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- Task Force (611300)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 12 September 2022 - 14:10:06 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
This update adds support for workshop maps on dedicated servers. We ran into many unforeseen issues along the way to get this working (so it ended up taking a lot longer than originally planned). That's because not only do dedicated servers run on a completely different platform (Linux vs Windows) but they also use special "hidden" workshop maps that have textures/sounds stripped away to significantly reduce the download size. This requires a lot of trickery to ensure your game thinks a dedicated server requires a specific map download when the server itself is actually using a completely different download with a completely different ID number. We now plan to build out administrative features for dedicated servers, such as the in-game "admin" menu. This will allow for editing the maplist, changing the server name or password, managing admins or permissions, and much more. There will be ...