Re: [hlds] Amuck, amuck, amuck

2006-02-16 Thread James McKenna
Did you add your name to a list at any given time? Seems like that would answer your question right there. For example, I am an admin on all of my servers. I don't recal putting my name on a list incase someone was upset over a ban. If they want you to find them, they'll make that information av

Re: [hlds] RE: SV: [hlds_linux] Source and HL1 dedicated server Beta available

2006-02-16 Thread Saint K.
The problem here is that we currently have 2 choices. 1. Run non-beta update server, and lose VAC the whole time (NOT an option looking at the amount of cheaters who invade the server then). 2. Run the beta update on the servers, and have the bug that people cant connect alot of times I mean

RE: [hlds] Amuck, amuck, amuck

2006-02-16 Thread Visitor Rodgers
Wow, I don't want this to be yet another long boring thread on this highly dramatic group. I DID sign up for this list, so if I am not understanding all of the ins and outs of this community, it is not for lack of trying. Have a nice day. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailt

RE: [hlds] Amuck, amuck, amuck

2006-02-16 Thread Alexander Kobbevik
Being banned is a client issue... --> Steam forums :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Visitor Rodgers Sent: 16. februar 2006 10:10 To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds] Amuck, amuck, amuck Wow, I don't want this to be yet a

Re: [hlds] Amuck, amuck, amuck

2006-02-16 Thread Graham M.
Seriously Im part of an admin team of a growing CS/CSS community and if there was a full distinct list of Server Admins, it'd just be a pain in the arse with every Adam and Eve who gets banned wanting to make a scene, it's already bad enough with a forum. Perhaps you were banned for having a bad a

Re: [hlds] Amuck, amuck, amuck

2006-02-16 Thread ooksserver
It's a legitimate question, I've asked questions like this before. Some people here like to piss and moan about just about anything. However, we are a very small percentage of server ops, and you are not likely to find an answer to your question here. And there is no list of admins anywhere. Piss

Re: [hlds] Amuck, amuck, amuck

2006-02-16 Thread Jason
Or be mature about it and see if you cant uncover an email address, website or other forms of contacting the server admins and asking why. Perhaps it was a mistake. Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a legitimate question, I've asked questions like this before. Some people here like to piss a

RE: [hlds] The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR.

2006-02-16 Thread irv carlson
yes it is From: "Stuart Stegall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com To: Subject: RE: [hlds] The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR. Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:20:29 -0600 Is the "new" ram approved by Tyan? (memtest86 run it now) -Original Messa

RE: [hlds] The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR.

2006-02-16 Thread irv carlson
about 4 or 5 hours From: "Stuart Stegall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com To: Subject: RE: [hlds] The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR. Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:17:19 -0600 Does this problem occur immediately or does it take days or week? ---

RE: [hlds] Valve are you listening?

2006-02-16 Thread Frazer
It occurred to me that many of the subscribers to this list represent a large number of commercial and non-commercial game hosting providers. It seems to me that the means to get Valve's attention is self-evident, if not a bit tricky to organize. Imagine if a large percentage of the very best ga

RE: [hlds] Valve are you listening? - A Modest and Gentle Proposal

2006-02-16 Thread Frazer
Append the following suffix to the "hostname" for all of the Steam games that you are currently hosting: **VAYL?** (stands for "Valve are you listening?") And see how many show up on the Steam server list over a period of time. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [hlds] [HLDS-OT]Server firewall recomendations?

2006-02-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dan Sorenson wrote: So, first draw out your topology. That's going to determine exactly what piece of kit will be necessary. Next, forwarding a range of udp ports for HL is not much of a security risk, and any of the above can handle it. If you need to open ports at random, you're look

Re: [hlds] [HLDS-OT]Server firewall recomendations?

2006-02-16 Thread DLinkOZ
If the firewall (I'm assuming one of the integrated NICs like theplanet uses) allows outbound by default, or has a canned ruleset for this scenario, all you need to forward back in is UDP on whatever port your server runs. Other communication is initiated at the server and outbound. - Origin

Re: [hlds] The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR.

2006-02-16 Thread Kevin Ottalini
Irv, The next time this starts to happen, run the updatetool with -verify_all and save the log, then grep "Downloading" and post the list of downloaded files here. The question this will answer is "are only the BSPs changing or is other game content also changing" Scenario 1: Various game con

Re: [hlds] The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR.

