Would this be done by having the following lines in the server.cfg? sv_search_key "" sv_search_key "mykey"
If not what did you mean? I have a group server (not Steam Group Only) that is nice to control with a _svsearch_key but I'd love to have open to other people joining without the sv_search_key Logan Mike Zimmermann wrote: > Brent is correct. Essentially, if a server doesn't have a custom search key > set, it will be automatically set to "key:1013". This is the public search > key. When you specify a custom sv_search_key, the code adds "key:" to the > start of it and "1013" to the end of it. So you would have: > "key:customkey1013". This is used for private serach key servers. You can > have multiple search keys by tricking the sv_search_key into generating two. > Since it automatically adds "key:" to the front and "1013" to the tail and > keys are seperated by a comma, our public and private key would become > "key:1013,key:someuniquekey1013" and it would be available for both public > lobbies and private, search key lobbies. > > -Mike > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Brent Veal <naslund.fan...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> I believe that 1013 is the current version number for L4D. If there are >> further updates that change the version number, you would probably have to >> change your search key accordingly. >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Nikolay Shopik <sho...@inblock.ru> >> wrote: >> >> >>> On 10.06.2009 21:40, Mike Zimmermann wrote: >>> >>>> However, doing this will prevent anyone from joining your server unless >>>> >>> they >>> >>>> are using the same search key. If you wish to still allow random >>>> >> lobbies >> >>> to >>> >>>> use your server, replace the line in your server.cfg with this: >>>> sv_search_key "1013,key:someuniquekey" >>>> >>> What is 1013, just special number (appears to be version of L4D) when >>> L4D doing search for empty lobbies? >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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