Do NOT join via console! ut3

[Flitterkill]

I was hesitant to mention this but since it has now hit us, here it is.

 

If you join a dedicated server via the console (open xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) this is what happens:

 

The server has the "I'm an internet server, show me in the browser!" variable changed to "I'm a LAN server, do not show me in the browser".

 

This will also make the server monitors who query the server show the server as down (which our server was shown to be most of the day)

 

A very nice built-in DOS attack in the runtime. Hurray!

 

Supposedly fixed in the patch but no good to us now.

 

So, we are back to visible now (note that if we had web admin, reboots are easy; as it is now, its call/email Tom at Vipers - you can imagine how pleased he is about this and everything else about the server package...)

 

So, if the server is not showing in the browser, this is the 99.999% reason why.

 

-Fk