I wouldn't be surprised if this was done intentionally to force servers to be public. This would allow them to make some advertisement campaigns based around the number of publically available servers online within "48 hours" of release or whatever.
Brent Veal wrote: > As far as I know, there is no workaround to get a proper password on a > server. Best you can do is set an sv_search_key so public lobbies cannot > gain access to your server. We need an update from valve to fix the password > option, but it's probably not very high on the list of priority fixes. > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Joseph Laws <jl...@hd-gaming.com> wrote: > > >> Shockingly, VALVe released a game that wasn't fully finished. It's >> never happened before. ;p >> >> pet wrote: >> >>> Hallo >>> >>> Has anybody any idea how to solve the problem with sv_password issue in >>> left 4 dead 2. When lam trying to put this in server.cfg, server doesn't >>> appears on the server list and nobody can connect, any help would be >>> appreciate. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> >> please visit: >> >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 9.0.709 / Virus Database: 270.14.80/2523 - Release Date: >>> >> 11/24/09 02:46:00 >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.709 / Virus Database: 270.14.80/2523 - Release Date: 11/24/09 > 02:46:00 > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux