tf2 server not showing up on master list

[yoineedhelppleasekthxbye]

Hello I just bought a server from artofwarcentral.com, a dedicated TF2 server based in virginia. For some reason, it's not showing up in the master server list, and it's been up 2 days now, and not a single person but me has joined it, because no one can find it, I'm guessing. The server name starts with an "A", and when I browse for games and sort the list by server name, I go to the "A's" but my server isn't there. Yes, I have disabled all filters from my server browser that would take it off my list.

Anyone know what's wrong? I tried adding the heartbeat command to my server.cfg but it doesn't seem to have helped.


my server's IP is 64.34.201.166, if anyone wants to /connect to it and see if everything's working OK.
my cvar server.cfg is at the bottom of this post.

Quote:// Team Fortress 2 Server Configuration File, To be used with TF2 only!


// Server Name
hostname "ADULT FuN SERVER | NO RULES | 3maps | SourceMod | Fast Respawn"

// Rcon Cvars
rcon_password "ssNumber177235011" //Set's remote control password
sv_rcon_banpenalty 15 //Number of minutes to ban users who fail rcon authentication
sv_rcon_log 1 //Enable/disable rcon logging.
sv_rcon_maxfailures 3 //Max number of times a user can fail rcon authentication before being banned
sv_rcon_minfailures 5 //Number of times a user can fail rcon authentication in sv_rcon_minfailuretime before being banned
sv_rcon_minfailuretime 10 //Number of seconds to track failed rcon authentications

// Server Password
sv_password "" // Password protects server

// Server Cvars
mp_allowspectators 1 //Toggles whether the server allows spectator mode or not
mp_autocrosshair 0
mp_autoteambalance 1 //Toggles server autoteambalance
mp_bonusroundtime 5 //Time in seconds after round win until round restarts
mp_chattime 15 //amount of time in seconds players can chat after the game is over
//mp_clan_ready_signal "go" //Text that team leader from each team must speak for the match to begin
//mp_clan_readyrestart 1 //If non-zero, game will restart once someone from each team gives the ready signal
mp_decals 1
mp_defaultteam 1
mp_disable_autokick 1 //Prevents a userid from being auto-kicked
mp_enableroundwaittime 1 //Enable timers to wait between rounds.
mp_fadetoblack 1 //fade a player's screen to black when he dies
mp_falldamage 0 //Amount of damage players sustains from a fall
mp_flashlight 0 //Toggles flashlight on or off
mp_footsteps 1 //Toggles footsteps on or off
mp_forcecamera 0 //Restricts spectator modes for dead players
mp_forcerespawn 0
mp_forcerespawnplayers 1 //Force all players to respawn.
mp_forcewin 1 //Forces team to win
mp_fraglimit 0
mp_idledealmethod 1 //Deals with Idle Players. 1 = Sends them into Spectator mode then kicks them if they're still idle, 2 = Kicks them out of the game
mp_idlemaxtime 20 //Maximum time a player is allowed to be idle (in minutes)
mp_maxrounds 0 //max number of rounds to play before server changes maps
mp_stalemate_enable 1 // dunno
mp_teams_unbalance_limit 2 //Teams are unbalanced when one team has this many more players than the other team. (0 disables check)
mp_teststalemate 0 //Test the stalemate mode. Parameter: <0/1>. If 1, the map will reset at the end.
mp_time_between_capscoring 5 //Delay between scoring of owned capture points.
mp_timelimit 40 //game time per map in minutes
mp_tournament 0 // dunno
mp_winlimit 4 //Max number of rounds one team can win before server changes maps
sv_allow_color_correction 1 //Allow or disallow clients to use color correction on this server.
sv_allow_wait_command 0 //Allow or disallow the wait command on clients connected to this server.
sv_allowdownload 1 //Allow clients to download files
sv_allowupload 1 //Allow clients to upload customizations files

//voice
//sv_alltalk 1 //Players can hear all other players, no team restrictions
sv_voiceenable 1
sv_voicecodec vaudio_speex

//
sv_alternateticks 0 //If set, server only simulates entities on even numbered ticks.
sv_autosave 0 //Set to 1 to autosave game on level transition. Does not affect autosave triggers.
sv_bonus_challenge 0 //Set to values other than 0 to select a bonus map challenge type.
sv_cacheencodedents 1 //If set to 1, does an optimization to prevent extra SendTable_Encode calls.
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 "tf2server@gregdunbar.com" //Contact email for server sysop
sv_downloadurl "" //Location from which clients can download missing files
sv_enableoldqueries 1 //Enable support for old style (HL1) server queries
sv_pausable 0 //Is the server pausable.

