I see reports from other users and other players that this is still an on-going issue today. However, my servers seem fine at the moment.
The only thing I did recent that I suspect had any influence on my why servers seem fine currently the procedure from this post: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=35339838&postcount=43 Don't know for how long that procedure grants immunity from Item Server issues. It might happen to mine again at any moment. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Alexander Kolev <sashko...@gmail.com>wrote: > :D..well steam are just being hilarious those days... > Also on my servers which are running Windows and have these two commands > but the issues is not from today, i am having this problem since three > weeks already, just before the new update with the steam accounts... > - Alexander Kolev > > > 2014-02-15 19:34 GMT+02:00 ics <i...@ics-base.net>: > > Dammit, pressend send too fast. Anyway, here's one example. I asked about >> Steam support why workshop was mixed up and the "most popular this week" >> items were rewinded backwards like over a month. Situation resolved it self >> hours later but i send that question on the 9th day and got reply 15th - >> today. Generic answer with a more generic link to how workshop works. >> Seriously, no one didn't even read the message or didn't understand it. >> >> -ics >> >> ics kirjoitti: >> >> Valve has grown too big of a company to take care of the little things >>> that are important to some of their customers. >>> >>> -ics >>> >>> Weasels Lair kirjoitti: >>> >>>> Yep, lots of discussions in the forums. But neither official >>>> "announcement" threads for downtime mentioned it. >>>> >>>> Steam Downtime Announcements (last post 2013-10-08) >>>> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=784745 >>>> >>>> TF2 Item System Downtime Announcements (last post 2012-08-15!) >>>> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1563331 >>>> >>>> No posts by Valve at all. :-{ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: *1nsane* <1nsane...@gmail.com <mailto:1nsane...@gmail.com>> >>>> Date: Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:41 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 "lost connection to the item server" >>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list < >>>> h...@list.valvesoftware.com <mailto:h...@list.valvesoftware.com>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This was a valve issue yesterday. There were plenty of complaints on >>>> the steam forums like this: >>>> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3224774 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Weasels Lair >>>> <wea...@weaselslair.com<mailto: >>>> wea...@weaselslair.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Definitely seemed yesterday to be rather wide-spread. But one >>>> wierd thing I noticed yesterday was how it was effecting some of >>>> my servers, but not ALL of them: >>>> [*] I have THREE TF2 server instances are on the same IP address >>>> (on Linux). >>>> [*] No changes to firewalls or really anything recently. >>>> [*] Both game/host/server port and Steam port are specified at >>>> command-line for each instance. Client port currently >>>> dynamic/automatic. >>>> [*] TWO of those THREE server instances were perfectly fine. >>>> [*] ONE instance (the most heavily used of course) was giving >>>> players the "can't find an item server" stuff. >>>> [*] All the on-line tools I have checked (http://steamstat.us/, >>>> http://status.tf2lists.com/, etc.), show the items servers were >>>> up? I checked that first, otherwise I wouldn't have even bothered >>>> to post to the list. >>>> [*] I noticed that same ONE server instance (that was NOT >>>> working), was no longer accepting or using the >>>> tf_server_identity_account_id and tf_server_identity_token values. >>>> When I did as status command on the console it said ... >>>> >>>> "account : not logged in (No account specified)". >>>> >>>> [*] For the TWO server instances that WERE working - they showed >>>> that they were successfully logged-in. >>>> >>>> That leads me to suspect that some of this may have had something >>>> to do with the process of replacing the old TF2 server >>>> registration system with the Steam (sv_setsteamaccount) >>>> registration system? Maybe some upgrade or conversion process >>>> going-on at the back-end? I would hope that would not have done >>>> that in a way that breaks the "item server" stuff? >>>> >>>> If not that, then I guess it's just another random/mysterious Item >>>> Server "event" - "The Valentine's Day Item Server Massacre"? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Alexander Kolev >>>> <sashko...@gmail.com <mailto:sashko...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Our servers are running on Windows and there is no problem >>>> with the firewall...i think something is bugged with the >>>> connection on the ports. For example, i am having two servers >>>> but the first one is running fine with vac/items but the 2nd >>>> which has different port is running without vac and items :( >>>> Thanks for the help in advance! :) >>>> >>>> >>>> 2014-02-15 14:15 GMT+02:00 Valentin G. <nextra...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:nextra...@gmail.com>>: >>>> >>>> Are you guys on Linux or Windows? Any special firewall >>>> configurations >>>> you might need to check? >>>> >>>> I've left the steamport command line options in there when >>>> it recently >>>> broke on Linux, maybe you can try that out. I haven't had >>>> any issues >>>> in the recent days. >>>> >>>> >>>> And Mtvnoob: What would this mailing list be for >>>> otherwise? If you >>>> don't want hlds/scrds related discussion in your inbox >>>> then why are >>>> you even subscribed to this list? 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