L4D2 Server Question !?

[Damien.]

Hi Guys.

Basically, I've bought my own L4D2 server. For the only reason that i'm fed up of spending ages looking for one with a decent enough ping to play on. My question is thought, how do I host a team VS on it, or use my server from inside the lobby ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Do you know your server ip?

If so I think the server force command is mm_force_dedicated_server

 

[Damien.]

Do you know your server ip?

If so I think the server force command is mm_force_dedicated_server

I should be able to get the IP from clanforge.

 

[Damien.]

Awesome, ok, i got the whole hosting on my own server working.

The only thing is now, how do i ensure ill end up on my server in a team vs !?

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Firstly make sure you have the developer console enabled.

When at the main menu make sure to hit the key just under the 'esc' key (I don't know what it's called).

When the console opens up, it looks sort of like a command line interface, type in the mm_dedicated_server_force or whatever syntax it takes (you should get an auto-complete type prompt anyways so pick the one that looks like that) and type your ip after it.

However, in Team vs if you at any point stop the searching for teams routine it seems to ignore any of the previous commands which you have inputted which is a bit of a pain.

 

[Disjunto]

To get on your server as team vs. make sure you are waiting for another team (you get the no team found message at the top) that way it chooses your server instead of theirs. Although a lot of people playing team have their own servers now, so it is not as important as it once was

 

[Tefal]

To get on your server as team vs. make sure you are waiting for another team (you get the no team found message at the top) that way it chooses your server instead of theirs. Although a lot of people playing team have their own servers now, so it is not as important as it once was

This is correct.

However, in Team vs if you at any point stop the searching for teams routine it seems to ignore any of the previous commands which you have inputted which is a bit of a pain.

this is not.

 

[Evilsod]

Yeah you have to make sure it doesn't find an opponent for it to work in Team Vs. If it does just cancel it and go again until it says waiting for a team.

Unfortunately some of those people who use there own server are idiots and said server is vanilla or has too many mods.

 

[Disjunto]

or they claim it's vanilla, and it's actually an 8v8 server and people keep joining mid game.... yeah, that was fun.

or they have so many useless mods, the reg is so awful you have no chance of actually landing pounces or charges (worse than normal), or the server lags with every horde.

stick to your own server, but test it thoroughly before using it in team, a bad server can spoil any fun; and sometimes you don't notice how bad it is until the second map (on short first maps) making it either rage due to bad server, or stick around and have no fun

 

[Evilsod]

Oh and if you come up against [iSuck], return to lobby

 

[Disjunto]

Oh and if you come up against [iSuck], return to lobby

if you weren't with us yesterday, you would probably be surprised how often we see isuck and instantly return to lobby. they're fine with it when scoobz isn't there.

 

[JoeFX]

Hi Guys.

Basically, I've bought my own L4D2 server. For the only reason that i'm fed up of spending ages looking for one with a decent enough ping to play on. My question is thought, how do I host a team VS on it, or use my server from inside the lobby ?

Thanks in advance.

I've got a L4D2 server from multiplay. One of the easiest ways to get on your server is to open clanforge, open the 'Profiles' section, choose your profile, select the file 'server.cfg' from the drop-down and click 'Edit'. Now scroll to near the end of the file and look for a section that reads...

// Search Key - Create a lobby -> console -> sv_search_key "xxx"
// Must match below:
sv_search_key "xxyyzz"

Replace the xxyyzz with a name for your server, something that'll hopefully be unique, i.e....

sv_search_key "DamienServer"

Save the changes and restart the server.

Now open L4D2.

From the Main Menu, open the Console by pressing the ` key (above the tab key). If the console doesn't open then you need to look in the in-game options for something along the lines of "Enable Developer Console". When you get the console open, just type this and hit enter...

sv_search_key "DamienServer"

... or whatever you called it.

Now create your lobby, invite your mates or whatever. When you click Find Server, it should go directly to your server. You can confirm it's your server by hitting the ' key when the game starts and checking the IP address which is in the top right corner if memory serves (just make sure it's a 85.236.1xx.xxx address, which is the multiplay ip range).

You can also create a Community Group within Steam and then associate your server to that group, which basically means that only people in the group will be able to get on the server (although once a group member is on, anyone can connect to it). To do that, just create a group in steam and get the 'Group ID' (displayed on the group page somewhere). Edit the Profile like you did earlier, and again edit 'server.cfg'. Look for this line...

// Steam Community Group ID
sv_steamgroup 813123

813123 is the default L4D2 group in Steam, so just replace that with your own Group ID... then save the profile and restart the server.

If you do that, then you should see your server in the main menu whenever you open L4D2... then you can just double-click it to join.

I prefer the first option as the second one doesn't always work.

 

[Disjunto]

actually, you can assign not limit the server to that group. BUT if you set a search key, the server is limited to people who use the key