Re: [hlds] SRCDS SYSTEM/NETWORK REQUIREMENTS

2005-07-17 Thread Ian mu
I think the 1Mbit upstream will be your main problem and don't think that would be enough for that setup. I generally don't think the asymmetric typical ISP layouts are that good for gaming tbh, but if its the only option I'd say at least 2Meg up (probably 3 would make you about safe). Machine

RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread ironchef
dexion wrote: I guess i wasnt clear enough. When launching a hlds server in the command line one must specify a maxplayers -maxplayers 10 for instance. It is possible to put maxplayers 32 in the server.cfg and have the server launch with 32 players instead of 10. I would like a way to

Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread Graham Robinson
Let me summerise... You are paying your host for a 10 player server and you want to rip him off by turning it into a 32 man server? G On 7/17/05, dexion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sorry, im not being clear. I want to disable, stop, invalidate any maxplayer command put anywhere other than the

Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread Graham Robinson
Sorry I got that the wrong way around. You are the host trying to stop people ripping YOU off right? On 7/17/05, Graham Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me summerise... You are paying your host for a 10 player server and you want to rip him off by turning it into a 32 man server? G

Re: [hlds] Re: sv_unlag and Ping

2005-07-17 Thread David Williams
well i thought i was strange when the guy and tech support told me to divide the 1,024 value (the download speed 1 megabit and the upload 128 kilobits) i am currently runnin 6 players on any map very comfortably and i really don't apprieciate being treated like an idiot it's not that hard to

Re: [hlds] Re: sv_unlag and Ping

2005-07-17 Thread David Williams
and to answer sprout who seems to be on the ball it's whatever the default is mate. rate = 6000 cmdupdate_rate = 101 update_rate = 101 sprout wrote: its 1.0 so realisticly you should set it much higher if you have a nice connection like 100Mb? - Original Message - From: Clayton

RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread dexion
thats not a bad idea unless they overwrite the server.cfg with their own (which they nearly often do, but I could work something up like that.) That maxplayer in the server.cfg world or hlds, not sure about srcds. dex -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread dexion
yes, i am the host. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Graham Robinson Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 6:12 AM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds Sorry I got that the wrong way around. You are

RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread dexion
woops thats supposed to read mmaxplayers works in hlds no idea about srcds -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dexion Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:57 AM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

Re: [hlds] Warning about revision R of mani mod

2005-07-17 Thread T3XAN
Try Beetlesmod. www.beetlesmod.com [DinoBot]Sidmind wrote: normally, when mani releases an update, I just download the patch make backups of my cfg folder, then overwrite my existing files. but TODAY, I did the same thing for revision R He also recomended a model pak, so I downloaded it and

Re: [hlds] Warning about revision R of mani mod

2005-07-17 Thread Chris K
Could I get that link? I cannot find where Mani recommends any skin pak and I am beating my head against the wall trying to get it to work (Not DL'ing w/sv_downloadurl). If there is a pak sanctioned by Mani, I want to be running it instead of the others out there. On 7/16/05, [DinoBot]Sidmind

Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread sprout
something you could do as I host is have it execute a server config thats not in the folder they have access to like if they have c:/games/source then set it in c:/games/source1.cfg have that as the config I don't think if you set it to another config file I don't think it executes the first one

Re: [hlds] Re: sv_unlag and Ping

2005-07-17 Thread sprout
well my question was mostly cause I run 3 40 person servers they run fine but always looking to tweek them that little additional bit - Original Message - From: David Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] Re:

RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread dexion
ive tried to get it to execute something outside the gamefolder but with no success. I wanted to lock down a few other svars that people like to change. I believe it has a place it is coded to look and can not deviate from. Unless I am just plain not pathing it correctly. Anyone have any luck

RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread Paul Sands
You cant exec configs outside of the game folder, couldnt do it in hl1 engine either, and you cant do it in quake engine ... i see a pattern here ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dexion Sent: 17 July 2005 18:18 To:

RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread dexion
well i suppose I can squirt in a test line to their server.cfg if it is missing to exec a file they have no access too. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Sands Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 1:31 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject:

Re: [hlds] Warning about revision R of mani mod

2005-07-17 Thread KingPin Servers
http://www.lduke.com/plugins/modelchanger.php both packs work fine with mani. On 7/17/05, Chris K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could I get that link? I cannot find where Mani recommends any skin pak and I am beating my head against the wall trying to get it to work (Not DL'ing w/sv_downloadurl).

