- /// Zoid. -Original Message- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Jonah Hirsch
If they are the same then can you clarify what this was supposed to mean? *snip* will correctly pick up the new addresses of the these Masters. Jonah Hirsch --- On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Zoid Kirsch z...@valvesoftware.com wrote: No, they should be the same. What

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Ronny Schedel
Servers (hl2master.steampowered.com): 216.207.205.99, 216.207.205.98 Steam client configuration (MasterServers.vdf): hl2 { 0 { addr 72.165.61.136:27015 } 1 { addr 72.165.61.151:27015 } 2 { addr 72.165.61.136:27013 } 3 { addr 68.142.72.250:27011 } 4

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Zoid Kirsch
Steam clients cache the IP addresses of the list of Masters they last received. This cached IP address list is no longer valid since the Masters have moved. The Steam client will take a few minutes to timeout to talking to these old IPs since it will not receive any replies. Once its timed

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Ronny Schedel
Thanks, works like explained. Steam clients cache the IP addresses of the list of Masters they last received. This cached IP address list is no longer valid since the Masters have moved. The Steam client will take a few minutes to timeout to talking to these old IPs since it will not

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread ics
Is sv_region setting now depracated and useless? -ics 14.4.2010 20:01, Zoid Kirsch kirjoitti: Steam clients cache the IP addresses of the list of Masters they last received. This cached IP address list is no longer valid since the Masters have moved. The Steam client will take a few

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread msleeper
Seconding this since I was never answered yesterday. On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 23:29 +0300, ics wrote: Is sv_region setting now depracated and useless? -ics 14.4.2010 20:01, Zoid Kirsch kirjoitti: Steam clients cache the IP addresses of the list of Masters they last received. This

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread voogru
Probably. It was useless anyhow Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: msleeper mslee...@ismsleeperwrong.com Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:34:18 To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing listhlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved Seconding

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Kyle Sanderson
Was assigned 216.207.205.98:27011 and 216.207.205.99:27011. Does anyone have the complete updated list? Kyle. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Ronny Schedel i...@ronny-schedel.dewrote: Thanks, works like explained. Steam clients cache the IP addresses of the list of Masters they last

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread ics
I'd say those are the only servers you get assigned to. Atleast everyone i've talked about have only those including all our servers. Must be somekind of front end machines for the rest of the masters. -ics 14.4.2010 23:34, Kyle Sanderson kirjoitti: Was assigned 216.207.205.98:27011 and

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Zoid Kirsch
Regions are still supported and work exactly like before. In general they aren't widely used and now that we do IP geographical ordering they are less useful since you will get sent servers near you first. There are two current IPs for the masters. One of the major changes was rewriting them

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Ronny Schedel
So, can you remove the sv_region setting in the next update, which will fix also the ghost player issue? Regions are still supported and work exactly like before. In general they aren't widely used and now that we do IP geographical ordering they are less useful since you will get sent

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Kyle Sanderson
Using Wine on my Box with Steam to get around the K packet shit that's been going around recently. I noticed before I was able to view every game under the Internet Tab using a blank account, however now that I look it's only Synergy, Insurgency, and a couple other Zombie Panic servers. Is this

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Kyle Sanderson
sv_region can still be used Ronny, even though it now serves little purpose. The main difference with this is now instead of using Octets it uses GeoIP data to send server IPs to clients. Being able to correct the entries would be nice however, the IPs assigned to my Box say it's in Virginia,

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread AnAkIn .
Replace the Region filter by Sv_pure, would be more useful :) 2010/4/14 Kyle Sanderson kyle.l...@gmail.com sv_region can still be used Ronny, even though it now serves little purpose. The main difference with this is now instead of using Octets it uses GeoIP data to send server IPs to

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Ronny Schedel
How do you check this? Which database uses Valve? sv_region can still be used Ronny, even though it now serves little purpose. The main difference with this is now instead of using Octets it uses GeoIP data to send server IPs to clients. Being able to correct the entries would be nice

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread DontWannaName!
Region still has use. what happens when you click sort by name or any other sort method. Geo location only works when you first start the game and open the server browser without applying any filters. At least that is what I believe happens. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:15 PM, AnAkIn .

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Kyle Sanderson
I have three ranges Zoid, I had checked with * http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_demo_ip* (What Voogru had sent in the other mail/topic). 216.245.195.6 216.245.221.140 69.162.109.178 Not entirely sure where I can correct this, Kyle. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:22 PM, DontWannaName!

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Ronny Schedel
Does Valve really uses the maxmind database? There are several other... I have three ranges Zoid, I had checked with * http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_demo_ip* (What Voogru had sent in the other mail/topic). 216.245.195.6 216.245.221.140 69.162.109.178 Not entirely sure where I can

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Kyle Sanderson
I haven't a clue Ronny, from http://steamcommunity.com it appears that they use http://geonames.org/, but it is not searchable for IP address listings online (atleast from the looks of it). Kyle. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Ronny Schedel i...@ronny-schedel.dewrote: Does Valve really uses

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Mike Vail
Anyone else NOT receiving ANY servers at all in their client server list? I've restarted my Steam client several times through-out the day and still no go. I also tried deleting clientregistry.blob file for the heck of it and still nothing. There are no servers at all listed either by using the

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Kyle Sanderson
Both my Game and Client are both dead Mike, I guess that's what my previous issue was... It most definitely is not just us, Kyle. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Mike Vail mike_v...@boomgaming.net wrote: Anyone else NOT receiving ANY servers at all in their client server list? I've restarted

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Kyle Sanderson
Sorry for the double mail, my Steam client just started to receive the server lists, ironically, I'm first for CS:S now instead of not being listed at all ;) Kyle. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Kyle Sanderson kyle.l...@gmail.com wrote: Both my Game and Client are both dead Mike, I guess

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Andrew Armstrong
Nice work; just queried qstat myself and immediately saw local Australian servers instead of the American one's I usually start to see :) - Andrew -Original Message- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Zoid Kirsch Sent:

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread DontWannaName!
How do I know for sure I am using the new master servers on my client? Servers are getting sorted by sv_pure ingame, TF2. :( Of course Lotus would take advantage and make the first characters of sv_pure to be unrecognizable characters to appear first. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Andrew

Re: [hlds] HL2 Masters Have Moved

2010-04-14 Thread Kyle Sanderson
The old masters are no longer working for Source based games DWN, if you can see anything you're using the new system. Kyle. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:08 PM, DontWannaName! ad...@topnotchclan.comwrote: How do I know for sure I am using the new master servers on my client? Servers are getting