Several server operators have requested the ability to know how their clients
are connecting to their server. The latest TF update added a new client
convar, cl_connectmethod, that contains a string value that indicates how the
client connected to your server. It's sent in the same way as cl_r
:
> Is it able to tell if they connect from their favorites?
>
> Sent from my iPhone 5
>
> > On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Fletcher Dunn
> >
> wrote:
> >
> > Several server operators have requested the ability to know how
> > their
> clients are c
To investigate these problems, we would need as much of the following as
possible:
Required:
* Server IP
* Exact time of the event (and please specify your time zone)
* Snippet of server log near the event (1000 lines or so)
Highly helpful:
* Identity of the dropped players. (Steam IDs and/or I
We're experiencing some Steam systemwide issues right now.
Should be resolved shortly.
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From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of srcds admin
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:13 PM
To: h...@list.valvesoftware
We have had stability problems with the item server and have been bouncing the
item server frequently, so all of the servers have been losing the connection
to the item server.
This should be stable now, though. We might bounce it one or two more times
tonight.
The libsteam change was to fix
This post is a reminder to everybody that this email distribution list has a
standard language that everybody should use. I'm not talking about using
Portuguese or English. I'm talking about being nice instead of being a jerk.
New people come and go all the time. Sometimes they repeat quest
Here are some quick facts about Halloween, quickplay, and server reputation:
* Please read this FAQ, which answers most quickplay and server registration
questions: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2825-AFGJ-3513
* Having players join and stay on your server is currently the
x-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-
> boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Fletcher Dunn
> Sent: 24 October 2011 22:14
> To: h...@list.valvesoftware.com; Half-Life dedicated Linux server
> mailing list
> Subject: [hlds_linux] Halloween, quickplay, and regi
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Fletcher Dunn
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 3:20 PM
To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list'; h...@list.valvesoftware.com
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux]
r must log in by
setting the appropriate cvars?
On 10/24/2011 3:19 PM, Fletcher Dunn wrote:
> You must register your server (and log into your account) to get the special
> drops.
>
> You must register your server (and log into your account) to receive
> quickplay traffic.
>
>I am honestly astounded by the amount of people who complain when
>people ask for help on help forums or mailing lists. Not everyone
>signs up and instantly reads everything, goes through all the
>archives, or spends hours researching.
I'd like to use this comment as a springboard for a discussio
he informations, that's back to
stone age.
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
From: Fletcher Dunn
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:34 AM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list ;
h...@list.valvesoftware.com
Subject: [hlds_linux] Forum vs. email list
>I am honestly astounded
Yes, drops are tied to particular maps.
From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of m33crob
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 9:22 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
Subject: Re: [hlds] Halloween 2011
Do you have to run the e
There's no pressure from anywhere to close this mailing list.
Since most people seem to be happy with the list in its current form, it looks
like it's highly unlikely that we would be able to find another alternative
that offers compelling enough advantages to make it worth our while to migrate.
There has been a bug in the TF2 server reputation trend calculation.
Previously, it would only report that the reputation was either "slightly
upward" or "downward fast."
It will be fixed in the next update, to properly show five different levels: up
fast, up slow, steady, down slow, and down
This will be fixed in the next update.
Your humble servant,
Fletch
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Rick Payton
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:04 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server
The files won't be renamed. We just had to recompile the model so it
referenced the correctly-spelled name.
- Fletch
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Mart-Jan
Reeuwijk
Sent: Thursday, Oct
Heads up.
Insanity is upon us.
We'll include the Halloween map cycle file that we're going to be using on
about 70% of our Valve servers, so you can have an example for how you might
want to configure your servers.
Your humble servant,
Fletch
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I'll be investigating this today.
It's very important to us that if you register your server, you get the
benefits.
Your humble servant,
- Fletch
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of ics
Sent:
ystem
Fletcher Dunn wrote:
I'll be investigating this today.
It's very important to us that if you register your server, you get the
benefits.
