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Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server Coming Soon - Drunken F00l - Oct 30, 2008

Valve officially plans on releasing the dedicated server sometime before the release of the demo.

Eric Smith from Valve Wrote:We'll be releasing the Left 4 Dead dedicated server files prior to the Left 4 Dead demo being released. More details will be sent to the mailing lists when we have them.

There are two things to keep in mind regarding running a Left 4 Dead server:

1) The CPU load for the Left 4 Dead server will be higher than you're used to for games like TF2. Left 4 Dead has a bunch of A.I. for the zombies, etc., that games like TF2 don't have.

2) Left 4 Dead uses a new matchmaking system we're developing. We'll be working with the server admin community to make sure the new system operates as smoothly as possible. More details on this later.

-Eric


Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server Coming Soon - IamTHEBOOKIE - Oct 30, 2008

hopefully it's as fun as TF2, we'll see though, watching the gameplay I don't quite yet see how the mulitiplayer vs. mode is going to work.

Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server Coming Soon - Hell-met - Oct 30, 2008

I want l4d sourceop pubs

baaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwww

Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server Coming Soon - Drunken F00l - Oct 30, 2008

Hell-met Wrote:pubs

How about just one? I don't have the cash to buy another box for L4D servers. The load averages on my second box say I might be able to squeeze two more.

Also, if L4D uses more CPU than a TF2 server and holds substantially less players, then hopefully somebody has a ton of cash to blow on tons of servers or there are going to be lots of people unable to play.

Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server Coming Soon - Biggs - Oct 30, 2008

Drunken_F00l Wrote:Also, if L4D uses more CPU than a TF2 server and holds substantially less players, then hopefully somebody has a ton of cash to blow on tons of servers or there are going to be lots of people unable to play.
Good point.

Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server Coming Soon - Zeitgeist - Oct 30, 2008

i will make regular donations for l4d ded srv on srcop plz lol

Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server Coming Soon - IamTHEBOOKIE - Oct 30, 2008

Interesting......... Well I do work in the data center at godaddy where we have dedicated servers..... fyi

Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server Coming Soon - Drunken F00l - Oct 30, 2008

Interesting......

Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server Coming Soon - IamTHEBOOKIE - Oct 30, 2008

Drunken_F00l Wrote:Interesting......

hit me up when I get on steam... I may have some interesting ideas.

Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server Coming Soon - SilverFox - Nov 06, 2008

Seems like there migh be problems with L4D and dedicated servers ..

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=744229

Seems there is no way to join a specific server. You join a 'lobby', then when you press Go, the game then searches for a server matching that criteria and you're on your way.

http://www.left4dead411.com/news/2008/11/whoa-whoa-server/

Quote:The new matchmaking system replaces the traditional server browser. By running a public dedicated server your server will be added to a list of servers available for clients to use when playing. Games are started from a Game Lobby by clients, who are then connected to a dedicated server when they start the game. When they're done, your server is added back to the list of available servers. Clients will be able to "Quick Match", "Play Online", and "Play With Friends" when they want to play a game.

You will still have access to the traditional Message of the Day for your server. For Left 4 Dead, we've added a banner ad you can create that will be displayed to clients when they're playing on your server. There is also a ranking system to show the popularity of your server.

This is the first version of what we've been working on, and we're going to want feedback from all of you once things start turning up tomorrow.

Quote:From what we understand, there will be no server browser. You will not be able to select a specific server to play on. If your clan pitches in for a dedicated server, it will just be added to the system. You will have no easy/intuitive way to just connect to the server you're paying for. You could spend $100 a month on a super high-quality server while some other guy runs one out of his basement, and instead of enjoying what you paid for you'd be equal with everybody else.

It seems like you still will be able to use the server browser from Steam itself (outside of the game), so .. maybe this is a work around. I imagine the /connect command still works as well. But, with only 4 slots available .... GL. :/