BF3 server not showing up in server browser

[nbtc971]

So I setup our first server on our managed dedicated but it's not coming up on the list. Anyone else having this problem?

[nbtc971]

Never mind.. I just had to restart the server. Over at my old game server hosts when you changed the config on the server is auto restarted.. so that hosed me up.

[Edge100x]

Our system is actually pretty smart and implements new settings through rcon without requiring a restart in most cases. Some commands do require a restart to take effect, but most have either immediate results or just require a map change.

BattleLog lags by a bit when showing new servers, so you may have just needed to wait briefly

[deadandy]

Has anyone figured out whether changing certain settings causes your server to be listed as "custom" the way it used to occur on BC2? We have a 64-slot server and we changed the number of players required to start a round to 4. We played last night 5v5 basically all night without attracting any other players. Try to solve this mystery...

[Edge100x]

If you adjust the starting players to below 8, that will definitely remove you from "quick match". I don't know which other settings might, though.

If you do adjust the starting players, I recommend going back and changing it to 8 again after the server gets more than 8 in it.

[deadandy]

I've done some experimenting with settings. I wiped the startup.txt file and we went back to being listed as "Normal" in the Preset field. When I enable vehicles, it goes back to Custom. I'm wondering if being listed as a "Custom" preset server is causing us to lose out on traffic.

[deadandy]

Edit: Vehicles appear on Conquest Large whether you have vehicles checked or not. We left it unchecked and we are now listed as Normal... and there are still vehicles.

[Edge100x]

vars.vehicleSpawnAllowed set to false should prevent new vehicles from spawning. Old ones will still exist.