Your humble servant,
- Fletch
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valves
Wanted to clarify a few things about the new feature in the in-game abuse
reporting tool to report game servers:
* Human judgment is always used before any action is taken based on abuse
report data.
* The potential for malicious players (or competing game server operators) to
abuse the report
We are going to add a combo box to the abuse reporting tool and enumerate some
categories of abuse. We hope that will help both players and agme servers get
an idea of what we consider abusive. However, those are just examples. There
will always be an "other" category, and there's a reason we
Just one last comment.
Engaged game server administrators who police their community, experiment with
rule changes and custom maps and modes, etc, add a tremendous amount of value
to our game. We would be making a huge mistake to alienate those guys (you
guys) or stifle any experimentation.
W
tatus) I should be fine?
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Fletcher Dunn
wrote:
> We are going to add a combo box to the abuse reporting tool and enumerate
> some categories of abuse. We hope that will help both players and agme
> servers get an idea of what we consider abusive. However,
If your server is not getting Halloween drops, check if your config file has an
'=' in the lines to set the registration convars.
Also, make sure you put the identity token in quotes.
If you have these two problems, you probably (quite reasonably) cut and paste
the two config file lines from t
Behalf Of Fletcher Dunn
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 1:38 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list; Half-Life dedicated Win32
server mailing list
Subject: [hlds] TF2 registered servers: check for rogue '=' in the convar
settings
If your server is not getting Halloween
earlier this day and now - nothing.
>>
>> Is there any "registration timeout" or something like that active?
>>
>>
>>
>> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
>> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Fletcher Dunn
>> Sent: Friday,
I think the best answer there is that we would probably use the abuse reporting
mechanism as one tool to try to measure what sort of impact this sort of thing
has on our community.
- Fletch
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@li
This should have been included in the release notes:
* Added more verbose console output to help debug registration problems.
Also, we typically don't put backend fixes in the release notes, but I did find
a bug in the backend that would cause a server logging into registered account
to fail.
I am working on this problem and hope to have it resolved today.
From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of pilger
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 10:20 AM
To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Server Ra
> server B got the gift and A no more
>
> you need to change the map to retrieve gift.
>
> maybe it will be interresting to display a message in console and in game
> when gift is disable, and maybe prevent the system to not allow server B
> when server A is already authed to gi
This is a problem we're obviously aware of. It's definitely not that we don't
care. However, it is essentially an arms race that is provably unwinnable by
Valve. Furthermore, any change we make in the name of security will almost
certainly cause a disruption of legitimate service, due to bugs
not pan out like you (and us server ops) are hoping
since the vast majority of players probably aren't even aware of such
problems.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Fletcher Dunn
wrote:
> This is a problem we're obviously aware of. It's definitely not that we
> don't care.
enick [mailto:j...@pointysoftware.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 1:48 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
Cc: Rob Liu; Fletcher Dunn
Subject: Re: [hlds] [hlds_linux] Fake clients, misreported bots, infringing
usage of player names/images
Missing avatars is a big clue. Hit steam overlay -&
>Also having the report option on the "blacklist this server" window that
>you get if you soon after joining disconnect from the gameserver. It
>would raise more awareness of the report fuction.
That is one of the things we have on the list to help raise awareness and make
the feature more acce
Sounds like a good idea.
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Sugar
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 2:14 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] TF2
Oops, that should read
- Output of status command *NOW* includes registration status, including any
error message causing failure
I believe that it should now be abundantly clear when you are successfully
registered, and when that state changes. if you see any brokenness in the
registration s
, November 02, 2011 3:54 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Will that reset all identities, or can we choose which one to reset?
On 11/2/2011 6:52 PM, Fletcher Dunn wrote:
> Oops, that should read
>
> - Output
?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Fletcher Dunn
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You select which account to get a new identity (password) for. The
>>> command has the basic context sensitive help to explain it.
>>>
>
non-premium account will be able to
> register a game server?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Fletcher Dunn
> wrote:
>
>> You select which account to get a new identity (password) for. The
>> command has the basic context sensitive help to explain it.
