What exactly does the switch -nomaster do? I managed to play around on my testbox yesterday with verses maps and it seemed to keep people out while it I had it passworded.
________________________________ From: Kevin Ottalini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:35:54 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] Start more then 10 Servers on Windows Start your server IP addresses at some higher port number like 27100 and go up from there. You can disable the srctv port on the launch properties: -nohltv The cl ports will stop being assigned at 27014 but those shouldn't cause any problems (I have players on right now with a server like that) You better have 3+GB of memory on that system, 11ea L4D SRCDS servers took up 2.75GB on my test system (with no players). http://qsextreme.com/L4D/11_SRCDS_L4D_Win32.PNG I found that turning off the log echo helped the lag a bit, especially with a lot of servers: sv_logecho 0 Very odd, I had all those servers set -nomaster (and password) and I joined one with a client to check it, suddenly the server was full of players! Apparently -nomaster (along with sv_password) is not honored by the lobby system either so that is not a secure method of locking either. hehe, hats off to Valve for getting players into servers even under the most challanging of circumstances! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander 'Alex' Kramer (Electronic Sports League)" To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:11 PM Subject: [hlds] Start more then 10 Servers on Windows > On my Windows 2003 Server i can only start 10 L4D Servers. The first > Server > will start with Port 27040 SV / 27005 CL and the CL Port will increase > until > 27014 at Server #10. Will i start Server #11, the CL Port change to -1 and > i > became a warning, that the UDP_OpenSocket is unable to bind. Note that the > port 27015 is still free, i start with Server ports 27040. > > Are there a limited numbers of Servers that i can start on one IP? > > //Alex _______________________________________________ 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
