[L4D2] Dedicated server not showing up on in-game Steam Group Servers list

Darjusz · **Author**

I'm running a L4D2 8 players co-op/survival SourceMod dedicated server for my group. I've wanted it to show up in the main menu's bottom right section "Steam Group Servers". From what I've understood while searching is that I need to put the Steam Group's ID in the server.cfg so I did. Sadly, it's not showing up. The ports are forwarded properly and both me and my friends are able to play on the server (connecting through console via connect mydomain.net). This is my server's config:

MetaMod:

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server.cfg:

hostname "mydomain.net"
//Rcon password - Sets the password for remote rcon admin
rcon_password "REDACTED"

//Steam group # to assign to server
sv_steamgroup "11221964"

//Set to 1 to only allow members of the steam group to make the initial connection to this server
sv_steamgroup_exclusive 0

//Region - This sets the lobby in which your server will be part of
//You will want to set this to the closest location to your server
//eastcoast - sv_region 0
//westcoast - sv_region 1
//south america - sv_region 2
//europe - sv_region 3
//asia - sv_region 4
//australia - sv_region 5
//middle east - sv_region 6
//africa - sv_region 7
//world - sv_region 255

sv_region 3

// Server Logging
sv_log_onefile 1 //Log server information to only one file.
sv_logbans 1 //Log server bans in the server logs.
sv_logecho 1 //Echo log information to the console.
sv_logfile 1 //Log server information in the log file.
sv_logflush 0 //Flush the log file to disk on each write (slow).
sv_logsdir logs //Folder in the game directory where server logs will be stored.

// Server Cvars
mp_disable_autokick 1 //Prevents a userid from being auto-kicked
sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0 // Allow or disallow lobby-only connections (0 to allow browser join)
sv_allow_wait_command 1 //Allow or disallow the wait command on clients connected to this server.
sv_alltalk 0 //Players can hear all other players, no team restrictions
sv_alternateticks 0 //If set, server only simulates entities on even numbered ticks.
sv_cheats 0 //Allow cheats on server
sv_clearhinthistory 0 //Clear memory of server side hints displayed to the player.
sv_consistency 0 //Whether the server enforces file consistency for critical files
sv_contact "REDACTED" //Contact email for server sysop
sv_allowdownload 1
sv_allowupload 1
sv_lan 0
sm_cvar mp_autoteambalance 0 // Prevents some shuffling.
sm_cvar sv_forcepreload 1 // Pre-loading is always a good thing, force pre-loading on all clients.
sm_cvar sv_client_predict 1 // This is already set on clients, but force them to predict.
sm_cvar sv_client_cmdrate_difference 0 // Remove the clamp.

//Server Rates
sv_maxcmdrate 100 //(If sv_mincmdrate is > 0), this sets the maximum value for cl_cmdrate.

// Difficulty of the current game (easy, normal, hard, impossible)
//z_difficulty normal
//sm_cvar mp_gamemode "coop"
heartbeat
sm_cvar mp_friendlyfire 0

sm_cvar survivor_friendly_fire_factor_easy 0
sm_cvar survivor_friendly_fire_factor_expert 0
sm_cvar survivor_friendly_fire_factor_hard 0
sm_cvar survivor_friendly_fire_factor_normal 0

sm_cvar sv_maxplayers 8
sm_cvar sv_visiblemaxplayers 8
sm_cvar survivor_limit 8
sm_cvar sv_removehumanlimit 1
sm_cvar sv_force_unreserved 1
sm_cvar sb_all_bot_game 1
sm_cvar l4d_survivor_limit 6

Server startup:
./srcds_run -console -port 27015 +map c1m4_atrium +ip 0.0.0.0 -strictportbind -norestart +maxplayers 8

I'm not sure where to go from here.

maclarens

best choice its rent server on some hosting(example myarena 6$ in mont) becaose hosting open all ports and firewal right and watch and monitors the servers on the network and everything works well always and monitors the servers on the network and everything works well always

Darjusz

I don't have any problems with connectivity. Other game servers on that machine are running just fine. As I stated - the server is running perfectly fine and players are able to connect, just manually through the console. The problem here is that the server is not listed on the Steam Group Servers section in game and I think the problem lies somewhere in the server.cfg and I'd prefer focusing on that instead of trying to solve for the "problems" that aren't really problems.

