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[mikeyc222]

hello everyone! just recently found out about Goldeneye: Source and i'm loving it. i decided to set up a dedicated server so my friends and i can play private games whenever we want and i have run into a little issue that i was hoping to get a little help with. i have the server up and running, and when i launch the client, i can open the dev console and connect to the server using the "connect :27015" command, and i can see my client connect in the console tab of the server window, but i can't get my server to register in the server list. i watched a video on setting up a TF2 dedicated server where it showed using a command in the console to register the server, "cl_gameserver_register_identity" but that command doesn't seem to work for me. i have done the port forwarding on my firewall for 27015.
can anyone help me figure out what i am missing or doing wrong? i'm sure it's something simple and i'm just a dufus who overlooked something.
thanks

[namajnaG]

Howdy! First thing you should do is to try changing maps by using the changelevel command, then use the heartbeat command.
It's silly but sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

[mikeyc222]

ok, tried that... the changelevel command says i'm not playing a game, even though i am definitely in. heartbeat command appeared to execute properly, though.
thanks for the quick response!

[mikeyc222]

nevermind... i feel dumb. i originally tried to run the changelevel and heartbeat commands in the dev console inside the client... just ran them both successfully in the server console window. no change.

[mikeyc222]

tried lots more things today and still can't get it to show. i tried installing the server on a different machine and set it to LAN mode, did the changelevel command and couldn't even get the server to show up under LAN servers. i'm wondering if my awesome U-verse router is hosing me again. it has in the past...
getting a little frustrated that i can't figure it out.
i tried setting up a TF2 server and am having the same problem...
any more ideas from anyone?
thanks

[mikeyc222]

finally figured out this morning that even though i have done port forwarding on my firewall, port 27015 was showing closed with a port  testing tool. i looked at my machine and found that even though there is only one network cable plugged in, it is showing both a public and private connection to my network with the same IP address. i disabled my public network firewall, since it's a desktop and not likely to be carried around anywhere, and now port 27015 tests open. at work right now so i can load up the client to see if my server publishes in the list, but i will check it tonight.

[mikeyc222]

finally working after disabling the public network firewall, launching the client and running the changelevel and heartbeat command.