That is what I said when I started this thread. But I got Flamed for it. My pub servers are vanilla and my search_key servers have sourcemod installed however I don't use it to change the game play at all just administration.
But it is what it is I guess I got untill the 26th if it is still the same I will canceling My ded boxes and renting 1 or 2 private servers. Quoting Richard Eid <richard....@gmail.com>: > http://store.steampowered.com/news/2349/ > > That's what is going on. Left 4 Dead players are now going to official > servers by default. Since the nature of the lobby system would allow for > people to end up on any random server out there, the Left 4 Dead experience > was being ruined by modded servers. If you create a lobby and look under > Game Settings, you now have the options of Official Dedicated(default), Best > Available Dedicated and Local Server. It's now up to the player to decide > which type of server he or she wants to end up on. > > My guess, which can't be all that far off just by noticing what's been > mentioned here on HLDS, is that players are using the default of Official > Dedicated because it guarantees them the cleanest experience possible. > > -Richard Eid > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Mark Edwards > <sixtysixno...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> Zero players on our three L4D servers in the 48 hours or so since the >> second >> update. What is going on? >> >> >> > From: Admin Bob <admin_...@cox.net> >> >> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> >> > <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> >> >> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 7:48:41 AM >> >> > Subject: Re: [hlds] L4D Client Update >> >> > >> >> > Still empty. Still getting errors: >> >> > A2C_print from 68.142.72.250:2701 >> >> > Bad challenge >> >> > >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> >> > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >> >> > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Adam >> Nowacki >> >> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 2:09 AM >> >> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> >> > Subject: Re: [hlds] L4D Client Update >> >> > >> >> > Blood Letter wrote: >> >> > > So did this update fix the empty server issue for anyone? >> >> > > Mine is still bone dry. >> >> > >> >> > Maybe because people want to play on official servers? The search >> works >> >> > now and will actually fall back to non-official servers thanks to a >> >> > longer search timeout. >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
