ve an ETA for that update, in the meantime you can use taskman
to force the whole process to another CPU (does anyone have a command
line tool to do this?).
- Alfred
Gary wrote:
> I'm seeing this on all of my servers after I updated from version 24
> to 29.. they don't seem to move
After a wander through our source control system, I stand corrected, the
ability to display customer banner ads was removed about 2 years ago. I
am sorry but I do not remember the precise reason (I have a funny
feeling that it involved the "l" word), we won't be adding it back.
The SiN 1 dedicated server is now available for download via the
hldsupdatetool as part of the upcoming SiN Episodes: Emergence release.
The server is only available for Windows.
Questions about the SiN 1 dedicated server should be directed to:
http://www.ritual.com/sinsteam/
- Alfred
This problem is now fixed.
- Alfred
Alfred Reynolds wrote:
> We are working on a backend problem effecting a percentage of users.
>
> - Alfred
>
> Affordablegameservers.com wrote:
>> Anyone else seeing vac being down (unable to conne
We are working on a backend problem effecting a percentage of users.
- Alfred
Affordablegameservers.com wrote:
> Anyone else seeing vac being down (unable to connect errors?)
>
> dex
>
>
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HL1 has an in game banner ad (as always), the Source engine has never
had one.
- Alfred
wrote:
> Yes I remember that article and I wonder if it is the same reasoning
> behind
> this. If it was, then, you could say that maps only allowed by Valve
> are
> allowed? Bye bye custom m
We are having connectivity issues to our VAC servers, we are working on
it. Server servers should report "secure mode enabled, disconnected from
Steam3" when the "status" command is run if they will become secure once
the VAC servers come back online.
- Alfred
Deacon - Di
That problem was fixed by the recent release, make sure you have the
most recent version installed (use the "-verify_all" flag to double
check).
- Alfred
HLDS User wrote:
> Alot of the clients at our cs 1.6 server are getting this "steam
> validation rejected" on mapc
Kevin helped me track down the actual text for this error and I have traced
back its cause. You get that error when you fail to respond to VAC requests in
a timely manner. We kick you if that happens. Just reconnect to the server if
you see this.
- Alfred
Abrachius Doo wrote:
> Hidiho,
&
problem with an update work with me and this list to fix
it and then deploy it, don't just ignore it :)
- Alfred
Edward Luna wrote:
> Agreed about the bleeding edge... but, just make a backup copy of your
> server directories prior to the upgrade and restore them if the
> upgrade goes
I can search
again for it.
- Alfred
Abrachius Doo wrote:
> Hidiho,
> I've got a linux dedicated running since quite a while, never had
> problems that couldn't be solved.
> But since just today a friend of mine, whos just been on the server
> yesterday, just couldn't conne
run it again.
The above message has been reported by servers for the last couple of
years, you shouldn't have seen it recently.
- Alfred
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Alfred, when you do this (which is a great idea, BTW) will the server
> give a message about being out dated? I once spen
the main cause for the number of cheaters
currently out in the wild).
- Alfred
Hell Phoenix wrote:
> [ Converted text/html to text/plain ]
> Trust me...seeing all the problems with steamids and now logs, I dont
> plan on updating anytime soon.
> HP
> Edward Luna wrote:
>
> Good
Get this user to go to http://support.steampowered.com/ . There are
several reasons for this error. One potential solution is to log out of
their account (via File->Change User) and log back in again.
- Alfred
Chorizo Omelet wrote:
> I may have missed something, there has been a lot of ac
u can pass the "-verify_all" flag to hldsupdatetool to make sure you
have the update.
- Alfred
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http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=getsteamnow) to run your server
or use an account that owns the game.
- Alfred
Ritchie Wilson wrote:
> [ Converted text/html to text/plain ]
>
> I get same error and have asked on here with no resolution. I
VAC bans apply globally. VAC only bans on positive detection of a cheat.
If you wish to dispute a ban please go to
http://support.steampowered.com/ and follow the process it describes
there.
- Alfred
David Williams wrote:
> ok i can understand that ook. I just think it's wrong that aga
Flash and Media player make Windows use a special high resolution
scheduler, trading off more CPU usage for smaller timeslices for
processes (so you can swap in more often).
- Alfred
David Williams wrote:
> i'm interested in how the hell running a swf file in IE can boost the
> fps
Please see the archives of this list for things to try.
- Alfred
Roman Hatsiev wrote:
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> I've got five HL1 servers suffering from steam validation rejected
> problem.
> Any plans to release fix for this? Or may be th
You should include "-beta swapbeta" on the command line if you see
"Steam Validation Rejected" errors. When you do that you will get v59 of
the Source Engine cache.
- Alfred
wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
&g
The update on Monday fixed the favorites bugs we could find (and were
reported to us). If you still have a problem them please email me the
details of what you see and also send your config\ directory to me
please.
- Alfred
Whisper wrote:
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ased
servers you can also copy this updated binary to those servers to test
the fix.
- Alfred
Alfred Reynolds wrote:
> This fix is available via the hldsupdatetool, run it with "-beta
> swapbeta" to get it. The fix is only for Source win32 servers at this
> time. Please tell me
ut machine configurations of people
with and without this problem, in particular CPU and OS details.
- Alfred
James McKenna wrote:
> Yeah, the logs don't have anything out of the norm, and I can't
> reproduce
> the issue on a whim. It just "happens."
>
> Basically the server
Oh, and on the CPU usage thing, make sure you test with all 3rd party
applications removed to see if that fixes it.
- Alfred
Alfred Reynolds wrote:
> I have not been able to reproduce it. If you could send me
> log/console output from the server as the error starts happening that
> w
I have not been able to reproduce it. If you could send me log/console
output from the server as the error starts happening that would help
track it down.
- Alfred
James McKenna wrote:
> Any update on this issue?
> - Original Message -
> From: "lantz69" <[EMAIL PRO
Red Orchestra currently maintains their own set of UT based listing
servers. There is no plan to move them to the Steam master servers at
this time. I am sure the Red Orchestra developers will continue to
examine the communities needs in this respect and cater to them as
needed.
- Alfred
No idea sorry.
Jason O. Washburn wrote:
> Alfred what are the recommended specs for the Red Orchestra Dedicated
> server?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL
s available via:
http://www.redorchestragame.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=12
- Alfred
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We have released an update to Counter-Strike 1.6. Run the hldsupdatetool
to get this update. This update is optional but highly recommended.
The update prevents the "menuselect 10" exploit that would cause players
to randomly spawn around the map.
The server will become available at the same time as the client. The
install process is the same as any other Steam game server (using the
hldsupdatetool).
- Alfred
Steven Hartland wrote:
> Any news / info on the RedOrchestra server release as time is now
> running out to get things setup
Not sure, "redorchestra" would be my guess, I will announce it for sure
when it is available.
Steven Hartland wrote:
> Not what I wanted to here but thanks for the info Alfred.
> Can you tell us what the game string will be please?
>
> Steve
> - Original Mess
from that install into your HL1 install (both engines use the same Steam
support library).
- Alfred
James McKenna wrote:
> I spoke too soon. The HL2MP servers are now working again. Thank you
> so
> much, Alfred!
> - Original Message -
> From: "Newbie" <[EMAIL PROT
This fix is available via the hldsupdatetool, run it with "-beta
swapbeta" to get it. The fix is only for Source win32 servers at this
time. Please tell me if this solves the validation rejected errors.
- Alfred
Alfred Reynolds wrote:
> I don't believe this can be caused
I don't believe this can be caused by a configuration issued, I think it
is a bug. I am working on an update for later today with a speculative
fix for the problem.
- Alfred
James McKenna wrote:
> I run one 1.6 server on my machine, but it's rented from me. I
> haven't h
Do you run any HL1 based servers? Do they exhibit the same bug?
James McKenna wrote:
> Hey. Starting yesterday on all my source servers
>
> (2 hl2mp, 1 dods, and 1 hidden source) won't let any players connect
> until I restart them.
>
> Now this is strange to me because the servers already reboot
on servers. This update also smoothes out some
spiky CPU usage seen on servers and fixes several crashes on Linux
distributions using older GLIBC versions.
- Alfred
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We have released an update to the beta. This update fixes the
STEAM_ID_PENDING bug seen in the last update in HL1 based game servers.
Run the hldsupdatetool with the "-beta swapbeta" parameter to get it.
This will go public tomorrow if testing from beta users is successful.
- Alfr
http://web.archive.org/web/2619031827/http://halflifeadmin.sourcefor
ge.net/
*sigh* Things were simpler back then, in good ol' 2k.
- Alfred
Napier, Kevin wrote:
> ahh the good ole'days..
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL
The beta release contains a fix for this problem, run the hldsupdatetool
with "-swapbeta" to get it. I am hoping to make the beta public later
this week, I have one more small bug I want to chase down first.
- Alfred
Sandy wrote:
> --
> --
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of Admin Mod, plugins hold a special place in my heart.
- Alfred
>> --
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>> I wouldn't expect Valve to make any changes for plugins like wc3.
>> According to Alfred, Valve doesn't like these plugins because of
&g
Only someone who isn't cool would say that ;-)
- Alfred
Scott Tuttle wrote:
> Aren't there bigger things to worry about than "being cool"?
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rafael Lope
gs that I know of in this beta,
this will be made public later this week or early next week if no
problems show up (so please test it!).
- Alfred
Alfred Reynolds wrote:
> We have released an update for the beta. This release fixes the
> secure/insecure problems people have been having on AMD C
We have released an update to Counter-Strike: Source. Run the
hldsupdatetool to get this update. The update is required.
The update adds two new player models, SAS and Leet.
- Alfred
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took prominence.
- Alfred
Saint K. wrote:
> Not to sound rude, but could you hurry a bit on the steam validation
> bug?
> Cause servers are now staying totally empty cause of that bug, and we
> need
> to give them hard resets in order for people to be able to play again.
> Normall
I will forward the request to the DoD:S team to add this to their kill
event for logging.
- Alfred
Frazer wrote:
> These have probably been asked before...
>
> Is there any chance Valve might put a headshot indicator on Kill
> events for
> DOD-S?
>
> Am I correct in my assum
Not easily available (generating that list is part of our release
process). I just know it fixes the swapping problem.
- Alfred
Adam Sando wrote:
> Hi Alfred,
>
> Do you have a list of all the fixes/updates/changes that this beta
> includes?
>
> I'd be curious to know wha
Nothing in the logging subsystem changed, double check your setup.
- Alfred
Graham M. wrote:
>>
> We've updated and the only problem I can see is that you can now not
> get
> a SRCDS RCON Log thru HLSW or similar. 1.6 is fine, but Source server
>
reported a server hang and
associated assert (pipes.cpp line 298), if you see this please send me
your OS configuration and hardware.
- Alfred
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Because the maps and game logic is only designed to work for smaller
player numbers. The combinatorial nature of player interactions
(especially in the physics system) means CPU and memory requirements
grow exponentially as player numbers increase.
- Alfred
Chris | FatPipeServer.com wrote:
>
Sounds like this have an automated tool walking the server list trying
to work out the cracked ones.
- Alfred
Dan Sorenson wrote:
> At 11:04 PM 1/28/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> "CSN Is the next-gen serverbrowser. It has all capabilities of the
>> Steam serverbrowser, exce
When its ready. I am shooting for a release next week, with a limited
beta today perhaps.
- Alfred
James McKenna wrote:
> Is there an ETA on when we'll get to stop playing the "will my server
> be VAC secured today" game? Not only am I getting a little tired of
> it, but
The hlds_announce list only has important announcements made by Valve
employees.
- Alfred
RaynServ wrote:
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> TBH I wasn't. I'd love to know that an update was coming without
> having to
> weed through all the worthle
Um, no fix.
- Alfred
RaynServ wrote:
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> The hlds_announce list is still nothing more than an email list
> server. We
> want an rss feed. Not another mail server.
>
> On 1/26/06, Alfred Reynolds <[EMAIL PROT
The hlds_announce list serves this purpose.
- Alfred
Dan Sorenson wrote:
> At 08:24 PM 1/25/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> Just be glad we get updates and support at all *COUGH* CoD2 *COUGH*
>
> Agreed. This makes me wonder though if Valve wouldn't make
> up a simpl
Add "-verify_all" to the command line to get it to verify the
installation.
- Alfred
moF * Bush wrote:
> uh, updating not working??
>
> hldsupdatetool -command update -game "dods" -dir c:\servers\dods
>
> it finishes updating, but then there is no dod_kalt.
We have released an update to Day of Defeat: Source. This update is
required. Run the hldsupdatetool to get it.
This release adds a new map, dod_kalt.
- Alfred
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The size is limited by the networking system (which is designed around
small, extremely low latency events, not large text files). Rather than
putting the html document in the MOTD itself just put a HTTP URL in the
file (and nothing else) and the client will load that.
