[hlds_linux] [L4D] gametype string length is the problem

There appears to be a 63 character limit on the gametype string, its the one that contains steamgroup number, search key, l4d gametype and some more tags. (You can see what your server is sending in gametype by using 'sv_showtags' command in console, 'Private' line) sv_showtags

Re: [hlds_linux] [L4D] gametype string length is the problem

That would explain why versus doesn't work. I had removed the steamgroup and it worked again. Today I re-added it to see what happens, and I got strange results: [st...@server ~]$ ./master_query '\gamedir\left4dead\gametype\empty,sv_search_key_theville1010,versus' 216.75.12.158:27019

Re: [hlds_linux] [L4D] gametype string length is the problem

StevoTVR wrote: Each time I restart the servers I get different results it seems, but it's a lot more reliable with a shorter tag string. Thanks for researching this. The master server protocol isn't very forgiving and srcds isn't trying hard either. Every 5 minutes server will send one