I don't even know why I bothered to try to help you. Why don't you try what I suggested and figure it out fully for yourself.
And the other guy had a legit question. You don't get to police this mailing list. If you ask a question, you best expect people to respond to the best of their ability, and even raise further questions. On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Jonathan Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Thats a much lower level of question than this thread is attempting to > address. Please try to avoid polluting the thread. > > L4D uses a nearly identical server setup to all the rest of the Valve > games and is in general command line and configuration file based. > Plenty of documentation on the basics is available from Valve. > > Jonathan Ritchie > > 2008/11/20 msleeper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Is there any way to edit these options from the GUI, or does a client > > have to input these in the console and/or a config file? > > > > On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 18:23 -0500, o k wrote: > >> Sounds like you need to use a search key. Set the same key on your > server, > >> and on your client when you make the lobby. And in theory, it should > choose > >> your server to join from the lobby, because the search key is the same. > At > >> least that's how I understood it. > >> > >> > >> sv_search_key : 0 : : > >> When searching for a dedicated server from lobby, restrict search to > only > >> dedicated servers having the same sv_search_key. > >> > >> > >> sv_search_max_ping : 250 > >> : : Maximum acceptable ping when lobby leader searches > for > >> dedicated servers. > >> > >> > >> sv_search_max_results : 75 > >> : : Stop searching for dedicated servers once this many > are > >> found. > >> > >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Jonathan Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > >> > >> > My bad - I forgot to say what happens at the moment. > >> > > >> > The server starts and runs. I can connect to it using my internal ip. > >> > My friends can connect to it using my external ip. We can play fine > >> > with the exception that we cannot use a lobby so we cannot choose > >> > characters. I just restart the server to specify the difficulty we > >> > want and then in game we choose the campaign. > >> > > >> > Sometimes, very occasionally I can see the server listed as a steam > >> > group server on my main L4D game menu. My friends have never reported > >> > seeing this, but I have never managed to get them to check at a time > >> > when I can see it. > >> > > >> > I can see the server listed in both the LAN tabs and the custom tab of > >> > the serverbrowser available in the console with openserverbrowser. > >> > > >> > So I really need: > >> > > >> > 1. A way to choose characters. > >> > 2. A way for my friends to connect to my server without using a > >> > console and connect command, or the serverbrowser (because L4D should > >> > use matchmaking). > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > Jonathan Ritchie > >> > > >> > 2008/11/20 Jonathan Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > > Hello > >> > > > >> > > I have read the lists and the forums and I cant find a solution for > >> > > what I want to do that I can test reliably. I figured I would just > >> > > post what I want to happen and you guys can tell me why its hard to > do > >> > > either from the configuration or network side. > >> > > > >> > > I have a series of computers behind a firewall/router. They all have > >> > > local IP numbers. I run my server on a machine with IP 192.168.1.4. > I > >> > > want to run a Left 4 Dead server on this machine that has the > >> > > following characteristics. > >> > > > >> > > 1. Only people in a given steam group should be able to connect to > it. > >> > > No passwords should be required either. > >> > > > >> > > 2. If a user is in my steam group all they need to do is to go to > >> > > option to play on a server for my steam group. When they create a > >> > > lobby here (instead of connecting directly) then they will use my > >> > > server - it will not be a public lobby. > >> > > > >> > > 3. The game will display the fact that a steam group server is > >> > > available on the main menu to all users of my steamgroup all of the > >> > > time. This seems to work VERY VERY OCCASIONALLY at the moment (like > 5% > >> > > of the time its there, 95% its not - status can change without a > >> > > server restart). > >> > > > >> > > 4. Its easy to connect to my server using a lobby - this is > important > >> > > because at the moment there IS NO WAY TO CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER. The > >> > > other way to phrase this is you do not have to connect to a server > >> > > that is already running a game. I want to start a new one.... > >> > > > >> > > To me this all seems incredibly basic. > >> > > > >> > > We have a variable that sets the steam group id for a server. When > the > >> > > client checks for a steam group server it just matches these strings > >> > > and only returns these servers. I cannot see how this cannot work > >> > > reliably. When you create a new lobby for a steam group, it must > find > >> > > one of those servers as long as they are broadcasting to the master, > >> > > and mine clearly suggests that it is. The lobby code works in > general, > >> > > so I don't see why it does not see my server. > >> > > > >> > > I am pretty sure that the steam master servers can see my server. > When > >> > > I start it up it says: > >> > > > >> > > Adding master server 69.28.140.247:27011 > >> > > Adding master server 68.142.72.250:27011 > >> > > Sending heartbeat to master server... > >> > > Connection to steam servers successful. > >> > > VAC secure mode is activated. > >> > > > >> > > So I don't understand why it fails, don't understand why it is not > >> > > consistent and don't understand why I cant create a lobby then > connect > >> > > to my server in some way.... Its all very frustrating. > >> > > > >> > > My server.cfg: > >> > > > >> > > // Server Name > >> > > hostname "Rico's Left 4 Dead Server" > >> > > > >> > > // Rcon Cvars > >> > > rcon_password somepassword > >> > > > >> > > // this will allows you to find a server through matchmaking with a > >> > > specific search string > >> > > // note that I have tried with and without this key > >> > > sv_search_key some_special_key > >> > > > >> > > // steam group that has access to the server > >> > > sv_steamgroup 599155 > >> > > > >> > > // only for members of certain steam group > >> > > // also tried a value of 2 here > >> > > sv_steamgroup_exclusive 1 > >> > > > >> > > // region > >> > > sv_region 2 > >> > > > >> > > And my startup line: > >> > > > >> > > srcds.exe -console -game left4dead -autoupdate +map > >> > > l4d_hospital01_apartment +ip 192.168.1.4 -port 27015 -nohltv > +sv_lan 0 > >> > > > >> > > I have read this post: > >> > > > >> > > http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=752866 > >> > > > >> > > and other long threads on the forums and mailing list. > >> > > > >> > > Sorry for the long post. If people cant help I hope it stimulates > >> > discussions. > >> > > > >> > > Thanks > >> > > > >> > > Jonathan Ritchie > >> > > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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