- Alfred
Visitor Rodgers
server is wrongly forced into insecure mode even if it can
later connect).
- Alfred
Ian mu wrote:
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> Too true! I doubt there's be much to see anyway apart from the same
> message
> when it can't connect on startup tho
Are all players effected by the lag at the same time or does it happen
to individual players?
- Alfred
Tom French wrote:
> Ever since the last update, we have had admins and players complaining
> of some new type of lag.
>
> A player seems to be walking, but gets stuck in a pos
I don't believe a traceroute would provide any useful info (you actually
connect too a pool of backend servers, the exact one depends on your
location and system load). I will email you offlist with a couple
specific debugging things you could do.
- Alfred
Tom French wrote:
> Alfred,
&g
As you experience the problem any chance you could answer my questions
to help me track this down?
- Alfred
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Come on, how can you not reproduce a server losing VAC? Run a few
> servers
> for a while, ya know, the thing you guys code in there. We run lots
configurations of the machines with the problem? Do you have other
machines that do not exhibit the problem?
- Alfred
Saint K. wrote:
> Currently we have to reset our servers multiple times a day because
> they are
> losing VAC.
> Often a server needs 2 or 3 resets to get VAC back
It is a big update (130Mb) and we are pushing it out at 10Gb/s, that
just isn't enough right now. Things should get better soon.
- Alfred
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> Im getting the same thing...Is there something up with the update
Look at the server status page, we release during a low in player
numbers...
- Alfred
leo bounds wrote:
> Is anyone else having problems with the update
> starting or completing ?
>
> On updating I have this screen:
> Updating 'Counter-Strike Source Shared Content' fro
We have released an update to Counter-Strike: Source. Run the
hldsupdatetool to get this update.
This release includes a remake of a classic map, cs_militia and also
fixes several bugs. More details can be found here:
http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=502
- Al
d the Steam account name and password to get access to a Steam ID
(with the exception of the above logging bug, but that does not effect
ANY other steam services).
- Alfred
sKel wrote:
> yea that would kinda suck, have somone steal your steam id, and then
> get it
> bannd by vac for che
No, uptime should be number of minutes since server start. That time
will wander a little with respect to wall clock time due to accumulation
errors, but I wouldn't expect a 12 hour deficit after just 20 hours of
up time...
- Alfred
Whisper wrote:
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Actually, for SRCDS it is the number of level changes since start. For
HLDS it is total number of players that have ever connected. Learn
something new every day eh?
- Alfred
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> Mani here too
>
> On 12/13/0
Total user connects to the server since start.
- Alfred
Whisper wrote:
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> Probably a silly question with an answer I've forgotten about, but
> what does
> the users column mean in the stats output?
>
> 15:41:5
Your server is very out of date. Run the hldsupdatetool to get the
current version.
- Alfred
Steve Rabouin wrote:
> I am having trouble with a server starting in secure mode. I have
> tried different sport options with no success.
>
> This is a HL1 TFC server. The console outputs t
This makes the Beta version public. If you had the beta setup then there
are no changes. Yes, it is for win32 dedicated servers.
- Alfred
Andrew Armstrong wrote:
> Does this update effect windows users?
>
> Ive run hldsupdatetool on 'valve' and 'cstrike' games and
We have released an update to the Half-Life 1 engine. Run the
hldsupdatetool to get this update.
This update makes the Beta update from earlier in the week public. This
update fixes authentication problems and a crash on startup for Linux
users.
- Alfred
t now uses the same ip as used by the same server and the port
specified by the -sport parameter, with 26900 being the default).
- Alfred
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You can run the Source dedicated server from the SteamUI without having
to purchase HL2 first (so just make a new account and you are good to
go).
- Alfred
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> Not to overstate the obvious but I hope you have
Could you send me the link for it, if it only uses our supplied plugin
interfaces then I will add it to the testing suite.
- Alfred
Giles Millward wrote:
> The hl2dm menus in the plugin use the official Valve 'helpers'
> interface :)
>
> Subject: RE: [hlds] Source De
Don't expect stability when using 3rd party tools that hook binary
offsets into random binaries.
