Some small updates:
- Fixed an issue with STV demos crashing, which used to require a little tool to fix the demos. Thanks to JackyLegs and Icewind for their insights.
- Added some tougher ban options to deal with alts and VPNs.
- Provided API access to leagues for automated alt and ban evasion searches (ETF2L and RGL at the moment)
Some small updates:
- Fixed an [url=https://github.com/AnAkkk/TFTrue/issues/68]issue[/url] with STV demos crashing, which used to require a little tool to fix the demos. Thanks to [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/JackyLegss/]JackyLegs[/url] and [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/icewind1991/]Icewind[/url] for their insights.
- Added some tougher ban options to deal with alts and VPNs.
- Provided API access to leagues for automated alt and ban evasion searches (ETF2L and RGL at the moment)
TapleyAny action to make the average Russian person question why this or any sanction is happening is a good idea. People need to protest en masse and question the inhuman things their government is doing, when people start to have their comforts taken away maybe then they'll start to stop ignoring things that are going on. From the way the economy looks at the moment not being able to play on some TF2 servers will be the least of their worries :-(.
Indeed, you are right, we need to think about what our government is doing and I agree with its actions. The fact that we decided to help other cities where ordinary people died for 7 years, and you just sat and played your games, as they immediately reported it. So right away you went to say nasty things about us. Where is your promised tolerance that you fought for, huh? They said it doesn't matter who you are black or white, Russian or American, everyone is equal, because we are people, so where did she disappear to? You are all just pathetic hypocrites and does not know the whole truth and it is pointless to get involved in politics, both for players and organizations. By making such sanctions, on the contrary, you are doing not against the government, but against this people, who have done nothing to you, and you are just harming other players. If you treat us like this now, then don't regret it, later, when we treat you like you fucking bastards treat us. If you delete it, it will most likely look like the truth, that your favorite tolerance is the usual hypocrisy. You are not even grateful for what the USSR did during the war for our world. The fact that your government decided to arrange a battlefield in Ukraine under the pretext of "Help", because it is easy to manipulate an ordinary comedian. So also your president, Biden, as he was Russophobic and remained - this is another reason why he decided to "Help". Games, tournaments, organizations, shops should be outside politics.
[quote=Tapley]Any action to make the average Russian person question why this or any sanction is happening is a good idea. People need to protest en masse and question the inhuman things their government is doing, when people start to have their comforts taken away maybe then they'll start to stop ignoring things that are going on. From the way the economy looks at the moment not being able to play on some TF2 servers will be the least of their worries :-(.[/quote]
Indeed, you are right, we need to think about what our government is doing and I agree with its actions. The fact that we decided to help other cities where ordinary people died for 7 years, and you just sat and played your games, as they immediately reported it. So right away you went to say nasty things about us. Where is your promised tolerance that you fought for, huh? They said it doesn't matter who you are black or white, Russian or American, everyone is equal, because we are people, so where did she disappear to? You are all just pathetic hypocrites and does not know the whole truth and it is pointless to get involved in politics, both for players and organizations. By making such sanctions, on the contrary, you are doing not against the government, but against this people, who have done nothing to you, and you are just harming other players. If you treat us like this now, then don't regret it, later, when we treat you like you fucking bastards treat us. If you delete it, it will most likely look like the truth, that your favorite tolerance is the usual hypocrisy. You are not even grateful for what the USSR did during the war for our world. The fact that your government decided to arrange a battlefield in Ukraine under the pretext of "Help", because it is easy to manipulate an ordinary comedian. So also your president, Biden, as he was Russophobic and remained - this is another reason why he decided to "Help". Games, tournaments, organizations, shops should be outside politics.
ArieSir, this is a Wendy's.
So what? Guys, I have nothing against you. And I don't want to offend in any way. But most of you are so spoiled that you call ordinary citizens who have done nothing while you drowned for tolerance! And most importantly, it has abruptly disappeared from you, literally most countries also blame ordinary citizens.
[quote=Arie]Sir, this is a Wendy's.[/quote]
So what? Guys, I have nothing against you. And I don't want to offend in any way. But most of you are so spoiled that you call ordinary citizens who have done nothing while you drowned for tolerance! And most importantly, it has abruptly disappeared from you, literally most countries also blame ordinary citizens.
XidyGuys, I have nothing against you. And I don't want to offend in any way.
XidyYou are all just pathetic hypocrites [...] you fucking bastards [...]
[quote=Xidy]Guys, I have nothing against you. And I don't want to offend in any way.[/quote]
[quote=Xidy]You are all just pathetic hypocrites [...] you fucking bastards [...][/quote]
Xidytolerance!
