Left4Dead not showing active in HLSW

Whitey · March 12, 2009, 07:07:56 PM

I can't see the L4D servers on HLSW although I can connect to them.
I'm currently looking for the reason.

Doorman · March 12, 2009, 07:52:57 PM

Quote from: Whitey;268035I can't see the L4D servers on HLSW although I can connect to them.
I'm currently looking for the reason.

And there's me thinking 'Good start Whitey'

Penfold · March 12, 2009, 08:01:57 PM

They're timing out for me too.

It's only happened tonight AFAIAA.

Doorman · March 12, 2009, 08:04:45 PM

L4D servers don't need to be updated do they? Just a thought.

EDIT: Obviously not 'cos I can see people on it.

Penfold · March 12, 2009, 08:06:50 PM

They're timing out in HLSW as well as my Vista sidebar.

As far as I can tell they look offline

Doorman · March 12, 2009, 08:16:55 PM

Quote from: Penfold;268045They're timing out for me too.

It's only happened tonight AFAIAA.

Did HLSW have trouble logging in? Mine timed out several times.

Whitey · March 12, 2009, 08:18:35 PM

It's not something I've broken!! :narnar:

This problem is being reported by lots of people after the last update and it mainly seems to happen when you have sv_password set. Good old Valve...

Blunt · March 12, 2009, 09:00:02 PM

I'm assuming that Benny, KKND and Kreg are playing on our server.
When I look at Benny in steam friends and click on "view game info", it says server not responding.

OldBloke · March 12, 2009, 09:26:37 PM

Quote from: Blunt;268056... When I look at Benny in steam friends and click on "view game info", it says server not responding.

Me too. Valve broke their own code ... shock horror. :sideways:

Benny · March 12, 2009, 10:07:06 PM

Indeed.

Back to the direct connection methods.

Incidentally BB advised I subscribe to the HLDS mailing list, got this tonight;

QuoteLeft 4 Dead has been updated. This is not required, but certainly recommended. Please run hldsupdatetool to receive it. The specific changes include:

- Fixed sv_search_key appearing in server browser
- Fixed issue where changing the sv_search_key did not update the master correctly
- Fixed master server issue with Linux fork mode that affected availability of Valve dedicated servers
- Tank melee attack can now hit multiple Survivors in one swing

Penfold · March 12, 2009, 10:07:24 PM

Have to say it's very disappointing.

I joined the server and found peeps playing but it was pure pot luck.

If anyone finds a way of monitoring the servers please can they let us know.

Thx

Sn00ks · March 13, 2009, 09:14:31 AM

It looks like there might have been a server-side update too?
Does any one concur with this hypothesis?
Is there an nice and easy server update process?:g:

Benny · March 13, 2009, 09:17:47 AM

Yup......see my post....

Where's our Server Monkey Guide?

Whitey....the stage is yours

Whitey · March 13, 2009, 09:52:08 AM

It's not something I can do from work at the moment but I'll do the update when I get home, unless OB gets there first.

OldBloke · March 13, 2009, 10:29:01 AM

Quote from: Whitey;268141It's not something I can do from work at the moment but I'll do the update when I get home, unless OB gets there first.

All done. I've updated the servers and they now show in HLSW.