Eric-Jan Riemers wrote: > I once saw the tip.. > > Put this in console "sv_cheats 1;ms_force_dedicated_server > 213.206.x.x:27030" > > Since my sv_search_key does not always work for some odd reason.. > However as of the latest update sometimes the force dedicated doesn't work > either, then I just start my server up again (or a second one, or hand the > string to someone else) and then it works. So its not all flawless. > > You have to have your own server for this, but besides this all, you already > need too since you want to kick the person that went into your team with a > new level so your buddy can join again :P > That is exactly my problem. If I want to, i can just open the server browser and connect to my server. Then I can invite my friends and keep kicking people until all my friends finally get in. This is very unpleasent though, especially for the people getting kicked. And also, after my friends are in we have to vote to get back to the lobby to set up the game we like.
I just want to be able to create a friends-only lobby on my server, invite my friends and have a nice game. So now that I got my config files working I tried sv_search_key again. But my server is never found when I start a game from the lobby. So I tried using the steamgroup feature. It looked very promising as it also seems to be the feature that integrates well into the L4D GUI. And my server does show up right in the main menu. Yet when I click on it it will always show me the lobby for a second and then send me right into the game. Then I'm left with the same problem as before. > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] Namens Oliver Salzburg > Verzonden: zaterdag 27 december 2008 3:15 > Aan: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Onderwerp: Re: [hlds_linux] sv_search_key not working > > It's a dedicated server. > But while working on this problem right now i realized my server config > files are in the wrong folder. > I had them in the left4dead root. But they have to go in the cfg folder > as it seems :( > Sorry for the trouble. > > Richard Eid wrote: > >> Just to throw this out there, if your server is behind the same router as >> the system you're gaming from, you may run into some trouble. I've not >> > been > >> successful yet at getting sv_search_key to work. My server is behind the >> same router as my gaming rig and it just sits there and never finds it. >> > If > >> I have someone else set their search_key to my server's >> > sv_search_key...key, > >> they find it with no troubles. >> >> -Richard Eid >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Oliver Salzburg >> > <oliversalzb...@web.de>wrote: > >> >> >>> I don't use a password. This is my server config: >>> hostname gencha's L4D Servers - No Mercy - Normal >>> Difficulty >>> rcon_password "nothingspecial" >>> map l4d_hospital01_apartment >>> m_difficulty normal >>> sv_search_key "gencha" >>> sv_lan 0 >>> sv_region 3 >>> sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 1 >>> >>> I also tried the search key without quotes. I also tried it with and >>> without quotes in the game. Without any luck. >>> >>> David Parker wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I'm not sure if they have removed support for sv_search_key, but they >>>> >>>> >>> talked about removing it at one point. Last I knew it still worked, but >>> > not > >>> if the server also had a password set. I was trying to use sv_search_key >>> and sv_password to lock down a server and I wasn't able to find it from >>> > the > >>> lobby unless I removed the password. >>> >>> >>>> - Dave >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Oliver Salzburg <oliversalzb...@web.de> >>>> Date: Friday, December 26, 2008 8:24 pm >>>> Subject: [hlds_linux] sv_search_key not working >>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list < >>>> >>>> >>> hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I have set a search key in my server config and I set it up in >>>>> my client. >>>>> Yet when I start a lobby and search for a server it doesn't find any. >>>>> Is there anything I am missing about this feature? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