Dude, this shit doesn't work if you're white.
But seriously, I can understand the unpleasant feeling of being discriminated for who you are. However, for me it seems that this case falls under "private discrimination" category. Just deal with the fact that some people are clowns and move forward. Serveme is not the only(and imo not the best) option for getting a tf2 server. And even if you're so eager to use serveme, there are still a lot of ways to bypass the ban.
Another option is to stop playing this shite game and hit the gym instead.
[quote=Xidy]tolerance![/quote]
Dude, this shit doesn't work if you're white.
But seriously, I can understand the unpleasant feeling of being discriminated for who you are. However, for me it seems that this case falls under "private discrimination" category. Just deal with the fact that some people are clowns and move forward. Serveme is not the only(and imo not the best) option for getting a tf2 server. And even if you're so eager to use serveme, there are still a lot of ways to bypass the ban.
Another option is to stop playing this shite game and hit the gym instead.
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citruscitrusXidytolerance!
Dude, this shit doesn't work if you're white.
But seriously, I can understand the unpleasant feeling of being discriminated for who you are. However, for me it seems that this case falls under "private discrimination" category. Just deal with the fact that some people are clowns and move forward. Serveme is not the only(and imo not the best) option for getting a tf2 server. And even if you're so eager to use serveme, there are still a lot of ways to bypass the ban.
Another option is to stop playing this shite game and hit the gym instead.
Man, thank you for such kind words. The game is old and good. It's a pity that it was abandoned by the developers. I don't play it myself anymore, it's just that sometimes I just want to go in with old friends and go play, taking the server through a convenient site for us. Of course, if I offended or offended someone with my words, I apologize only to those who do not hold a grudge against us. Man, you're right about tolerance. But perhaps I will say my opinion. It doesn't matter if you're black or white, Russian or American. We are all people and we all want peace and to live a good life. And you're completely right about the gym. It doesn't matter if you're a drish or a jock. They will help you there in any case, because everyone was dry/ fat, but they help there. That's why I agree with you with the audience, man. Therefore, good luck to you in life and all the best!
[quote=citruscitrus][quote=Xidy]tolerance![/quote]
Dude, this shit doesn't work if you're white.
But seriously, I can understand the unpleasant feeling of being discriminated for who you are. However, for me it seems that this case falls under "private discrimination" category. Just deal with the fact that some people are clowns and move forward. Serveme is not the only(and imo not the best) option for getting a tf2 server. And even if you're so eager to use serveme, there are still a lot of ways to bypass the ban.
Another option is to stop playing this shite game and hit the gym instead.[/quote]
Man, thank you for such kind words. The game is old and good. It's a pity that it was abandoned by the developers. I don't play it myself anymore, it's just that sometimes I just want to go in with old friends and go play, taking the server through a convenient site for us. Of course, if I offended or offended someone with my words, I apologize only to those who do not hold a grudge against us. Man, you're right about tolerance. But perhaps I will say my opinion. It doesn't matter if you're black or white, Russian or American. We are all people and we all want peace and to live a good life. And you're completely right about the gym. It doesn't matter if you're a drish or a jock. They will help you there in any case, because everyone was dry/ fat, but they help there. That's why I agree with you with the audience, man. Therefore, good luck to you in life and all the best!
ArieXidyGuys, I have nothing against you. And I don't want to offend in any way.
XidyYou are all just pathetic hypocrites [...] you fucking bastards [...]
I'm sorry, I formulated my thought wrong. I really do not want to offend and I do not wish evil. The fact is that you shouted about your tolerance everywhere, but in the end you just forgot about it and most of them started insulting ordinary citizens who did nothing. My data insults go only to those who respond like this and talk about us. And to those who keep the neutral side or support us, I didn't wish anything bad to them. As for me, games should be outside politics, because we go into games to relax from what is happening in our lives and have fun in the game. Therefore, using some sanctions, you are making it worse not for us, but for yourself. Who in the future from the CIS will want to donate to you for such a decision? We just want to play games without any problems because we believe that they are not in politics, but because you do this, you drag them into politics on the contrary, why is that?