2006-02-16 Thread Robert Dodd
And if the files all match, so are not actually corrupted, then the routine that checks the MD5 values is failing. Overclocked CPU? On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Kevin Ottalini wrote: Irv, The next time this starts to happen, run the updatetool with - verify_all and save the log, then grep "

[hlds] Bzip maps+resources on Windows server

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Sando
Hi guys, I've read some sites and articles about how you can bZip a map up to make the download process for end users a lot quicker. I have followed a series of guides on how to do this, however whenever I try to connect to my server when it has a bzipped map, it doesn't seem to work and just spit

Re: [hlds] The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR.

2006-02-16 Thread Munra -hlds
Not over clocking the CPUs - Original Message - From: "Robert Dodd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR. And if the files all match, so are not actually corrupted, then the r

Re: [hlds] Bzip maps+resources on Windows server

2006-02-16 Thread MOFCLAN.NET :: Bush
Check this post. http://www.mani-admin-plugin.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16098&highlight=res - Original Message - From: "Adam Sando" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:47 PM Subject: [hlds] Bzip maps+resources on Windows server Hi guys, I've read some sites

RE: [hlds] Valve are you listening? - A Modest and Gentle Proposal

2006-02-16 Thread Desolate_One
Well we run 32, yes that's thirty-two not a typo, servers where I volunteer server Admin @ http://www.gamearena.com.au/pc/games/title/counterstrike-source/servers.php which is the premier gaming provider for Australia. We wish that VALVe would listen to us [David Harrison, Andrew Armstrong, Whispe

Re: [hlds] The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR.

2006-02-16 Thread Munra -hlds
Snice the Windows Box is inactive I am moving this to the Linux list Thanks for all your help - Original Message - From: "Munra -hlds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR. Not

RE: [hlds] Bzip maps+resources on Windows server

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Sando
Thanks mate, I'll read through it tonight and give it a go. Adam Sando Technical Account Manager Hostworks Direct:+61 8 8461 4868 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MOFCLAN.NET :: Bush Sent: Friday, 17 February 2006 13:51 PM To: hlds@

[hlds] Error Boxes

2006-02-16 Thread LDuke
-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Someone asked me this, but I didn't know the answer. Anyone know the solution to this: On a side note, Homer and I have been trying desperately on our Win2K3 server box to somehow disable the error reporting on srcds.exe when it encounters a runt

Re: [hlds] Error Boxes

2006-02-16 Thread Wim Barelds
-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I think the anwser to your question is adding "-nocrashdialog" to your command line, that is if I entirely understand your problem. On 2/17/06, LDuke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Someone a

RE: [hlds] Valve are you listening?

2006-02-16 Thread Richard Welsh
-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I don't subscribe to any pay to play service that Valve has. The life blood as you are talking are the people and companies that host Valve's free HLDS server program. These people and Companies profit directly from the game. Valve gets a meanin

RE: [hlds] Error Boxes

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Sando
Hey LDuke, This probably won't answer your actual question, however is interesting as a side note: It appears that ServerChecker can detect when an exception is thrown in SRCDS to a degree, as if the host becomes unresponsive on the TCP port SRCDS is running on, ServerChecker spawns a new process

Re: [hlds] Bzip maps+resources on Windows server

2006-02-16 Thread Ghost
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Here's another one: http://www.awpaholica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=76 Regards, Fred Adam Sando wrote: > Thanks mate, I'll read through it tonight and give it a go. > >

[hlds] Re: Bzip maps+resources on Windows server

2006-02-16 Thread WaLLy3K
-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] http://www.clan-beef.net/wally3k/guides/bzip.php That should help, but you only need to Bzip each map up seperatly. If you do the custom resources, I find they tend to bugger up and not download, even with a proper RES file. I'm also assuming yo

RE: [hlds] Amuck, amuck, amuck

2006-02-16 Thread Dan Sorenson
At 11:11 PM 2/15/2006 -0800, you wrote: >Its more of a general question about who is admin on given servers. Is >there a list someplace? I am admin on my server, FOR EXAMPLE. There is not. In the future Valve may choose to provide a server-side variable like sv_admin_url to point people

[hlds] Re: [HLDS-OT]Server firewall recomendations?

2006-02-16 Thread Dan Sorenson
At 03:57 PM 2/16/2006 -0700, you wrote: >Wow, that is a ton of information in one message and very insightful. 18 years of grief distilled into a few paragraphs. :-) >have a hardware firewall attached that is a NAT device that I can access >via a web interface through my hosts web contro

RE: [hlds] Amuck, amuck, amuck

2006-02-16 Thread Chorizo Omelet
Thanks for your advice Dan (and the other reasonable people). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Sorenson Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:55 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds] Amuck, amuck, amuck At 11:11 PM 2/15/2