sv_steamgroup just makes the server show up in the list on the main menu of all members and had no effect on lobbies. sv_search_key filters lobby server searches to servers with matching keys.
Aaron Rapp wrote: > Ok....I'm not getting anything new, but I think I need to understand a bit > more the use of each of these cvars. > > With just sv_steamgroup....that should automatically put a member of that > steamgroup into one of our servers, correct? Or no? > > With sv_search_key...that is just another way of doing it? Either one, > should put a member of our steam group, or someone putting in our search > key, into one of our servers, if it's open. > > > > Aaron Rapp > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of chris bernard > Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 5:55 AM > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlds] Quick question about sv_search_key > > > I use sv_search_key "yourkeyhere" (with quotes) in the sever.cfg. I do not > use sv_steamgroup. Then on my end(client side) I have a autoexec.cfg in > C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\cfg folder > with sv_search_key "yourkeyhere" (with quotes). Not sure if this matters or > not but I also have sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0 in the server.cfg. When I > start a game from the lobby it finds my server and connects with in a few > seconds. IMHO it finds and connects to the server faster after the latest > patch. I hope that helps. > > >> From: crazydog...@gmail.com >> Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 04:52:03 -0700 >> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Quick question about sv_search_key >> >> That works fine for me too, except for getting random people. >> >> It might be an issue with the server since I removed the searchkey and the >> steamgroup (just to be safe. It's not exclusive), and left it that way for >> > a > >> few hours, and nobody connected... >> This is probably a question for a different conversation, but what could >> cause that? I can see the server fine through the server browser (in >> favorites), and myself and everyone I play with are able to connect to it >> just fine. Could something in sourcemod be doing this? >> >> >> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 2:57 AM, Mike Zimmermann <rem...@remmiz.com> wrote: >> >> >>> It works fine for me though. I have the exact thing set on my server's >>> server.cfg: >>> *sv_search_key 1013,key:KEYHERE* >>> >>> And in my client's autoexec.cfg: >>> *sv_search_key KEYHERE* >>> >>> And I gets tons of random people and I can connect fine using just the >>> search key. It's full 90% of the time; I usually have to kick people off >>> > so > >>> I can get on. What do you get when you run sv_showtags? My server shows: >>> >>> Tags: >>> Public : empty,key:KEYHERE1013,coop,versus,survival >>> Private: empty,key:1013,key:KEYHERE1013,coop,versus,survival >>> >>> -Mike >>> >>> >>> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 4:08 AM, Jonah Hirsch <crazydog...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Here's a quick update... >>>> >>>> I have sv_search_key is this: >>>> >>>> sv_search key "1013,key:MYKEYGOESHERE" >>>> >>>> both in the server *AND* in my client. >>>> >>>> I can connect to my server just fine (~80% of the time?) doing this. >>>> >>>> HOWEVER: >>>> I have only had a few (one or two) instances in the past week in which >>>> random people joined my server. Not even during the free couple of >>>> > days > >>>> did I have people in my server except for people I knew. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> So, it seems that sv_search key "1013,key:MYKEYGOESHERE" does not work >>>> like intended. You will mostly get your server, but you will never >>>> > find > >>>> another server if you're in a lobby when your server is being used, >>>> > and > >>>> you will barely ever get other people in your server. >>>> >>>> Jonah Hirsch wrote: >>>> >>>>> I know this has been answered before, but it's a bit too specific to >>>>> read through all the sv_search_key messages for. >>>>> >>>>> True or false: When you have sv_search_key set, people who do NOT >>>>> > have > >>>>> it set can still connect to your server through a lobby. >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Jonah Hirsch >> ----------------------- >> Sent from my Blackberry >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows LiveT: Keep your life in sync. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 > _______________________________________________ > 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
