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It’s that time of the month for steam, apparently. Semaphores, SteamGetEncryptionKeyToSendToNewClient and other stupidness.
I mean, it happens like once a month, right…? Steam explodes and we have to sit here waiting to start our game server while they piddle-pat around fixing it. Haven’t they heard of a QA process?! Well anyway, when you run an update, you get something like this error below. Updating Installation removing stale semaphore [...]
srcds_run is broken (sorta) – A new orangebox folder is created when you start your game (UPDATE: FIXED)
Have you tried to install the new Counter-Strike: Source game server update and all the sudden an entirely new oragebox folder was created and a new copy of the game was downloaded to it? Yeah, its a bug, its not you. Valve has once again released confusingly undocumented and broken stuff to us. To fix [...]
Counter-Strike: Source BETA for Linux HOWTO (cssbeta)
nice -n -6 ./srcds_run -autoupdate -game cstrike_beta -tickrate 100 +ip 174.142.18.83 +port 27019 +maxplayers 21 +fps_max 250 +map de_dust2 +servercfgfile server.cfg +sv_log server_log.logUsing breakpad minidump system Using breakpad crash handler Warning: falling back to auto detection of vproject directory. Unable to find gameinfo.txt. Solutions: 1. Read http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/faq.html#NoGameDir 2. Run vconfig to specify which game you’re [...]
Buy Counter-Strike:Source for PC for $7
Holy guacamole man. If I were someone who had been baned for hacks and was looking to get my hands on a cheap cheap cheap counter-strike source CD key, i would look no further than this Counter-Strike: Source for $7 on SlickDeals Oh, while you’re at it you can pick up a CSS Beta server [...]
CSS BETA GAME SERVER HOSTING IS HERE!
We’ve got it! We’re it! Pick us, pick us! Counter-Strike: Source BETA (CSSBETA) is here. We’ve got it locked cocked and ready to roll. Other sites aren’t bothering with hosting beta dedicated game servers, but we’re on the ball and ready to play. Head on over to the Counter-Strike: Source BETA Game Server Hosting page [...]
Referral system raised to $0.35 per slot!
HGS has long since had a referral program that many people have used… however we feel like it needs a kick in the motivation-pants. Thats why today we’re raising the referral credit for game server hosting to $0.35 per slot. That means 26 slots gets you a private 100 tick 16 man CS:S server for [...]
Valve broke source again. Don’t update!! (appdatacache.cpp (311) : Assertion Failed: !”Implement me” error)
So, valve broke Counter-Strike: Source again in their last update. (Sigh!) Don’t update your server or it will stop booting. They’re working on a fix now, but it could be a day. Bad Valve, BAD! appdatacache.cpp (311) : Assertion Failed: !”Implement me” Here’s some news from their mailing list: Is this failing to contact steam [...]
Are your source servers not VAC secure all the sudden? It’s Steam’s fault.
If you’re playing happily on your server and it all the sudden starts complaining about your connection to steam servers being down, don’t panic… it happens to everyone. Steam has decided to do their regular past-time of sucking and caused their VAC servers to go down. When this happens, everyone’s server is unable to connect [...]
Added Tutorial for installing ManiMod on Counter-Strike: Source
Just wrote our little tutorial on how our users can install ManiMod on CS:S. Forum link: http://forum.hostedgameservers.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=36 We’ve created a shell script to deploy this mod automatically! You just follow the directions to SSH into the server and execute the script. After that you just add yourself to the adminlist.txt file and restart the server! [...]
All Source Games now have lower pricing for 1000 FPS options!
All 1000 Server FPS Options for Source games have new pricing! The new prices are as follows: 100 Tick 1000 FPS Public: $2.40/slot 100 Tick 1000 FPS Private: $2.10/slot This applies to the following games: Counter-Strike: Source Generic Half Life 2: Source Modable Servers Half-Life 2: Insurgency Team Fortress 2 Share on Facebook