Server

[Zofo]

Is there webadmin option with the l4d server?  Does anybody know, its always empty and I could get games going on it but i dunno how, I mean it doesn't let u create a lobby it goes straight to game, complete noob to this so if anyone knows could ya throw a little info my way ...cheers big ears

[Zeus]

well you just enter it and then press 'esc' the vote for the changes you wont (and you get them as your the only one on it )- so it webadmin   without webadmin really

well thats what I did a few weeks back

[Zofo]

hmmmm, I didn't see any server options when i hit escape though, ok I try it later, cheers

[Paranoia]

I'm not sure what Zeus means by esc, either, but if you head into the console, then there are many votes you can call in there.

I believe they start callvote and then you'll get a little dropdown list. I think this is the best way to do it atm.

[Zofo]

I'm not sure what Zeus means by esc, either, but if you head into the console, then there are many votes you can call in there.

I believe they start callvote and then you'll get a little dropdown list. I think this is the best way to do it atm.

coll, I will try that later, the server is always empty now, want to breath some life back into it

[Humbug]

the server is empty coz its restricted to community members only when its empty..

do you want this removed

[Zofo]

the server is empty coz its restricted to community members only when its empty..

do you want this removed

Sure why not, whats the deal with webadmin m8, is there such a thing?

[Zeus]

I'm not sure what Zeus means by esc, either, but if you head into the console, then there are many votes you can call in there.

thats it the console    havn't played L4D for a few weeks - been busy with UT3 and sortin UT3 servers out

[Humbug]

Sure why not, whats the deal with webadmin m8, is there such a thing?

not really a web based admin thing.. there is however the same system we use to admin and control the tf2 servers.  There looks to be some plugins people have written aswell

[Humbug]

community lock removed... good luck in getting on as it's been full since i removed it

[Zofo]

So how do u go about changing settings then?  I'm still quite confused, for instance when u join it starts the game straight away, is there a way to start it in the lobby so u can change it to versus or campaign and also choose map and skill level

[Paranoia]

There's no way, from the lobby, to select which server you join.

At the moment, that means that if you want to play on a specific server, you have to join the server, and then call votes to get the settings you want.

So, in the console,

callvote map blabla
callvote changedifficulty blabla
etc.

There's also callvote restartround or something, which I find useful, as the game starts as soon as one person joins the server. Once everyone is in, you can restart the game.


[EDIT] Disclaimer: The only callvote arugment I can actually remember is kick, so the above may be wrong, but you get a little 'auto complete' box that should help you out [/EDIT]

[Zofo]

Its all a bit limited, u should have an easy option to join your own server and change stuff, its my one big gripe about l4d