[Neal121]

When a user selects a server to join, they select what campaign, difficulty they want for a server.

Well my server is on expert coop, however people say they are getting when selecting NORMAL for server selection and they are getting into my expert server.

Any ideas?

[triggerman]

post your server.cfg

[Neal121]

//Host Name
hostname "[W.S.E.] www.WSEclan.com L4D2 #2 - EXPERT w/HLSTATSx"
// Rcon Cvars
rcon_password "******" //Set’s remote control password
//sv_steamgroup "" // Steam group ID number

// Server password
sv_password "" 

//in game browser
sv_flags "Browser"

// Server Cvars
mp_disable_autokick 1 //Prevents a userid from being auto-kicked
sv_allow_color_correction 1 //Allow or disallow clients to use color correction on this server.
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 1 //Whether the server enforces file consistency for critical files
sv_contact “[email protected]” //Contact email for server sysop
//sv_downloadurl “” //Location from which clients can download missing files

// Lan or internet play, Server region cvars
//sv_lan 0 //Server is a lan server ( no heartbeat, no authentication, no non-class C addresses )
sv_region 0 // Region Codes: 0 - US East coast, 1 - US West coast, 2 - South America, 3 - Europe, 4 - Asia, 5 - Australia, 6 - Middle East, 7 - Africa, 255 - world

// Server Logging
log on
sv_rcon_log "1"
sv_logsdir "logs"
sv_log_onefile 0 //Log server information to only one file.
sv_logbans 1 //Log server bans in the server logs.
sv_logecho 0 //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 Rates
sv_maxcmdrate 100 //(If sv_mincmdrate is > 0), this sets the maximum value for cl_cmdrate.
sv_unlag 1
sv_maxunlag .5
//Fix to get your server onto the master lists
//setmaster add 68.142.72.250:27011
//setmaster add 72.165.61.189:27011
//sv_steamgroup //this is your group’s steam group id.. allows members to join from main menu add
//sv_steamgroup_exclusive 1 //to make it exclusive and private
// Difficulty of the current game  (easy, normal, hard, impossible)

z_difficulty "impossible"

sm_cvar mp_gamemode "coop"
sv_gametypes "coop"

[triggerman]

If im not mistaken, using z_difficulty doesnt actually disallow lobbies of other difficulties from connecting, it only forces them to a difficulty.

The only solution i know is to remove that and allow other difficulties to be used. Unless there is some way to only allow certain difficulties like is done for game types that im not aware of.

[Newf]

a thought i had, and i could very well be wrong in thinking it.

but if cfg files are read from top to bottom, you're setting the difficulty before the gamemode is set. so once the gamemode is set, it's going back to normal by default.

maybe try setting the difficulty after you set the gamemode?

just a thought i'm bored at work.