Yes, you can change the number of zombies, hitboxes, etc. I was just listing it as an example of undocumented things you can do.
This has everything to do with documentation. Documentation is supposed to tell us what does what, what we can change, what we can't change, what the effects are, etc. I want to limit my server to coop only because whenever it becomes a versus server it sits empty, and if i want to play with my friends I have to rcon in and force a map change, or restart it. I don't particularly like the versus mode. If a lobby is set to versus mode, and my server is set to coop only, it shouldn't join my server. As it is, we have NO DOCUMENTATION to tell us what the intended behavior of versus vs coop modes is, the effect of lobbies of a different type trying to join your server, etc. Valve Fails At Documentation. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:09:54 +0000 > Subject: Re: [hlds] How about some server instructions and server.cfg files? > > None of this is about documentation. It's about the server being done in a > certain way, and you wishing it was different. Some of the things you are > talking about make good sense to me (there should be a proper lobby for > direct connect / steam group joins, although this is a client issue not a > server one). Some of them should not imo be possible without a server-side > mod (like changing game behaviour like the amount of zombies; can't remember > offhand if that exists as a cheat command atm or not). Some of them make no > sense (like wanting to limit to coop or versus only - what's supposed to > happen after a versus lobby has tried to connect to a server that's > restricted the maps to coop only?) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hlds- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blood Letter > > Sent: 25 November 2008 16:30 > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > Subject: Re: [hlds] How about some server instructions and server.cfg > > files? > > > > > > What about maplists and map cycles? Or mission cycles? > > What about switching between versus and coop maps? > > > > Why is my server currently on a versus map, when I only have coop maps > > in the maplist, and it starts on the hospital coop mission (via command > > line)? > > There is no way for users to vote for a different map type in the gui. > > There should be. (Then there should be an option for server admins to > > restrict their servers to a specific type or not.) > > > > What about controlling team balance between survivors and zombies in a > > versus map? Too many times I've seen it be 4 survivors vs 2 infected. > > What about controlling the behavior of the director, the hitbox values, > > the max number of infected spawned at any given time, etc.? > > > > My server is up and running fine, except for it randomly switching to > > versus maps when I want coop only. It's not an issue of people being > > unable to set up servers, it's an issue of non-existent documentation > > from Valve. Valve has no documentation. I'm done working for Valve. > > I'm not going > > to support their games with my money, my time, and my servers until > > they support me. > > > > > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:09:05 -0600 > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] How about some server instructions and server.cfg > > files? > > > > > > QFT. Documentation complete. > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:50 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Left4dead servers are very much easier to run than other source > > servers, as > > > > so much is decided runtime by the matchmaking system... set your IP > > and > > > > port, edit the motd and host files, and set a custom hostname and > > you've > > > > pretty much done all that's needed... optionally set a steam group > > ID, and > > > > optionally make it exclusive, and I'm struggling to think what else > > needs > > > > doing. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Proud to be a PC? Show the world. 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