L4D2 and NS2 Dedicated Servers are live

Bad news first...
The L4D2 server doesn't "just work" like I would like to, but it does work. Here are the instructions for you to get connected to it:

1. Choose a game mode you would like to play. (For this case we'll say versus.)
2. Click on the versus icon.
3. Select the Play With Friends option.
4. On the next window, click Create Versus Lobby.
5. In the next screen, select a campaign you want. IMPORTANT: For Server Type select Best Available Dedicated (NOT: Steam Group Server)
6. Click Create Lobby.
7. The lobby will be created.
8. Once in the lobby, you will need to enter in the cosole ("~" by default to bring up the console).
9. Start the game, and with some luck it will connect you to my server.

What that command in step 7 does is force the lobby to search for a dedicated server only at the IP address specified. Also, my external IP will change over time, so I will try to keep this updated. I tried using a domain name, and big surprise... it didn't work (my domain name works, but the command used will not work with domain names, only IP address).

The server is vanilla at this point. It works (for the moment) and I don't feel like breaking it by installing mods.


NS2 works freaking great. Server shows up in the master list, you pick it, put in the password, and you're connected... why the hell L4D2 can't be that simple, I have no idea.

well, that should do it for now. happy gaming!