I forgot to mention earlier today that, since no one else did, I can confirm that it all works as it should as far as this stuff goes, now. Hopefully this confirmation helps someone else who is in the position I was before :P
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Jeff Sugar <jeffsu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can anyone confirm that, as long as sv_visiblemaxplayers set to 24, it > displays both the player count and max players properly in both the Steam > browser and TF2's? If so, does it require the replays to be enabled in the > command line, or can you do so in your server.cfg and it still works? > > Given the track record on these kinds of fixes, I'm wary of just jumping in > and hoping it's fixed, especially considering it requires a restart each > time it's enabled/disabled if you do it the command line way. These bugs > were the only thing keeping us from enabling them, so I'm crossing my > fingers here. > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Ross Bemrose <rbemr...@vgmusic.com> wrote: > >> The in-game server browser was never the problem for me... it was showing >> properly the last time I checked it (24/24 players). >> >> It's the Steam browser that has been wrong, since roughly 2009, whenever >> SourceTV (or now replay) is enabled, showing 24/25 players for a full >> 24-player server. >> >> We know why this is: The Steam server browser doesn't display bots. >> However, this naive decision doesn't take into account bots that are always >> present and increase maxplayers, such as SourceTV or replay. >> >> >> On 7/1/2011 4:08 PM, Jonah Hirsch wrote: >> >>> My server with replays no longer acts as if replay is a bot, and the >>> in-game >>> server browser is no longer out of 23, so something was fixed in this >>> update >>> related to the replay bot and player count. >>> ----------------------- >>> Jonah Hirsch >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Flubber<flub...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> My server with replay still report 24/25, i have to change >>>> sv_visiblemaxplayers to 24 in order to correct it. >>>> >>>> 2011/7/1 Claudio >>>> Beretta<beretta.claudio@gmail.**com<beretta.clau...@gmail.com> >>>> > >>>> >>>> HLDS updater has this feature too: >>>>> Steam.cfg >>>>> PreferredContentServerIDs = "id1 id2 id3" >>>>> where idX should be the valve content server ID as seen on >>>>> http://store.steampowered.com/**stats/content/<http://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/> >>>>> >>>>> In my experience, clients almost always download much faster than the >>>>> >>>> HLDS >>>> >>>>> download tool, it even looks like they download multiple files in >>>>> >>>> parallel. >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Ian R. Justman<i...@ian-justman.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 07/01/2011 10:57, Claudio Beretta wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> the funny thing is that clients ALWAYS download stuff faster than >>>>>>> >>>>>> servers >>>>> >>>>>> Probably because the clients have their own download servers, and you >>>>>> >>>>> can >>>> >>>>> tell your client where to pick up upates, which for me is either San >>>>>> >>>>> Jose, >>>>> >>>>>> CA (when I'm at my current place of residence, Fresno, CA) or >>>>>> >>>>> Sacramento, >>>> >>>>> CA >>>>> >>>>>> (when I'm at my hometown of North Highlands, which is near >>>>>> Sacramento). >>>>>> >>>>> I >>>>> >>>>>> don't know whether the HLDS updater has a similar ability to be so >>>>>> configured. >>>>>> >>>>>> --Ian. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Ian R. Justman >>>>>> UNIX hacker. Anime fan. 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