No a map change does not fix it. Sometimes they DO reconnect normally. But once it fails it stays in that state until the server is completely restarted.
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Ross Bemrose <rbemr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was under the impression that servers tried to reconnect on map > change. Is that not the case? I'm not really running a server any > more, so I'm not sure. > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:58 PM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is a problem that both servers and clients experience. I see people > > complaining on servers about not having their load outs for a day. > > > > It would be nice if Valve added a command to at least force reconnect > that > > could be used on server (and client). > > If fixing automatic reconnects is not priority. > > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:07 PM, bottige...@gmail.com > > <bottige...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> It doesn't work. It just prints Connection to Steam servers lost. > >> (Result = 3) and never attempts to reconnect. > >> > >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Asher Baker <asher...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > It's about 5% of the work to just inject a disconnected callback into > >> > the queue :P > >> > > >> > ~~~~~ > >> > "Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, > >> > And they went to sea in a Sieve." - Edward Lear > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 5:52 AM, hlds <h...@gmx.com> wrote: > >> >> There is no command for this. > >> >> > >> >> It can be done with a plugin, but is a lot of work and it must be > fixed > >> >> almost everytime Valve updates steamclient.so library (is stripped, > so > >> >> signatures must be used for everything). The idea is to call > >> >> CCMinterface::ConnectionDisconnected method with k_EResultIOFailure > >> error > >> >> code, to force the server to reconnect to another CM in few seconds. > >> This is > >> >> tricky because the call must be made from a thread managed by > >> steamclient.so > >> >> library, not from server's main thread. For Windows probably is same > >> thing. > >> >> > >> >> There's a manual solution too: find the port used by server for > talking > >> with > >> >> CM server (usually is 26901, but only if is not already used) and use > >> the > >> >> firewall to block the communication. In few seconds you'll see that > the > >> >> server loses connection with Steam servers. Then remove the firewall > >> rule > >> >> and the server will reconnect back in few seconds, probably to a > >> different > >> >> CM server, maybe using a different protocol (TCP instead UDP). > >> >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > >> >> [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of > >> >> bottige...@gmail.com > >> >> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 3:52 AM > >> >> To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > >> >> Subject: [hlds_linux] Reconnect to steam command? > >> >> > >> >> Is there a command to reconnect to Steam? > >> >> > >> >> Sometimes a server will lose connection to the item server or > >> >> quickplay, and it will not reconnect until the server is rebooted. > >> >> Changing maps does not help. > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > >> >> please visit: > >> >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > >> please visit: > >> >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > -- > Ross Bemrose > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
