http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk RSS Feeds en-us http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/sv_downloadurl/sv_downloadurl-36.html http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/sv_downloadurl/sv_downloadurl-36.html Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:37:00 GMT Sv_download GuideHow To use Sv_downloadurl There are lots of reasons why every and any server that has the ability to use sv_downloadurl features should. Adding the ability for players to use sv_downloadurl will dramatically decrease the server loading time for players connecting. In addition to this players connecting to the server do not take up a server slot while downloading the files from the redirect server.How it works Game servers su http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Steam-Bans/Steam-Bans-37.html http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Steam-Bans/Steam-Bans-37.html Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:37:00 GMT Steam BansOverview Steambans is a game server tool that helps maintain the security of game play where VAC2 fails. The inbuilt security offered by the Valve Anti Cheat does help to keep people off of your server where they have been found to use hack or tools to cheat on your server, but for those gamers who manage to get past the filters of VAC and continue to cheat, what can you do?With a licence and a fast installation of the SteamBans plugin on your server it c http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Changing-Server-Hostname/Changing-Server-Hostname-46.html http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Changing-Server-Hostname/Changing-Server-Hostname-46.html Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:37:00 GMT nbsp;Each server has the ability to be called anything that you want. Unlike some options that can only be set in the command line when launching the server the host name can be changed at at time. To change the name you simply need to enter: rcon hostname quot;My New Server Namequot; You can do this in your games console or you can enter it in your server.cfg to ensure it is executed every time the server is launched. http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Default-Server-Config/Default-Server-Config-47.html http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Default-Server-Config/Default-Server-Config-47.html Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:37:00 GMT Default Server ConfigThis is the default server config we use on all our servers for counter strike source.nbsp; http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Increasing-Popularity-1/Increasing-Popularity-1-55.html http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Increasing-Popularity-1/Increasing-Popularity-1-55.html Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:37:00 GMT Game ServersThis guide is going to show you some of the best kept secrets for making the most out of your game server. Everyone can name some of the best and most popular game servers for their game, but would your game server fall within this title? Unfortunately for the majority this probably won#39;t be the case, but through optimising the game server possibilities I will show you what I have learn over my years in the gaming industry and how you can very easily have your server populated to http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Increasing-Popularity-2/Increasing-Popularity-2-56.html http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Increasing-Popularity-2/Increasing-Popularity-2-56.html Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:37:00 GMT Game ServersThis is part 2 of a guide to show you how to increase the popularity of your game server and optimise on the potential visitors that may want to connect to your game server. Part 1 can be found here: Part 1 to Increasing PopularityNow in the first guide, the main focus was on optimising game servers to prospective visitors that have not even joined yet - although several #3 http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Surf-Map-Servers/Surf-Map-Servers-58.html http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/Surf-Map-Servers/Surf-Map-Servers-58.html Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:37:00 GMT CSS Surf Maps Making a CS:S Surf Game ServerDuring this surf map guide we are going to look at how to set up and configure a game server designed specifically for surf maps. For those who don#39;t know what a surf map is, here is an explanation.A surf map is a custom map made for HL2 Counter Strike Source. The idea of the map is to surf along the ramps and kill other people like normal gameplay. Surf maps are ideal for a mod. For example, the map surf_10x_final is a pe http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/CSS-Tickrate/CSS-Tickrate-61.html http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/CSS-Tickrate/CSS-Tickrate-61.html Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:37:00 GMT Counter Strike Source TickrateMany people are baffled, or at least very much confused when it comes to purchasing a server or playing on a server and finding out that there are different tickrates. The majority of gamers will know that the higher is better, but, what actually is tickrate on a games server? I have been in the gaming industry for a very long time and have advised people on what the difference between one server is and another, with regards to tickrate, but explaining the actual de