I believe that happens when a lobby "reserves" your server by being set to "Friends Only" and joining your server.
You can't join the serve until it is emptied out, or you run sv_unreserve, or you get added to one of the players' friends list, or you kick them all out or you restart the server. > Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 14:26:13 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlds] Explanation of hosting lobby's > > yea i get this error message when i attempt to join my server > > http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/971/capturemt3.jpg > > Eric van Beesten wrote: > > People are connecting to my server... but not me :( > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Matthew Gottlieb > > Verzonden: zondag 9 november 2008 16:08 > > Aan: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Onderwerp: Re: [hlds] Explanation of hosting lobby's > > > > Add this to your server's server.cfg: > > setmaster add 68.142.72.250:27011 > > setmaster add 72.165.61.189:27011 > > > > The moment I added those lines, people started to join my servers :) > > > > ~ Matt > > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 6:56 AM, AnAkIn . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> (you have to set that on your client, not on the server) > >> > >> > >> 2008/11/9 AnAkIn . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > >>> sv_search_max_ping 90 > >>> > >>> or lower, depending of the max ping you can get on your servers. > >>> > >>> 2008/11/9 Eric van Beesten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>> Is it just me or is there something wrong with hosting the lobby's? I > >>> > >>>> played > >>>> the demo for a few hours now, but I never get assigned to a decent > >>>> > >> server > >> > >>>> nearby me. Most of my connection is poor. Sometimes all the 4 persons > >>>> player > >>>> have poor connection. If I look at my hlsw I see that a few servers of > >>>> mine > >>>> are waiting for a new lobby. Why do I get assigned to a server far, > >>>> > > far, > > > >>>> far > >>>> away, while my servers are empty. Yesterday I played on a France > >>>> > > server, > > > >>>> while I'm dutch. I don't believe that there wasn't any dutch lobby > >>>> available > >>>> during the search. > >>>> > >>>> Halve of my community is play l4d, but I never see anybody on 1 of my 7 > >>>> l4d > >>>> servers. > >>>> > >>>> So my question. How does the assignment is going? Is the leader of the > >>>> lobby > >>>> responsible for the choice of dedicated server? Or does this work? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > > > > __________ NOD32 3597 (20081108) Informatie __________ > > > > Dit bericht is gecontroleerd door het NOD32 Antivirus Systeem. > > http://www.nod32.nl > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds