only a few servers in steam. why?

[poseyjmac]

is it just me or are there not many servers in steam? tehre are 4 richochet servers. like 30 dod servers. how do you fix it?

 

[ilh]

I get 100 odd DoD servers (only about 40 have enough people in to have a good game) and that's with pw and <250 ping filters on. There's not so many because the rest are still using the WON system and haven't switched yet, when WON goes down the rest should come onto Steam. (Hopes for MONG/A&W to switch soon)

 

[Sporky]

Also if you have switched on the localisation filter you will be filtering loads and loads out because a number of servers don't have their locale properly set, or set at all.

 

[Javert]

Few have dedicated servers for Steam. Most are still on WON (and that's a good thing for now). Frankly, they've heard enuf problems about it. Consider Steam CS 1.6 for now.

I'm kinda upset bout lack of servers too ;( .

 

[RabidMeatloaf]

I can't see any servers. EVER. Something odd about my firewall....

 

[KiNG]

um can u play cs 1.5 on steam or just 1.6? - hate the shields

 

[A True Canadian]

You can just play 1.6 on Steam.
The shields aren't that bad. They're unfair at first, but they help create more of a balance in maps like cs_assault.

(I find the shields easy to take down. Just equip a submachine gun or rifle and run around them shooting. It gets easier with practice.)

 

[KiNG]

the concept is great but with HL's old technoloygy(sometimes horrible hit box detection) it doesnt work out as well in-game. and i feel it drags cs even futher down, especially in realism.

 

[Sporky]

Originally posted by KiNG
the concept is great but with HL's old technoloygy(sometimes horrible hit box detection) it doesnt work out as well in-game. and i feel it drags cs even futher down, especially in realism.

Well I don't know about that but I agree about the hitbox detection.
Those could really do with some work.

Does anyone know if HalfLife 2 is using Hitboxes or per poly detection like D3? Because I can tell you hitting stuff in the D3 multiplayer demo @ quakecon meant you needed to be pretty accurate.

To quote me -

"Omgah! Wtf?! my rocket went between his arm and his body? wtf!?" :cheese:

 

[dæmon]

When I first used Steam I could only see about three servers, but now that it's been out for a few days more are appearing all the time.

 

[Wraith]

hl2 uses hitboxesthat are the exact same shape as the polygons it uses to buld the character

 

[Sporky]

Originally posted by Wraith
hl2 uses hitboxesthat are the exact same shape as the polygons it uses to buld the character

So effectively they are per poly too. Cool.