I was wondering if I put the correct ID in the .cfg file and whether the value should be in quotes. I don't have any way of debugging/diagnosing it further, so I'm stuck with that.

**Silvers**

I don't think "sv_steamgroup" value should be in quotes. But I'm not entirely sure.

If the server is new it might take time to propagate through Valves master list.

I don't run any servers so hopefully someone with more knowledge will respond.

Darjusz

Thanks for the reply, Silvers.

I can't find any credible reference to server's config sv_steamgroup whether that should be a string (with quotes) or integer (without quotes). I can try and change it to see if it helps. The server is over month old, so I doubt it's the matter of Valve's master list but knowing Valve - who knows

CryWolf · *Last edited by CryWolf; 12-30-2022 at 02:24.*

Just sayng on l4d1 i have without quotes and works fine, so you need to remove quotes also
try add at the end of server.cfg 'heartbeat' 2/3 times and see if you see folowing in console after server has been started

Code:

Queuing heartbeat send to steam master server updater.
Queuing heartbeat send to steam master server updater.
Queuing heartbeat send to steam master server updater.
Queuing heartbeat send to steam master server updater.

Connection to Steam servers successful.
VAC secure mode is activated.

maclarens

if you're only interested sv_steamgroup ,then it works for me like this sv_steamgroup "11111,22222,33333"
maybe steam banned your server ip
http://api.steampowered.com/isteamap...=94.103.93.222
94.103.93.222 its my ip and no banned

Darjusz

CryWolf, I've added heartbeat command to the config file and restarted the server but there's no "Queuing..." messages. I can post the full console log, if needed be. Let me know

maclarens, I've checked my IP using that API endpoint and seems my IP is not banned:

Code:

{
  "response": {
    "success": true,
    "servers": [
      {
        "addr": "MYPUBLICIP:2303",
        "gmsindex": -1,
        "steamid": "90167643502539776",
        "appid": 107410,
        "gamedir": "Arma3",
        "region": -1,
        "secure": false,
        "lan": false,
        "gameport": 2302,
        "specport": 0
      },
      {
        "addr": "MYPUBLICIP:2457",
        "gmsindex": -1,
        "steamid": "90167635598996484",
        "appid": 892970,
        "gamedir": "valheim",
        "region": -1,
        "secure": false,
        "lan": false,
        "gameport": 2456,
        "specport": 0
      },
      {
        "addr": "MYPUBLICIP:10000",
        "gmsindex": -1,
        "steamid": "90167437991244800",
        "appid": 892970,
        "gamedir": "valheim",
        "region": -1,
        "secure": false,
        "lan": false,
        "gameport": 9999,
        "specport": 0
      },
      {
        "addr": "MYPUBLICIP:16261",
        "gmsindex": -1,
        "steamid": "90167636276218884",
        "appid": 108600,
        "gamedir": "zomboid",
        "region": -1,
        "secure": true,
        "lan": false,
        "gameport": 16261,
        "specport": 0
      },
      {
        "addr": "MYPUBLICIP:23456",
        "gmsindex": -1,
        "steamid": "90167642926443524",
        "appid": 251570,
        "gamedir": "7DTD",
        "region": -1,
        "secure": false,
        "lan": false,
        "gameport": 23458,
        "specport": 0
      },
      {
        "addr": "MYPUBLICIP:27015",
        "gmsindex": -1,
        "steamid": "90167636633850888",
        "appid": 550,
        "gamedir": "left4dead2",
        "region": 3,
        "secure": true,
        "lan": false,
        "gameport": 27015,
        "specport": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

maclarens

Darjusz,then aguess you need wait for this..

Darjusz

maclarens, I'm not sure I understand what do you mean. Wait for what, exactly?

I've already changed the sm_steamgroup to have the value without the quotes, restarted the server and let it run for pretty much a day. Nothing really changed. I'm running out of ideas