New Left For Dead 2 Server Up!

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[x51TerrorMecha]

Hell everyone. We now have a Left For Dead 2 Server up thanks to Doc. It is set to public now but we are working on getting it set so we can clear house whenever we want (and have dedicated slots to start with I hope ).

Server IP: 8.6.74.56:27015

Enjoy

[DarthSerious]

Cool X, thanks a lot.

[Doc NH]

Steam group ID 1235538

[Jermacide]

Okay, the server will now show up in the bottom right corner for everyone in the SiN Steam Group. Handy.

I've set a sv_search_key in the server config. This will allow us, after adding a line to your autoexec.cfg, to create a lobby and then join our server from that lobby. Fantastic!

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FINDING AND EDITING YOUR AUTOEXEC.CFG

Easy Version!

Download this:
http://home.comcast.net/~jermacide/L4D2/autoexec.cfg

Put it in this folder:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\cfg

I guess the only other thing that really needs to be done at this point is creating a banner for our server. Anyone who would like to give it an attempt feel free. I'll be designing my own as well. I'm sure we'll find some minor tweaks here and there that we'd like to play with as time goes on. But for the most part once we get the banner up our server is setup.

**This site is where I found the most help:
http://www.guardianforce.co.uk/2009/gaming/how-to-set-up-a-left-4-dead-dedicated-server/

For our admins to login to rcon open your console and type:
rcon_password ourpassword

HAVE FUN!

[Jermacide]

Server banner templates

http://home.comcast.net/~jermacide/host.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jermacide/host.psd
http://home.comcast.net/~jermacide/motd.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jermacide/motd.psd

[Jermacide]

Fuckin' bah! I tried just slapping a banner image in there so we could tell if we were actually connecting to our server. It worked once, was all off center and stretched and cut off. Now it's just showing up as black.

Don't get it. I do need you to figure out how to hot link images that are hosted on the server too X. I hosted it on my webspace for the time being. But I think the final setup should have it on the game server. I'm just not exactly sure what the url would be for it.

[IVY]

http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=91132

Is this what u tried for increasing max players or something else?

Thought it may help.

[Jermacide]

I tried last monday and tuesday to get the 8v8 thing working. It didn't. As far as I could tell even Source Mod and Meta Mod were not working before I even changed anything. FYI Source Mod and Meta Mod are the basic mods that can be used on all steam games. They are an option for installation right on our hosts web interface in fact.

So, after messing with all the mods required to get 8v8 working(there are 4 additional mods on top of SM and MM that you need) for two days, I gave up and wiped the server and did a fresh install on it.

I now have Source Mod and Meta Mod working on our server. I haven't been able to designate admins within Source Mod yet though. The only way you can gain access to the Source Mod commands at this point is by using the RCON password. I think that will be fairly easy to get working though, which I will again attempt to do this weekend(my weekends are Monday and Tuesday).

I will also be trying to get the 8v8 mods working as well this weekend. Now that Source Mod and Meta Mod are actually working I may have better luck getting the hodge podge jumble of crap that is required to have 8v8 L4D2 working.

So to sum up:
-I've already got all those mods that people keep giving me links to.
(Bizzle actually posted the best one in chat. Had all the mods I needed in one spot.)
-They did not work.
-I've got the basics working now, so maybe I'll have better luck on the next try.
-You will all know if it's working by tuesday.
-If it doesn't work the second time around, anybody who wants to give it a try ask X51 for the passwords and have a grand time.

Personally, I'm just fine waiting for the expansion pack that will be released soon that is going to allow 8v8 in a way that doesn't require multiple mods, duct tape, and massive jerry rigging. Not to mention duplicates of the four characters currently in the game.

[DarthSerious]

Ok, thanks Jerm.

[Jermacide]

The admins list is working, I think it might have been working to begin with. I was just using the wrong commands, and forgot the keys I bound for it weren't in my autoexec so they were being unbound every time I started the game lol.

Gonna go ahead and put the other mods we need on there and see how it goes.

[Jermacide]

Okay, all the addons, plugins, and extensions are reporting back that they are running. Now I just have to get the settings for the addons, the plugins, and the extensions configured properly. Then I need 8 other people to actually test it.

[Jermacide]

The commands for Left4Downtown to increase the amount of allowed players is not being recognized. The addon is definitly installed and working properly. It reports it as running when a meta list command is issued. But niether the config cvar or the console command is recognized.

Problem numero one.

[Jermacide]

Well what do we have here? 18v18



While it's sweet that this is working it makes me realize we have to set the number of slots each time and restart the server. Or the bots will fill all the spaces. Like we can't just leave it set to 8v8 and then sometimes play normal 4v4, then maybe we have ten people and want to do 5v5. The servers gonna fill those empty spaces with bots.

Well, we'll manage I suppose.

[Jermacide]

Okay, all I'll have to do is upload one config and restart the server to change it for how many players we have at a given time.

Now to figure out why I can't take a lobby to our server. Also the server doesn't show up in Steam Groups, but I think that has something to do with their update the other night. I haven't seen our server since then.

[IVY]

Fucking sweet! you soooooooo rock jerm