I can also confirm that all of our 32 player servers have not been hit by lag that was non-existent before. My players (about half of which are paying customers) are understandably upset, and my in-box is being hammered with complaints about TF2 server performance since the update. I should note that we run very high-end hardware, with one 2.6 Ghz core and 2GB of memory dedicated to each TF2 instance, and never saw any server-side lag prior to this patch. In addition, our sv_maxrate has always been set to 30000.
Couple that with the fact that the intermittent timeout on map change bug still rears it's ugly head several times per day, AND we've been hit by the DDOS exploit/attack (until a community member came up with a fix), and I have to wonder exactly what WAS fixed in the last patch? Honeslty, why keep on working on new content, when there are so many game-breaking bugs that need to be addressed? I hate to see the performance of everyone's TF2 servers once they are getting hammered with even more traffic by achievement-seekers if the Scout update is released without fixing these glaring problems with the underlying game engine. On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM, <hlds-requ...@list.valvesoftware.com> wrote: > Send hlds mailing list submissions to > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > hlds-requ...@list.valvesoftware.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > hlds-ow...@list.valvesoftware.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of hlds digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. OFFTOPIC - dedicated servers of non-Valve games (Roman Hatsiev) > 2. Re: New srcds exploit (Timothy L Havener) > 3. Re: OFFTOPIC - dedicated servers of non-Valve games (Rick Payton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 22:37:23 +0300 > From: Roman Hatsiev <otst...@gmail.com> > Subject: [hlds] OFFTOPIC - dedicated servers of non-Valve games > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > Message-ID: > <aef11e040902021137o5a5f1das2519d5586eef5...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I'm really sorry about clogging the list with irrelevant message but I > need a bit of help from my fellow admins. > > Here is my problem - I'm looking for a places to ask technical > questions about dedicated servers of the following games: BF2, BF2142, > UT3, COD4, COD5. And, preferably, receive answers! > > Should you know these please let me know. I would be really grateful > for your help and my apologies again for this off-topic. > > Best regards, > > Roman > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:50:05 -0500 > From: Timothy L Havener <timotheus_have...@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > Message-ID: <49874e6d.5050...@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > that's an epic parenting fail right there. these kids have way too much > free time on their hands to come up with this crap. > > Justin wrote: > > http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=558846 > > He's selling it too.. > > > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:18 PM, DontWannaName! > > <dontwannaname...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > > > >> I dont think there is a way to stop the attacks because he uses a few > >> commands and such. He also crashes the server before the server can tell > him > >> that he is banned. I think IP banning him may work? 86.3.49.194 He has a > lot > >> of steamids so a steam ban wont work, wont authenticate either. He isnt > >> really getting your rcon password from what I have seen. > >> http://download.chrisaster.com/garrysmod/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Chris <headad...@gmail.com> > >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list < > >> hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > >> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:25:51 AM > >> Subject: Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit > >> > >> ok, how to block this command? > >> > >> The sm command blocker plugin? > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Chad Austin <c...@pcchemical.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > >>> dsplittber...@gmail.com wrote: > >>> > >>>> thank god he gave us the link to where we can buy these exploits :p > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >>>> > >>> please visit: > >>> > >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> anyone willing to buy the programs and provide a packet dump? > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:51:06 -1000 > From: "Rick Payton" <r...@mai-hawaii.com> > Subject: Re: [hlds] OFFTOPIC - dedicated servers of non-Valve games > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > Message-ID: > <a15f2101e673f849810e950fa911945a066...@mail.mai-hawaii.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Well for the call of duty series, there's icculus.org that covers both > windows and *nix admins. I think there's also a dedicated *nix mailing > list for UT on the same site as well, but don't quote me on that. The > battlefield series, there's plents of forums that will get you quick > replies, mailings I don't know of any. > --mauirixxx > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Roman Hatsiev > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:37 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: [hlds] OFFTOPIC - dedicated servers of non-Valve games > > I'm really sorry about clogging the list with irrelevant message but I > need a bit of help from my fellow admins. > > Here is my problem - I'm looking for a places to ask technical questions > about dedicated servers of the following games: BF2, BF2142, UT3, COD4, > COD5. And, preferably, receive answers! > > Should you know these please let me know. I would be really grateful for > your help and my apologies again for this off-topic. > > Best regards, > > Roman > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > End of hlds Digest, Vol 12, Issue 6 > *********************************** > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
