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Revision as of 20:56, 20 November 2009

Before you begin make sure you follow this guide: Setting your Steam Group ID

The Lobby System

The unique way Left4Dead and Left4Dead2 is set up requires a lobby system to match make and connect to games.

Sometimes, however, you want a server for you and your friends to connect to. This is where turning off matchmaking comes in.

Unfortunately, there is no way to set this in server.cfg, so the server requires you to use a file called autoexec.cfg

Creating autoexec.cfg

Autoexec.cfg may already be on your server, you can locate it in your game's cfg directory.

If your autoexec.cfg is already in place, go ahead and edit that file. If not, use a program to create the file to upload.

Turning off Lobby

Add the following line to your autoexec.cfg file:

sv_steamgroup_exclusive 1      //This will make the server exclusive to your steam group
mp_disable_autokick 1          //This will disable idle kicks if your players go idle.
sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 1  //This will turn off the lobby system

When you add the file, upload it. Restart your server to complete the changes.

Turning on Lobby

Simply comment out the settings inside autoexec.cfg so it looks like this:

//sv_steamgroup_exclusive 1      //This will make the server exclusive to your steam group
//mp_disable_autokick 1          //This will disable idle kicks if your players go idle.
//sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 1  //This will turn off the lobby system

Upload the edit, and restart your server.