HL2 Source - Steam VAC Issues

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HL2 Source - Steam VAC Issues

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Hi NFO,

I have installed Zombie Panic Source on my NFO Linux VDS (Unbuntu OS) and my server is having issues getting VAC secured.

The server VAC secures after restarting multiple times, then drops out randomly after a couple of map changes.

I am wondering if there is some type of firewall blocking Steam's connection to VAC the server.

I have Sourcemod installed, running Sourcebans and GameME stats, which are all working fine.

Here are my Launch parameters

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screen -m -S zps ./srcds_run -console -game zps +map zpa_town -maxplayers 24 -autoupdate +ip **.***.***.*** +port 27015
Here are my CFG's

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hostname "Zombie Panic Source"
rcon_password "password"


//sv_usescustom 0

mp_friendlyfire 0
sv_alltalk 0
sv_cheats 0
sv_allowupload 1
sv_allowdownload 1
sv_voiceenable 1
mp_timelimit 30
sv_timeout 65

sv_minrate 4000 
sv_maxrate 8000 
decalfrequency 60 
sv_maxupdaterate 60 
sv_minupdaterate 10 

log on 
sv_logbans 1 
sv_logecho 1 
sv_logfile 1 
sv_log_onefile 1


sv_lan 0 
sv_region 0


exec banned_user.cfg 
exec banned_ip.cfg 
exec autoexec.cfg

writeid
writeip

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log 1
logaddress_delall
logaddress_add logs01.gameme.com:29953
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: HL2 Source - Steam VAC Issues

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If the connection is working and then suddenly dropping it sounds like it would be more related to the Valve servers having issues.

When did this start happening and were any recent changes made to your VDS?.
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Re: HL2 Source - Steam VAC Issues

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I only installed the server today, and it was not VAC connected from the beginning. I guess it must be steams server side.
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Re: HL2 Source - Steam VAC Issues

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I did some google investigating, and found a quick fix for my problem. Adding +sv_lan 0 to the launch parameter seemed to do the trick.
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Re: HL2 Source - Steam VAC Issues

Post by soja »

You should check your autoexec and server.cfg for sv_lan 1, by default if it is a dedicated server sv_lan is set to 0.

you can also set sv_lan in the server.cfg if you wanted to remove it from the command line.

Glad you got it figured out :)
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