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by Patriot
Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:47 am
Forum: L4D/L4D2
Topic: questions regarding server.cfg
Replies: 8
Views: 4259

Re: questions regarding server.cfg

gorman, Feel free to contact me if you need help configuring your L4D2 server. Egde100x, The difficulty there determines the difficulty of that starting map, which is why it needs to be defined first. You can leave it in, change it, or remove it -- up to you. We also include z_difficulty in the serv...
by Patriot
Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:19 am
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: Running A VDS for Database Only
Replies: 18
Views: 3857

Re: Running A VDS for Database Only

This does work on a Windows OS VDS here at NFO, I just recently did it with very good results. And it does not require paying for another VDS. For sometime I wanted to run the game stats and wordpress MySQL dbs from the local machine to improve performance, in particular for the NFO hosted website t...
by Patriot
Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:29 am
Forum: CS:GO
Topic: SourceMod End of Round Next Map Inaccurate?
Replies: 3
Views: 1914

Re: SourceMod End of Round Next Map Inaccurate?

Wexcide,

This plugin is intended to fix that very issue:

[CS:GO] Show The Right Next Map - v1.0.1 updated 9/8/2012

Best regards,

Patriot
by Patriot
Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:23 pm
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: 28,000 logon hack attempts in 7 days...
Replies: 10
Views: 2735

Re: 28,000 logon hack attempts in 7 days...

CPx4, Thank you for those tips. They are very specific and actionable. I've thought about changing the default Administrator account and was rather surprised that the general security guidelines here on the forums didn't touch on the subject. The second tip was implemented when I started using RDP. ...
by Patriot
Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:52 pm
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: L4D2 - String Table Error
Replies: 5
Views: 4085

Re: L4D2 - String Table Error

I had an issue with one of the custom campaigns after the latest update from Valve. After running a manual update with -verify_all everything worked. Of course, that process does not look at custom .vpk files, but still.... I keep that command in each servers update script. It only adds a few minute...
by Patriot
Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:49 pm
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: L4D2 - String Table Error
Replies: 5
Views: 4085

Re: L4D2 - String Table Error

I had an issue with one of the custom campaigns after the latest update from Valve. After running a manual update with -verify_all everything worked. I keep that command in each servers update script. It only adds a few minutes to the update process and is a good check against corrupted or out of da...
by Patriot
Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:54 am
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes
Replies: 11
Views: 3407

Re: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes

We see the same issue. I run 2 servers, and one runs fine, but the other does as you describe. Sort of locks up at times. We use a control panel the restarts the server if it happens. I get emailed everytime it has to restart, and it happens 10-12 times a day. Weird that only one server does it, an...
by Patriot
Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:36 am
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes
Replies: 11
Views: 3407

Re: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes

Patriot, please open a support request if you'd like me to investigate the physical machine. That error suggests a problem with the Xen drivers, but it may be difficult to determine what triggered it. Possibilities include heavy disk or network access, suddenly-low memory, or unusual activity. We h...
by Patriot
Thu Sep 20, 2012 6:14 pm
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes
Replies: 11
Views: 3407

Re: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes

The timeouts are still happening with varying frequency on all four servers. :evil: Now, the whole VDS went offline and crashed all of the game servers, which were mostly full. In Event Viewer there are 5 new warning messages that started right when the VDS went offline: Event 129, XenVBD Reset to d...
by Patriot
Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:32 pm
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes
Replies: 11
Views: 3407

Re: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes

After hours of testing yesterday I thought I had the issue traced to the MySQL db connections, but then the timeout happened again even with both of the MySQL-dependent plugins uninstalled from the test server. However, I can recreate the in-game timeout behavior exactly by alt-tabing out of the gam...
by Patriot
Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:16 pm
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes
Replies: 11
Views: 3407

Re: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes

From what you're describing, levels are just taking a long time to load. Is this also what you're seeing server-side, in the server logs? No, and this does not seem like a load time issue. Load times vary greatly in l4d2 as determined by the map file size and the slowest loading connected player. M...
by Patriot
Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:08 pm
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes
Replies: 11
Views: 3407

L4D2 - Timeout and Disconnect message during map changes

Hello, I apologize in advance for the long post :( System Details: 6-core VDS with 6Gb RAM and Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, CPU usage never above 25%, memory usage never above 50%. Website and MySQL DBs both hosted at NFO in the same data center as the VDS. No additional software on the VDS other tha...
by Patriot
Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:08 pm
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: 28,000 logon hack attempts in 7 days...
Replies: 10
Views: 2735

Re: 28,000 logon hack attempts in 7 days...

Thank you, edge100x and squirrelof09 for some very helpful information. Using the regedit command to change the RDP port was easy. Would it be worthwhile to also limit port access on the game server IP addresses to only those ports assigned to an active server? If so, how best can that be accomplish...
by Patriot
Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:17 pm
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: 28,000 logon hack attempts in 7 days...
Replies: 10
Views: 2735

Re: 28,000 logon hack attempts in 7 days...

rustydusty1717, Do you consider these attacks a security risk and take appropriate measures or just ignore them? Some of the Windows Server security forums suggest using RDP to access remote servers is highly risky and opens the server to just these sort of brute force attacks. They further suggest ...
by Patriot
Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:10 pm
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: 28,000 logon hack attempts in 7 days...
Replies: 10
Views: 2735

28,000 logon hack attempts in 7 days...

System: 6-core VDS Windows 2008 R2 x64 Hello, While trying to track down the cause of numerous windows Logon application errors, I found a massive number of Audit Failures that are logon failures by unauthorized users attempting to hack the VDS. There have been 28,000 attempts since 9-2-12, and 2000...