- Alfred
Mick wrote:
> It managed to break Mani again in HL2DM, messed up the admin menu so
> only
> one option available.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "
Yes, when I use the term "Source Dedicated/Engine" I mean all Source
games :)
- Alfred
Mikee wrote:
> Alfred, is this for all Source games (HL2-DM) ? Usually you say.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Alfred Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> T
pdate for win32 users later
in the week to correct the linked list assert.
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Unknown at this time. The agility of Steam allows us just to move the
services elsewhere and analyze it without effecting users.
- Alfred
Affordablegameservers.com wrote:
> abnormally large incomming bw = ddos?
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED
Oh, and please restart your server if you do still have a problem.
- Alfred
Alfred Reynolds wrote:
> One of the 3 servers has an abnormally large incoming bandwdith. We
> have
> taken it offline until we can determine and remove the source of the
> packets. This should fix the ser
One of the 3 servers has an abnormally large incoming bandwdith. We have
taken it offline until we can determine and remove the source of the
packets. This should fix the servers missing from the list problem.
- Alfred
Alfred Reynolds wrote:
> That packet trace is fine, it is just showing
I am shooting for a fix today or tomorrow for this.
- Alfred
Hackmett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> anything new about that or maybe some king of fix ?
> My stats get wasted by that faster than I can clean them.
> If valve does not think this to be serious I will have to do some
> kind of
That packet trace is fine, it is just showing you that our firewall
drops ICMP packets (for security reasons). You get multiple entries with
the same IP as the traceroute program just keeps sending more ICMP
packets with longer ttl's that terminate at the same point.
- alfred
Ian mu
6.651 ms
Looks like tiscali.net might have a routing problem?
- Alfred
Gary wrote:
> I know you have filters setup to protect your infrastructure, but:
>
> To: 207.173.177.11
>9 gw-cust-VALVESOFTWARE-COM.bllv.eli.net (207.173.69.238) [AS
> 23352] 72 msec 60 msec 64
s dropping your packets.
- Alfred
Affordablegameservers.com wrote:
> I seem to be able to find a ton of them too now. Ive checked with the
> dc and
> they have not installed a firewall and port scans dont reveal any
> blocking
> on my or their end. Im stumped if its something on my b
Use the "status" command to check if your server is running in secure
mode.
Whisper wrote:
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> Alfred there are some other problems as well
>
> STEAM Browser and HLSW show the servers as being Secure when they are
>
then this is the most common problem).
- Alfred
Desolate_One wrote:
> This is a constant issue across our 20 CS and 20 CSS servers, we have
> staggered the ports, staggered the restarts, but still they often and
> irregularly will not go to secure mode.
> I'm hoping our own dev t
You should join the hlds_linux list, but yes, it looks like your Linux
installation is too old.
- Alfred
Frank Arnold wrote:
> Linux 2.6.13 Debian
>
> ./steam -command update -game "Counter-Strike Source" -dir
> /usr/cstrike/
>
> results with a
> "Checking boo
Try adding an explicity +ip to the command line of your server.
- Alfred
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> hmm, your getting on scrds iam getting on hlds i wonder if its not a
> bad vac
> update or something idk.
>
&
This is a bug, and it is ONLY a display bug for that connect log line
(it doesn't impact ban checking as that happens when the UserID
Validated log line appears). We are working on a fix for the display
problem.
- Alfred
WhiskyHornan wrote:
> Hi, since todays update the steam_id_pendin
No, HDR is completely client side.
- Alfred
Desolate_One wrote:
> Alfred,
> Does HDR load down server side, or add to bandwidth in overhead?
> I'm seeing our servers take a serious hit now, no 3rd party addons,
> just out
> of the box CSS server on the same boxes tha
This update also contains a Source Engine update, so if you run ANY
Source engine based game then you should get this update (it is only
required for Counter-Strike: Source however).
- Alfred
Alfred Reynolds wrote:
> We have released an update to Counter-Strike: Source. Run the
> hldsupda
Remove any 3rd party plugins you have installed and try again.
- Alfred
infexXxiousservers wrote:
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> --
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> ok i must be doing something seriously wrong.
> all my game servers are cra
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Those IP's are points to the directory service of Steam, which the
client uses to then get content servers (from another service called the
content server directory server). Changing those IP's will just prevent
your client from working.
- Alfred
Dan Sorenson wrote:
> At 11:58 PM
d to tomorrow.
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A Source dedicated server update will be happening in the next few
hours. This update is for both Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat:
Source and is required for both (the two updates are unrelated however).
- Alfred
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