>
What exactly is your process for verifying that the master server is not
including your server in search results?
>The old server is located in Florida the new one is located in California so
>they
>are completely different IP#'s which is the only difference between the 2
>aside from a #1 and #
The last Steam prop had some instability that had to be sorted out. It should
be clearing up soon.
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Sam White
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:48 PM
To: Ha
e master server.
Thank you,
Fletcher Dunn
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We've had a hard time fixing this for several reasons. First, we've never been
able to reproduce this. Second, the issue is confounded by the fact that
client crashes can often produce this. The last round of reports we got for
this problem seemed to always be muddled by client crashes --- wh
Date for expected compliance: right now.
From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Mart-Jan Reeuwijk
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:00 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
Subject: Re: [hlds] Let's be honest
Cant wait
Hello all,
There's a bug in the server browser right now where adding or removing bots
causes the total player count to change.
We're investigating this problem and will let you know when to expect a fix.
Right now we believe this bug only affects TF2 servers.
- Fletch
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I'll investigate this.
The boxes appear to be up and servicing queries.
- Fletch
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of John Gibson
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 10:58 AM
To: Half-Life dedicate
ole says...
> any news fletch?
> 2011/12/9 Fletcher Dunn
>
> > I'll investigate this.
> >
> > The boxes appear to be up and servicing queries.
> >
> > - Fletch
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valveso
e DOS problem.
However, if there are other games that are not working, it would be helpful to
know what they are; perhaps there is a pattern.
- Fletch
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Fletcher
There are two independent scoring systems. One for Steam, one for TF2. They
work on similar principles, but are not identical. The purpose of both is
primarily to identify really bad servers, not differentiate between "good" and
"better" ones.
We will probably merge them at some point.
-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Fletcher Dunn
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 1:50 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list; Half-Life dedicated Win32
server mailing list (h...@list.valvesoftware.com)
Subject: Re: [hlds] [hlds_
ontents of hlds_linux digest..."
Today's Topics:
1. Players get disconnected with "STEAMAUTH: Client
received failure code 6" error (Laurenz Ruprecht)
2. Re: Players get disconnected with "STEAMAUTH: Client
received failure code 6" error (doc)
3.
I have found a bug in the backend related to the region setting.
It will be fixed today, and my apologies for the inconvenience.
This bug should only affect TF2 servers.
- Fletch
-Original Message-
From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesof
listing IPs instead of names for most CS:S,
DoD:S HL2:DM and TF2 servers.
2011/12/14 Fletcher Dunn :
> I have found a bug in the backend related to the region setting.
>
> It will be fixed today, and my apologies for the inconvenience.
>
> This bug should only affect TF2 server
We are working on something like this. The ability to "level" your game server
account. Certain benefits would only be given to servers with level >= N, etc.
Show the level in the server browser and give preferential treatment, etc.
Get caught breaking the rules, and you lose your level, etc
A mandatory TF2 update will be released in an hour or two.
We're releasing a new map: cp_foundry. This map will be eligible to receive
quickplay traffic.
Happy holidays,
Fletch
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To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
Subject: Re: [hlds] It's beginning to look a lot like Smissmas
Will this be the entire update were expecting or just the map?
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 15:46, Fletcher Dunn
mailto:fletch...@valvesoftware.com>&g
PatchVersion=1.1.8.9
ProductName=tf
appID=440
The file was definitely updated in the depots. I don't know why some people
are not able to get it. You know there *is* something else that has changed
other than our update: many of you are using a new up-to-date check script.
Nothing on our end
- Banned: false
>> - Total Connects: 5519855
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Robert Paulsonwrote:
>>
>>> I noticed our 24/7 server has a score of 800 while our rotation server
>>> has a score of 20,000. The 24/7 server is mu
Sorry, I shouldn't have joined in with the shooting-from-the-hip debugging. I
tossed out a troubleshooting suggestion, which I probably shouldn't have done.
I was just looking for something that might be different from this update
compared to previous ones, to cause the problem. Looks like ev
For what it's worth, we use -verify_all to sync the master server at each data
center, then we rsync the contents to all of the slaves.