[quote=Arie][quote=Xidy]Guys, I have nothing against you. And I don't want to offend in any way.[/quote]
[quote=Xidy]You are all just pathetic hypocrites [...] you fucking bastards [...][/quote][/quote]
I'm sorry, I formulated my thought wrong. I really do not want to offend and I do not wish evil. The fact is that you shouted about your tolerance everywhere, but in the end you just forgot about it and most of them started insulting ordinary citizens who did nothing. My data insults go only to those who respond like this and talk about us. And to those who keep the neutral side or support us, I didn't wish anything bad to them. As for me, games should be outside politics, because we go into games to relax from what is happening in our lives and have fun in the game. Therefore, using some sanctions, you are making it worse not for us, but for yourself. Who in the future from the CIS will want to donate to you for such a decision? We just want to play games without any problems because we believe that they are not in politics, but because you do this, you drag them into politics on the contrary, why is that?
Some of my server providers are beginning to raise their prices. Inflation, energy costs, price gauging, etc....
Luckily servers have been getting faster, faster, than TF2 has gotten slower, so with some shuffling of gameservers and new contracts on more price-efficient machines, it doesn't look like we have to raise prices in response.
In EU, we are getting rid of the most price inefficient machine from one provider (HelmutBrigade, per december 2022). This won't matter as there is more capacity than needed in that region and from that server provider.
We've made one QoL improvement (suggestion from JackyLegs). The map selector now has a little section at the top with maplists for the main leagues (ETF2L, RGL, UGC), showing the maps they currently use per gametype. This way you won't have to guess which exact map version you're supposed to play.
https://i.imgur.com/NUIOLkX.png
Some of my server providers are beginning to raise their prices. Inflation, energy costs, price gauging, etc....
Luckily servers have been getting faster, faster, than TF2 has gotten slower, so with some shuffling of gameservers and new contracts on more price-efficient machines, it doesn't look like we have to raise prices in response.
In EU, we are getting rid of the most price inefficient machine from one provider (HelmutBrigade, per december 2022). This won't matter as there is more capacity than needed in that region and from that server provider.
We've made one QoL improvement (suggestion from JackyLegs). The map selector now has a little section at the top with maplists for the main leagues (ETF2L, RGL, UGC), showing the maps they currently use per gametype. This way you won't have to guess which exact map version you're supposed to play.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/NUIOLkX.png[/img]
throwback to my bank blocking my card after 3 unsuccessful payments bc the netherlands dOesnT acCEPT pAYmENTS fRom gREECE
throwback to my bank blocking my card after 3 unsuccessful payments bc the netherlands dOesnT acCEPT pAYmENTS fRom gREECE
waxthrowback to my bank blocking my card after 3 unsuccessful payments bc the netherlands dOesnT acCEPT pAYmENTS fRom gREECE
Not sure where you're getting that nonsense from, but it's actually because I haven't updated the Stripe credit card integration to fully comply with new EU laws. Some banks require those updated rules (e.g. 3dsecure), causing failed payment attempts. Your bank blocking your card because of that, is between you and your bank.
You can use paypal instead for now.
[quote=wax]throwback to my bank blocking my card after 3 unsuccessful payments bc the netherlands dOesnT acCEPT pAYmENTS fRom gREECE[/quote]
Not sure where you're getting that nonsense from, but it's actually because I haven't updated the Stripe credit card integration to fully comply with new EU laws. Some banks require those updated rules (e.g. 3dsecure), causing failed payment attempts. Your bank blocking your card because of that, is between you and your bank.
You can use paypal instead for now.
Punishing ordinary citizens and think that they can do anything is indeed retarded. Someone is xenophobic.
Punishing ordinary citizens and think that they can do anything is indeed retarded. Someone is xenophobic.
ShoibaPunishing ordinary citizens and think that they can do anything is indeed retarded. Someone is xenophobic.
It's _exactly_ the ordinary people that can do something; thinking that things will change on their own is simply wrong.
[quote=Shoiba]Punishing ordinary citizens and think that they can do anything is indeed retarded. Someone is xenophobic.[/quote]
It's _exactly_ the ordinary people that can do something; thinking that things will change on their own is simply wrong.
malyShoibaPunishing ordinary citizens and think that they can do anything is indeed retarded. Someone is xenophobic.
It's _exactly_ the ordinary people that can do something; thinking that things will change on their own is simply wrong.
Ok buddy. I can just go to protest and get an injury from police and it would achieve nothing. We couldn't save ONE person from prison, Navalny. And now you want us to do what?
[quote=maly][quote=Shoiba]Punishing ordinary citizens and think that they can do anything is indeed retarded. Someone is xenophobic.[/quote]
It's _exactly_ the ordinary people that can do something; thinking that things will change on their own is simply wrong.[/quote]
Ok buddy. I can just go to protest and get an injury from police and it would achieve nothing. We couldn't save ONE person from prison, Navalny. And now you want us to do what?
