Urgh, that 4th of July got to me, its more like 1/2 rather than 1/4. - Alfred
----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alfred Reynolds Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:29 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds] RE: [hlds_linux] VAC2 Beta information > The gamespy stats are very wrong, they only report about 1/4 of our > user base ( see http://www.steampowered.com/status/status.html or any > server tool like kquery for a true count). > > - Alfred > > > ----Original Message---- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:23 PM To: > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds] RE: [hlds_linux] VAC2 > Beta information > > > It was GameSpy reader Matthew 'SuperBitch' Pratt who first noticed > > it and dropped us an email. For years GameSpy has listed the most > > popular online games, by players currently on the servers, on our > > front page and on our stats page. We can track any game that uses > > GameSpy technology -- which at this point is most online PC games > > with the exception of MMOGs -- and the player counts represent how > > many people are on the game servers regardless of how they > > connected. > > > > Since we started tracking those statistics, for something like the > > last six years Half-Life has been on the top of the heap. Thanks > > mostly to Counter-Strike, Half-Life has often had four times as many > > players as the next most popular game. Recently it's been sharing > > the spotlight with Half-Life 2. But then, last night at about 7 PM > > Pacific time, Battlefield 2 supassed the mighty Half-Life. As I > > write this HL has resumed the top position, but the games are very > > close. > > > > Unfortunately, consecutive user stats for massively multiplayer > > games like EverQuest or World of Warcraft are generally closely > > guarded secrets so we don't have a good basis of comparison to see > > how these games stack up overall. -Fargo > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alfred > > Reynolds Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:02 PM > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > Subject: RE: [hlds] RE: [hlds_linux] VAC2 Beta information > > > > The VAC2 client in the game server attempts to use port 27014 for > > its communitcations. If it fails to bind to that port then it will > > keep adding one to the port (i.e 27015 next) until it finds a free > > port. If you run multiple servers it is possible to have a problem > > when the servers start up in the wrong order. You can use the > > "-steamport" parameter (under Source) to force a particular port to > > prevent this conflict (the next HL1 release will contain this > > feature also). > > > > - Alfred > > > > ----Original Message---- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Agent|BeNt > > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 7:12 AM To: > > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: [hlds_linux] > > VAC2 Beta information > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Alfred Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > This is just another nudge, make sure to use "-vacbeta" on your > > > > HL1 servers. There will be a release in the next few weeks to > > > > enable VAC2 by default on servers (with the same command line > > > > options as VAC1). > > > > > > > > - Alfred > > > > > > Alfred I know you guys said before about port :27014 is for > > > VAC2.Will we run into problems if we run -vacbeta on multiple > > > servers on the same box?Before I was running into connection > > > issues with both of my servers running that.If there's a work > > > around please share this information with us.And if there is no > > > problem let me know too.I've skipped running Vac2 beta on my main > > > server because I thought there was an issue with running both on > > > the same > > > VAC2 port.Anywho thanks, > > > > > > BeNt > > > http://www.gorillazsouth.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
