mask server ip with domain
 

is there a way to mask a server ip with a domain? I mean, instead of giving an ip address give the players something like server1.mydomain.com??

Re: mask server ip with domain
 

No. The domain name won't work unless you resolve lookups against it. That is how DNS works; this limitation has nothing to do with HLDS.

You can totally use a domain name to connect, and give that out, but it's impossible to "mask" your IP.

Re: mask server ip with domain
 

Sorry, that was a bad use of words by my side. I just want to give the domain as a ip address so users can connect easier. Not mask. Can you give me some orientation to achieve this?

Re: mask server ip with domain
 

Purchase a domain name, then point that domain to the IP address of your server.

How you go about this depends on a lot of things, particularly the company that you choose to purchase your domain name from.

Re: mask server ip with domain
 

But in the end it will be something like "sub.mydomain.com:port"? or is there a way to configure it so it has the port implicit?

Also, once the domain is resolved in the game, it will save it as an IP address, right? or does it updates if I change the domain server?

Re: mask server ip with domain
 

A records pointing to your game server IP will automatically connect to the 27015 port if not specified, like with any IP.

will connect to hldm.domain.org:27015

There's no way to use a subdomain to point to another port, unless you do an overly complicated process of getting another ip, create an A record to that IP, then tunnel the data to the 27015 port to the desired port.

Re: mask server ip with domain
 

Thank you. This was helpful :)