You have heat, electricity, entertainment, internet while your fellow neighbors are worried about being bombed. Where to find heat and food. I hope your country implodes in my lifetime just because of this invasion.
You have heat, electricity, entertainment, internet while your fellow neighbors are worried about being bombed. Where to find heat and food. I hope your country implodes in my lifetime just because of this invasion.
Never bring politics in gaming. It will only spread more hate
Never bring politics in gaming. It will only spread more hate
People from Russia and Belarus can make reservations on the site again. Just tick the "I am not a vatnik" box and you're good to go.
People from Russia and Belarus can make reservations on the site again. Just tick the "I am not a vatnik" box and you're good to go.
AriePeople from Russia and Belarus can make reservations on the site again. Just tick the "I am not a vatnik" box and you're good to go.
Thank you, I got what I wanted. Have a good day
[quote=Arie]People from Russia and Belarus can make reservations on the site again. Just tick the "I am not a vatnik" box and you're good to go.[/quote]
Thank you, I got what I wanted. Have a good day
Thanks to ozfortress, au.serveme.tf is back :) Starting out with 12 gameservers.
More info on how and why in these two blogposts.
Thanks to [url=https://ozfortress.com/]ozfortress[/url], au.serveme.tf is back :) Starting out with 12 gameservers.
More info on how and why in these [url=https://ozfortress.com/forums/threads/1079]two[/url] [url=https://ozfortress.com/forums/threads/1081]blogposts[/url].
A small update, which could help if you experience a bad connection, poor routing or live further from the servers. All servers now support connecting through SDR (basically Valve's gaming VPN), in addition to direct connections.
So if you are on a server and have packet loss or unexpected high pings, type "!sdr" in chat to get the SDR connect info.
Just paste that in the TF2 console to connect to the same server, but this time through SDR.
As an example, this helped lower my ping to one of the Chicago servers, the first row is me on SDR, with a private SDR IP, the second row is me on a direct connection to the server:
https://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/1687541374.jpg
A small update, which could help if you experience a bad connection, poor routing or live further from the servers. All servers now support connecting through SDR (basically Valve's gaming VPN), in addition to direct connections.
So if you are on a server and have packet loss or unexpected high pings, type "!sdr" in chat to get the SDR connect info.
Just paste that in the TF2 console to connect to the same server, but this time through SDR.
As an example, this helped lower my ping to one of the Chicago servers, the first row is me on SDR, with a private SDR IP, the second row is me on a direct connection to the server:
[img]https://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/1687541374.jpg[/img]
I only vaguely understand SDR as -enablefakeip uses it, is there any additional info on how it works somewhere? Does it delist servers from the browser?
I only vaguely understand SDR as -enablefakeip uses it, is there any additional info on how it works somewhere? Does it delist servers from the browser?
I think the steam docs and the announcement put it quite well:
Steam Datagram Relay (SDR) is Valve's virtual private gaming network. Using our APIs, you can not only carry your game traffic over the Valve backbone that is dedicated for game content, you also gain access to our network of relays. Relaying the traffic protects your servers and players from DoS attack, because IP addresses are never revealed. All traffic you receive is authenticated, encrypted, and rate-limited. Furthermore, for a surprisingly high number of players, we can also find a faster route through our network, which actually improves player ping times.
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer/steamdatagramrelay
First, relaying traffic anonymizes it, protecting both gameservers and clients from denial-of-service attacks. Furthermore, because routing decisions are made dynamically by the client, if a relay becomes unavailable, clients can switch to a different relay within seconds, perhaps at a different point-of-presence if necessary. For an attacker to disrupt gameplay, they must mount an attack large enough to overwhelm multiple data centers.
Second, clients can select a route that gets off of the public Internet and onto our dedicated links as early as possible. On our backbone we can ensure that the routing is optimal, since we have peered with over 2,500 ISPs.
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/1791775741704351698
I don't know if enabling SDR on the server with -enablefakeip delists them from the master server list, since we typically run "hide_server 1" on all gameservers anyway.
I think the steam docs and the announcement put it quite well:
[quote]Steam Datagram Relay (SDR) is Valve's virtual private gaming network. Using our APIs, you can not only carry your game traffic over the Valve backbone that is dedicated for game content, you also gain access to our network of relays. Relaying the traffic protects your servers and players from DoS attack, because IP addresses are never revealed. All traffic you receive is authenticated, encrypted, and rate-limited. Furthermore, for a surprisingly high number of players, we can also find a faster route through our network, which actually improves player ping times.[/quote]
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer/steamdatagramrelay
[quote]First, relaying traffic anonymizes it, protecting both gameservers and clients from denial-of-service attacks. Furthermore, because routing decisions are made dynamically by the client, if a relay becomes unavailable, clients can switch to a different relay within seconds, perhaps at a different point-of-presence if necessary. For an attacker to disrupt gameplay, they must mount an attack large enough to overwhelm multiple data centers.
