So another question

[rbfloat05]

so i was able to get fix my admin problem and, even reinstall after many attempts many of the mods I used to have.

(l4d2 server btw)

But I am not sure if my server is acting as a public one. My friends can right click me on steam and join my server.

But I have been messing around for quite some time now and no random ppl have been able to join my server as was what I really wanted.

Is there a setting i need to change to allow random people to join my server like a regular game? cause I dont want it to be private.

have I just been unlucky(l4d2 is one of the most played games on steam though)


should I host from a lobby and then connect to server via mm_dedicated_force_server

is hlsw causing random ppl not to join?

just some of my ideas

[Sim]

Sometimes it take awhile before random players join the server. HLSW shouldn't have any effect on players joining or not, its just a rcon tool.

You could try adding popular custom maps to see if that makes players join faster.

[TimeX]

Access control in the L4D games is a bit different than prior Valve games. We have a guide here that shows how to set up the different access options for your server: http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... =49&t=4146

[Edge100x]

Valve also heavily prefers their own L4D2 servers now, unfortunately for server operators. Most lobby games will likely go to their servers at this point.