I'm not positive, but I think one of the updates made it so that if you chose to bind your server to a group at all, the server would be removed from the matchmaking process whether steamgroup_exclusive was set or not. The exclusive flag comes into play because if it's not set, people outside the group will still be able to join if they happen to know the server information or if they join through the server browser. If you choose to set it to exclusive, then players must be a member of the group to even join.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Ryan Waye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently running one dedicated server on a Linux box, and I have > noticed that it is rarely used. I will keep the console up to see the > events going on on the server, and it seems that the majority of the time > the server does nothing but send heartbeats to the master server. I can > join the server through the serverbrowser and via the steamgroup interface > (it is NOT steamgroup_exclusive) with no problems, so I don't believe the > issue, if there is one, is technical. I suppose the question I need to ask > is this: how often are your servers idling in comparison to their usage > time? I expected that with the so-called "server communism" the demand for > servers would drastically outstrip supply. > And on a side note, I have my server starting on a versus map for > convenience, but I don't really mind if it does versus or coop. Will the > master server switch between the two if necessary? I see that if you go to > the serverbrowser some servers have the "reserved" tag while many others do > not. Is there some cvar that needs to be changed so that my server can be > "reserved" for matchmaking? > _______________________________________________ > 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
