The point is, that's how server operators want to run their server. People on this mailing list really have it in their heads that there is only 1 way to run a server. But I digress.
One advantage is that a game hosting company wants to limit what type of games can be run, so that they don't oversell or max out their hardware. It is crazy to have to assume that every L4D server you run is always running at 8 players so that you don't tax your CPU and RAM. If it were possible to allow Campaign or Versus ONLY, it would be easier to estimate hardware usage. Another advantage is exactly what you said. I run a game community, and I want to provide a Campaign server and a Versus server for my players. I can't explicitly do that right now. The point is that we should be able to. On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 14:24 -0700, Jonah Hirsch wrote: > What's the point of making a vs or campaign only server? > I can see the advantage if you're using sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0 > and you want to advertise in the browser, but other than that, there's > really no point. > > > msleeper wrote: > > I've noticed this too, thanks for the confirmation. > > > > I think what a lot of people are trying to ask though, myself included, > > is what is the proper way to make a Versus ONLY server or a Campaign > > ONLY server. I've tried editing the maplist and mapcycle files to no > > avail - which makes sense, there is no way for the server to announce to > > the Lobby system that it is running an altered config. I read that > > others have removed the Campaign or Versus .bsp files which, without > > testing myself, makes me think the server just errors out and dumps the > > clients except for when they try to play a game the server has maps for. > > > > Maybe I'm wrong though. > > > > On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 14:13 -0700, Jonah Hirsch wrote: > > > >> Hi guys. > >> Just so you know, if people start a vs. lobby, and connect to your > >> server, your server automatically becomes a vs. server. No configuration > >> needed. One server can be both. > >> > >> I haven't seen this mentioned here, but I have seen many people asking > >> how to make a vs. server. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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
