Alfred, is it possible to force a client to re-ping the servers when they run the update command ? If clients were able to locate the best server at update time to connect to, then surely a lot of the ill's that people experience with slow updates will just fade away ?
If the above is not possible then : Where does the steam client store this information ? and is it possible to be altered to a preferred server ? Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alfred Reynolds Sent: 09 August 2004 05:34 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Selecting Content Servers Once a month or so it "pings" a number of content servers and chooses the one with the lowest latency to determine the region ("cell") you are in. - Alfred ----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Britt Priddy (PZGN) Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 9:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Selecting Content Servers > Is the only way to obtain a different content server to delete the > ClientRegistry.blob and its possible be assigned a new content > server? How does it know our region? By IP or the servers we > connect to? > > > _____________________________ > Britt Priddy > Network Engineer > Power Zones Gaming Network > www.powerzones.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfred Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 9:53 PM > Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Selecting Content Servers > > > > The Steam client currently auto-discovers your "region" based on a > > graph of content servers we have defined. There are no user > > configurable parts to this system. > > > > ----Original Message---- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > AgentHH Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:44 PM To: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] > > Selecting Content Servers > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > I haven't tried it, but I'm not sure how well it will work. I've > > > > sniffed the traffic thats flowing when updating steam before, > > > > and it seems to contact a master (authentication?) server in > > > > the US which then says use this content server. I'm not sure if > > > > the master server cares that you can't contact the server. I > > > > would hope the client would go, can';t get to that server, give > > > > me another.. but it's something worth playing with! > > > > > > > > john > > > > > > I can't say I'm having stellar successes right now. Steam seems to > > > contact a master server (I've seen Valve Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 14) and > > > uses that for a content server as well. If I disconnect my > > > Internet connection, it tries a combination of those three and > > > then says "Steam cannot connect blah blah blah". > > > > > > I think _VALVE_ should do something to help us out here by > > > allowing to select a specific server, or at least specify our > > > (client) region, as this seems to be something that's going to be > > > an ugly hack, if it even works. > > > > > > --AgentHH > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux *********************************************** This e-mail and its attachments are confidential and are intended for the above named recipient only. If this has come to you in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail from your system. You must take no action based on this, nor must you copy or disclose it or any part of its contents to any person or organisation. Statements and opinions contained in this email may not necessarily represent those of Littlewoods. Please note that e-mail communications may be monitored. The registered office of Littlewoods Limited and its subsidiaries is 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L70 1AB. Registered number of Littlewoods Limited is 262152. ************************************************ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