Re: [hlds] Warning about revision R of mani mod

2005-07-17 Thread Chris K
Yea, that's the one I got. I'm using the Admin Pack 2 but it's not pushing down to my clients. I was thinking of starting a new thread on this to ask: Has anyone noticed files not downloading sometimes (I'm using Bluefish)? For example, I bzip'ed a dozen maps and they all pull from the clients

Re: [hlds] hl2dm server: log files

2005-07-17 Thread Steve Dalberg
Mapchange probably iceflatline wrote: m0gely, for some strange reason it started appending files, not sure why. But thanks for your help on this... m0gely wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks m0gely, I have that set, however, I'm still getting mulitple log files. Any other suggestions?

[hlds] Problems with CSS Surf Maps

2005-07-17 Thread leo bounds
I have a server with some performance problems and I noticed that when running Surf custom maps for CSS there are 100's of errors per minute in the console. The error is something like Datatable Warning:... Out of Range Value.. in Send Prop Float This is bad scripting in the custom map I would

Re: [hlds] Warning about revision R of mani mod

2005-07-17 Thread KingPin Servers
its odd but once in a long while it does that, fixes after a restart or so for me. On 7/17/05, Chris K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yea, that's the one I got. I'm using the Admin Pack 2 but it's not pushing down to my clients. I was thinking of starting a new thread on this to ask: Has anyone

Re: [hlds] Re: sv_unlag and Ping

2005-07-17 Thread James Tucker
On 7/16/05, Clayton Macleod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sorry, but you're wrong. 1Mbps in terms of *network communication* is always 1,000,000 bits, just like 1Kbps is always 1,000 bits. Yes, you're right. Clearly you're on the ball today ;) On 7/16/05, James Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread James Tucker
-- Try this file, it's for windows, let me know if you need a *nix shell script to do the same job, but you should be able to get the idea. You can schedule this to run regularly using the 'schtasks' command. Enjoy. On 7/17/05, dexion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well i suppose I can squirt in a

Re: [hlds] Problems with CSS Surf Maps

2005-07-17 Thread James Tucker
I've seen this. The props have not been properly placed and along with the errors you will tend to notice massive server load as the physics works to make everything balance+/land. On 7/18/05, leo bounds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a server with some performance problems and I noticed that

RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread dexion
great! windows flavor is fine can you make the file bigger so i can see it :) dex -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Tucker Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:04 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg

Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread James Tucker
bigger? o.0 On 7/18/05, dexion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: great! windows flavor is fine can you make the file bigger so i can see it :) dex -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Tucker Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:04 PM To:

RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread dexion
never mind, I assumed it was with you post at the top, didnt scroll down. That is a good idea thanks I think I can expand on that to find and replace a few other svars that are troubling thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Tucker

Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread James Tucker
Yes indeed you can use the principle to do any cvar of course. The only thing you need to watch out for are potentially lines might be written like so: sv_something 1; sv_somethingelse 2; maxplayers 234; mp_another 0; As a solution you could build a parser with the for loop command which

RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds

2005-07-17 Thread dexion
actually im sort of thinking of a variation that does not allow the server to start. It will run before the service starts. If an illegal variable is detected, the wont allow the service to start. It will then squirt out and email to me and the client letting them know an illegal variable has been

Re: [hlds] Problems with CSS Surf Maps

2005-07-17 Thread leo bounds
Would you happen to know if this problem is in all CSS Surf maps or just a few of them ? The bad thing about this I guess is that the server admin may not even know of these 100's of errors unless he has a direct view of the server console. Message: 1 Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:09:20 +0100