-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Good info to know Alfred. I will update my news post.
Thanks again. -DOA CyberGameZone.com Alfred Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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" > > > 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 YIM: cybergamezone2002 Gaming Portal and Clan Website: http://www.cybergamezone.com Main email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