I don't have any theories what might be different about steam.inf, other than
failure to update that particular file is so highly visible, whereas failure
for
n all masters have the 'bits'? or
after all the slaves have cloned?
Thanks,
Kyle.
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Fletcher Dunn
wrote:
> For what it's worth, we use -verify_all to sync the master server at
> each data center, then we rsync the contents to all of the slaves
Please note that content servers serve bits.Not bots. (!)
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Fletcher Dunn
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 1:38 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server
update tool. We're hoping to migrate TF2
over to the new content system sometime next year.
-Original Message-
From: John Schoenick [mailto:nephy...@doublezen.net]
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 1:49 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
Cc: Fletcher Dunn
Subject: Re:
Looks like there is a bug. It's a consequence of the new heartbeating through
Steam instead of direct UDP to the GMS, combined with the fact that the GMS was
hotfixed while your server was up. The GMS probably sent you the out-of-date
message, but it didn't have the proper anti-IP-spoof challe
This question is already answered by the FAQ.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2825-AFGJ-3513
I increased the max number of players above 24. Will that cause my server to
not receive quickplay matches?
Not entirely. The quickplay system looks at the max reported number of play
Today the Team Fortress team took action to bring certain server operators into
compliance with our previously announced "honest server policy". Examples of
server modifications that resulted in this policy include:
* Running bots and trying to make them appear that they were human players
* Run
I wanted to pass on the news that we believe we have identified the cause of
the steam auth timeouts that cause groups of players to all get disconnected
drop at once. (No, we had not forgotten about it!)
The details of the bug are pretty complicated, but essentially if a client
dropped from S
es this mean
that my servers are ok, as in.. if it is delisted or anything will that show up
there? Because sometimes you wonder if it is still working :)
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Flet
>* Preventing IP addresses from logging a TF gameserver
>account, which excludes them from quickplay.
> * Delisting IP addresses from the master server (server browser and
> Quick Match system) for one month.
Just to clarify: the time for both bans is one month.
Unless we see additional irregul
I've received some questions regarding plugins and the setting of server tags.
If you are running a plugin that makes gameplay changes similar to the ones
that exist in the engine, please make sure that your plugin also sets the
appropriate server tags that would have been set by the engine if i
We're looking into it. I'll have some sort of an update for you by the end of
tomorrow.
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Peter Reinhold
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:07 PM
To: Half-Li
The problem is caused by the "gamedata" field being inappropriately truncated.
The fix will require a new steamclient.so, which has a bit of inertia to
release. I'll let you know when we can get this fix out, but it will probably
be sometime next week.
I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
- Fletch
We're having some hardware / config problems on those boxes. It's being
addressed right now and should be restored to full service by the end of the
day.
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of J
There is a bug related to autoupdating right now. It was introduced when we
switched from the UDP heartbeating (and only affects TF for this reason). It
will be fixed in a future Steam client update.
- Fletch
From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftwar
Yesterday the Team Fortress team took further action pursuant to the "policy of
truth" that was announced in December of last year. We delisted some servers
that were reporting inaccurate information in server-browser-related
communications.
Our goals are for players to be able to find the ser
The restart request message is broken. Sorry, you'll need to manually restart.
Hoping to get the fix released soon.
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Frank
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 5
Steam auth sometimes gets the blame when in fact the problem is just a
plain-old-fashioned client timeout. We have changed the messaging recently to
make this more clear, but if you are running old binaries.
I do seem to remember that we fixed a similar DoS attack recently.
Can you confirm tha
Receiving that message exactly once at startup is normal. All servers still
send one initial UDP heartbeat.
Are you are receiving it multiple times? Are you running with the latest
steamclient.so and other steam binaries? Older steam binaries don't know what
to do with this message and might
The latest updated removed a lump file from the depot. In case the update
process doesn't delete it, please delete any files matching the following
wildcard from your server:
tf/maps/cp_foundry*.lmp
Your humble servant,
Fletch
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It currently only effects a few Valve games. We're migrating the
communications protocol with the master server away from the UDP heartbeats.
