Simply adding it to the "status" output would be rad. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Tony Paloma <to...@valvesoftware.com> wrote: > The problem wasn't that there was a '=' sign in the token string. The problem > was people were assigning the ConVar with an equals sign: > tf_server_identity_token = dfF3nn3c1$%# > > This isn't the proper way to do it. You need to assign it like any other > ConVar. We're changing the output of cl_gameserver_create_identity to make > that more clear. > > We'll look into adding a command to display your server's authentication > status. > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of msleeper > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:07 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 registered servers: check for rogue '=' in the convar > settings > > Fletcher - Would it be possible to add in a command to make the server give > us the on-boot authentication string at will? It doesn't seem to report that > on map change, only when the server is first starting up, and if your server > happens to be populated at the time, it's a death sentence to ask us to > reboot the server just to check if we're authenticating correctly. > > Also: my server's identity token didn't have quote marks in it, so I added > that and I'm testing now. But, my other 3 servers don't have quote marks > either, so it's strange that just the one server would be having the problem. > There was no = sign in the token string. > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Tres <madeinte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Same here. Gifts drop for a while then stop, with a full server. Have >> to restart to get them back. Rinse, repeat. Love the event, though. >> Glad you guys are running it as long as you are. :) >> >> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Andreas Grimm <l...@gmx.net> wrote: >>> >>> My gameservers run halloween maps 24/7 without any mapchanges. >>> >>> >>> >>> This morning they dropped gifts without any problems, but a few hours >>> later they stopped dropping the gifts. >>> >>> I changed nothing during the runtime and all servers are successfully >>> registered. Only a complete server restart solved the problem. >>> >>> >>> >>> After the restart the gift drops were back. >>> >>> >>> >>> Atm it seems that they stopped dropping gifts again. 30 players on >>> it, registered, get gifts earlier this day and now - nothing. >>> >>> Is there any "registration timeout" or something like that active? >>> >>> >>> >>> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >>> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Fletcher >>> Dunn >>> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 10:42 PM >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list; Half-Life >>> dedicated Linux server mailing list >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 registered servers: check for rogue '=' in >>> the convar settings >>> >>> >>> >>> One last thing. >>> >>> >>> >>> You *should* see either this line: >>> >>> >>> >>> Game server authentication: SUCCESS! Standing: %s. Trend: >>> %s >>> >>> >>> >>> or this line: >>> >>> >>> >>> Game server authentication: FAILURE! >>> >>> >>> >>> Pretty soon upon boot. If you don't that means your server is not >>> even attempting to sign on, and there's probably something wrong with >>> the convars. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you see the SUCCESS! message, but are still not getting Halloween >>> drops, please post that fact on this list. >>> >>> >>> >>> Your humble servant, >>> >>> Fletch >>> >>> >>> >>> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >>> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Fletcher >>> Dunn >>> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 1:38 PM >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list; Half-Life >>> dedicated >>> Win32 server mailing list >>> Subject: [hlds] TF2 registered servers: check for rogue '=' in the >>> convar settings >>> >>> >>> >>> If your server is not getting Halloween drops, check if your config >>> file has an '=' in the lines to set the registration convars. >>> >>> >>> >>> Also, make sure you put the identity token in quotes. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you have these two problems, you probably (quite reasonably) cut >>> and paste the two config file lines from the client console when you >>> registered your server. That output erroneously had the ='s in them, >>> and did not quote the identity token. We fixed the output soon after >>> we shipped the registered server feature, which explains why a lot of >>> people not getting the drops are also saying that they have been registered >>> for a long time. >>> >>> >>> >>> In case that does not fix the problem, the next update will provide >>> more verbose logging so such errors will not go undetected for so long. >>> >>> >>> >>> Your humble servant, >>> >>> Fletch >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >
_______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