// 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 255 // Region Codes: 0 - US East coast, 1 - US West coast, 2 - South America, 2 - South America, 3 - Europe, 4 - Asia, 5 - Australia, 6 - Middle East, 7 - Africa, 255 - world
sv_pure 0
sv_secure 1

//server Logging
sv_log_onefile 0 //Log server information to only one file.
sv_logbans 1 //Log server bans in the server logs.
sv_logblocks 0 //If true when log when a query is blocked (can cause very large log files)
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 0 //(If sv_mincmdrate is > 0), this sets the maximum value for cl_cmdrate.
sv_maxrate 20000 //Max bandwidth rate allowed on server, 0 == unlimited
sv_maxreplay 2 //Maximum replay time in seconds
sv_maxupdaterate 100 //Maximum updates per second that the server will allow
sv_mincmdrate 0 //This sets the minimum value for cl_cmdrate. 0 == unlimited.
sv_minrate 0 //Min bandwidth rate allowed on server, 0 == unlimited

mp_idlemaxtime 30

//
sv_tags "alltalk,norespawntime,adult,fun,hlstatsx,sourcemod,birthday"
sv_minupdaterate 30 //Minimum updates per second that the server will allow

heartbeat

[yoineedhelppleasekthxbye]

also while we are at it, I minds well ask this. What kind of special character can I place in the name of my server to make it appear near the top of the list?

This server here:
http://www.game-monitor.com/tf2_GameServer/64.34.181.200:27015/_Doorman_is_God__247_2Fort_HLstatsX.html
is always at the top of the TF2 list when you sort it by name. If you go to their website here:
http://doormanisgod.com/
you can see in the server name that there is some squares or something that don't show up in the game. Any idea how I can do that with my server?

[Mooga]

Did you see your server on the custom tab?

[yoineedhelppleasekthxbye]

Mooga Wrote:Did you see your server on the custom tab?

Yes, it shows up on the custom tab I believe.

[WAffen]

you need to update it. this keeps happening to me and i have to get my host to update it or use the hld update tool.

[kaine]

To answer your second question, give it a try with a few spaces...

[yoineedhelppleasekthxbye]

WAffen Wrote:you need to update it. this keeps happening to me and i have to get my host to update it or use the hld update tool.

update what? and can i do it remotely from ftp?

[Mooga]

yoineedhelppleasekthxbye Wrote:

Mooga Wrote:Did you see your server on the custom tab?

Yes, it shows up on the custom tab I believe.

Then it shows up, problems solved.
If you want it in the internet tab either remove your custom tags OR find a mod to clear the tags. It's built into BM and there is a plugin for sourcemod.

[yoineedhelppleasekthxbye]

Mooga Wrote:

yoineedhelppleasekthxbye Wrote:

Mooga Wrote:Did you see your server on the custom tab?

Yes, it shows up on the custom tab I believe.

Then it shows up, problems solved.
If you want it in the internet tab either remove your custom tags OR find a mod to clear the tags. It's built into BM and there is a plugin for sourcemod.

Hmm, I'm confused though. The only 'custom' thing on my server is sourcemod. But I've joined sourcemod servers before that were on the internet tab.

How do I clear my tags?

[Drocona]

What Mooga said, download the plugin for sourcemod to remove it.

[blik]

Fast Respawn = Custom

[Mooga]

you would get more help if you had a use name which actually implied that you cared rathen then just looked for an quick fix.

[yoineedhelppleasekthxbye]

Ok I got it showing up in the master list now thanks to the plugins.

Now, what can I do to get more people to my server? The most I've had so far is 4 people at once.

[Spartanfrog]

Play it with a group of friends.

[yoineedhelppleasekthxbye]

Spartanfrog Wrote:Play it with a group of friends.

please add my server to your favs, i promise it is very fun server i have tweaked it personally and i have 9 years of experience running game servers and a B.A. degree in game server management