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Eric Riemers
S
those tickets automatically renew during gameplay? Atleast thats what
i think my game is sometimes doing when it does a 1-2 seconds screenjam &
soundloop.
-ics
31.1.2012 2:20, Fletcher Dunn kirjoitti:
> Steam auth sometimes gets the blame when in fact the problem is just a
> plain-old-fash
e according the logs that the guy airblasted against me and had a
crash. Then bunch of others had crash too.
-ics
6.2.2012 19:20, Fletcher Dunn kirjoitti:
> "Ticket canceled" means (almost all of the time) that the *client* told Steam
> that they were leaving your server.
>
&g
The fix for the out-of-date notifications not working should be released in the
next update. It's in the TF beta right now. Fixes that require updates to
Steam binaries take a little while to push out and extra care.
Sorry for the pain until then.
From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[m
Coming soon.
But yes, this is just more verbose output for what has always been happening.
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of ics
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:01 PM
To: Half-Life dedic
ening#A2S_INFO_Spam
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 21:08, Fletcher Dunn
wrote:
> Yesterday the Team Fortress team took further action pursuant to the "policy
> of truth" that was announced in December of last year. We delisted some
> servers that were reporting inaccurate information i
Laurenz, since so many people are experiencing this problem, could you go into
a bit more detail about exactly what hostnames were being resolved in a
blocking manner? I don't think we are making any blocking DNS calls that might
cause ticks to not get processed, but if we are I'd like to know.
I'll see what can be done.
Your humble servant,
Fletch
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Steven Hartland
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 10:06 AM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing
We want every server to practice truth in advertising, whether it's in
quickplay or not. Everybody needs to be honest with players about the
experience that they will be getting when they look at a server in the server
browser. When standard tags exist for this purpose, those tags must be
uti
We're working on a proper fix for this.
Your humble servant,
- Fletch
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Ross Bemrose
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:23 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server
If you are running FreeBSD and seeing an error like this:
Assertion Failed: CSingleProcessPipe::BWrite wrote too few bytes
(8187/1083600) errno=12,
then you might try the Steam binaries released today with the TF beta. It
includes the fix for this problem.
If the beta doesn't uncover
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Technical Systems Administrator
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Hampshire, SO45 1XR
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On 16 March 2012
4 (0) 845 868 1337 | Direct: +44 (0) 56 000 36985
> Twitter: @liv3d | Skype: mpukliv3d
>
>
>
> On 16 March 2012 22:52, Fletcher Dunn wrote:
> > Whoops, yep, we applied our fix in the wrong place. We'll make
> > another
> stab at the correct fix and release somet
A bad HLDS update tool was propped and live for a brief window of time, and it
looks like you updated to it.
The only problem with the new tool was the self-update, everything else works
fine. Adding -nobootstrapupdate to your command line is a temporary workaround.
We'll have a real solution
.
- Fletch
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From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Fletcher Dunn
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 5:18 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Bad uSizeOfSignature
A new version of the HLDS Update Tool has been released. The tool should
automatically self-update the next time you run it. (Linux users may need to
re-run the tool after it self-updates to complete the installation operation
that was intended when launching the tool.)
Changes:
* Added signi
The errors are confusing, but it's a normal part of the queuing process. It
just means the server it's trying to connect to is too busy.
We'll adjust the output next time we make an update.
-Original Message-
From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@li
Except for newer players, there is no scoring bonus to Valve servers *in
aggregate*. We are currently introducing bias on an individual basis. Some
users get a score boost for Valve servers, but a group of players of equal size
gets a score boost of equal size towards community servers. (Basi
Last week the TF2 team banned some server groups that were in violation of the
Policy of Truth.
We received numerous complaints from server operators about a handful of
servers, and we investigated those reports. Any action we have taken was based
upon violations that we witnessed firsthand.
The new map name in today's update is "sd_doomsday"
Believe in magic!
- Fletcher Dunn
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