I had a good laugh when I read the press release on steamworks. If you ask me the lobby system is still very much beta.
-----Original Message----- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Shelley Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:34 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] L4D Search_key Agreed - although Steamworks doesnt agree.... Matchmaking / Lobbies Steamworks' multiplayer back-end is powered by robust matchmaking and lobby technology. The same technology that drives the quick and accurate match-ups in Left 4 Dead can be used in your game. Hardly robust, Hardly quick. L4D is an awesome game, but the lobby just doesnt work right. Last night it took 8 lobby creation attempts by me and my friends just to get a game on an offical dedi server, only for it to crash 3 chapters in. Aside from the gameplay itself, its f***ing baffling to see how its won any awards. Its getting sick now, and ech time im in a lobby, players just slag it off no end. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Dustin Wyatt <dustin.wy...@gmail.com>wrote: > As far as I can tell, the whole L4D server-joining and filtering system > just > doesn't work reliably at this point. > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Brent Veal <naslund.fan...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > I find that sometimes it just doesnt work. On the odd occasion that it's > > not > > working, I'll just create a brand new lobby and it will always work in > the > > second lobby. Same goes for the ms_force_dedicated command > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:02 AM, DontWannaName! <ad...@topnotchclan.com > > >wrote: > > > > > When I was in my L4D server and then quit to open another lobby and > used > > > my sv_search_key, it never found my server and looks for it forever. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.283 / Virus Database: 270.11.27/2021 - Release Date: 03/25/09 07:16:00 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
