I am running a listen server from time to time to play with friends, i get annoyed that in order for the server to be lsited on the internet i have to manually "heartbeat" and "map " in the console. Is there a way to somehow automate this? I already have a "listenserver.cfg" file set up, but adding the commands there does not work, is there a way to set up the game to run these commands once the server loads, as i tend to let it load in the background and run other errands meanwhile?
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Best Answer
According to Valve's Developer notes on Heartbeat:
So assuming you've done the other commands for setting up a listen server, i.e.
You shouldn't need to run 'heartbeat' at all.
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