Second, clients can select a route that gets off of the public Internet and onto our dedicated links as early as possible. On our backbone we can ensure that the routing is optimal, since we have peered with over 2,500 ISPs.[/quote]
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/1791775741704351698
I don't know if enabling SDR on the server with -enablefakeip delists them from the master server list, since we typically run "hide_server 1" on all gameservers anyway.
Just a small QoL update. A button to copy the settings of your previous reservation and make a new one. You can also right click this button and share this URL. It will only copy server config, whitelist and first map, not your rcon.
https://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/1689706927.jpg
Just a small QoL update. A button to copy the settings of your previous reservation and make a new one. You can also right click this button and share this URL. It will only copy server config, whitelist and first map, not your rcon.
[img]https://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/1689706927.jpg[/img]
Some more improvements....
tl;dr
Better server updates, no more select/copy/paste from chat like a caveman for the SDR connect, MOTDs with reservation info.
1. We changed the way we do server updates. Previously we checked the server version just as your reservation started, and told it to update itself if it was out of date. This was annoying for two reasons. First this meant the server had to fully shutdown and restart to get the update from steam, which can be slow due to congestion. It can also overload the machine hosting the gameservers with the disk and network getting trashed when many gameservers update at once.
Second, sometimes the gameservers took multiple restarts/updates to fully get to the latest version. So when that happened, after waiting for your reservation to launch you got greeted with the "Server is running an older version of the game" message.
So now we handle all the updates as soon as they come out. We stop making new reservations on servers that are not yet updated and start updating a few servers per machine at once. Games in progress are not disturbed and can finish their match on the old version of TF2.
2. There's now an in-game menu to switch between a direct connection and Valve's VPN connection, SDR. Type !sdr to open this menu.
3. Added MOTDs to all servers. This MOTD shows who made the reservation, its setttings and has convenient buttons to copy the connect, SDR connect and STV connect to your clipboard. If it's your reservation and you are logged in you can also control and RCON the server from this screen.
4. Fixed broken redirects after logging in. The site forgot where you were after signing in with steam, now it remembers where you were and redirects you back like it's 2011.
Some more improvements....
tl;dr
Better server updates, no more select/copy/paste from chat like a caveman for the SDR connect, MOTDs with reservation info.
1. We changed the way we do server updates. Previously we checked the server version just as your reservation started, and told it to update itself if it was out of date. This was annoying for two reasons. First this meant the server had to fully shutdown and restart to get the update from steam, which can be slow due to congestion. It can also overload the machine hosting the gameservers with the disk and network getting trashed when many gameservers update at once.
Second, sometimes the gameservers took multiple restarts/updates to fully get to the latest version. So when that happened, after waiting for your reservation to launch you got greeted with the "Server is running an older version of the game" message.
So now we handle all the updates as soon as they come out. We stop making new reservations on servers that are not yet updated and start [url=http://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/EUfX4UhWcs.png]updating a few servers per machine[/url] at once. [url=http://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/WqEGtzoZc3.png]Games in progress[/url] are not disturbed and can finish their match on the old version of TF2.
2. There's [url=http://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/hl2_91pXHl8f7b.mp4]now an in-game menu[/url] to switch between a direct connection and Valve's VPN connection, SDR. Type !sdr to open this menu.
3. Added MOTDs to all servers. [url=https://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/hl2_hmP00g20NU.png]This MOTD shows[/url] who made the reservation, its setttings and has convenient buttons to copy the connect, SDR connect and STV connect to your clipboard. If it's your reservation and you are logged in [url=https://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/hl2_8sZLWHPAie.png]you can also control and RCON the server from this screen[/url].
4. Fixed broken redirects after logging in. The site forgot where you were after signing in with steam, now it remembers where you were and redirects you back [url=https://xkcd.com/869/]like it's 2011[/url].
anyone else having issues with getting demos from serveme ? right now its broken for me (although demos.tf still works)
anyone else having issues with getting demos from serveme ? right now its broken for me (although demos.tf still works)
Aelkyranyone else having issues with getting demos from serveme ? right now its broken for me (although demos.tf still works)
What doesn't work exactly?
[quote=Aelkyr]anyone else having issues with getting demos from serveme ? right now its broken for me (although demos.tf still works)[/quote]
What doesn't work exactly?