Server not showing up in browser

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MBOmnis

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Jan 5, 2015
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Ever since today's patch, my server doesn't appear on the browser anymore. It doesn't even show up on the LAN tab for me (it's in the same machine as as the one I use to play the game).
I can connect to it by console command, and when I invite people via Steam, they can enter. But the server does not show up on the Server Browser ingame.
What can I do to make it appear back in there? I want people to be able to join.


EDIT: I noticed the Killing Floor 2 Dedicated Server in my Tools tab was changed from a "Play" button to a "Purchase" button, which forwarded me to the Store homepage.
I decided to uninstall the Killing Floor 2 Dedicated Server client from my Steam account and reinstalling it, only to discover it is nowhere to be found in the Tools tab anymore. Furthermore, I had to revalidate my base Killing Floor 2 files and download 3.3 GBs of files again. The Dedicated Server files are not included.


How can I host a server now?
 
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techburn

FNG / Fresh Meat
Dec 15, 2010
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A few of us have already posted with the exact same problem. We believe the update that was pushed today is the cause. Some servers are stuck in build 1005 and clients are build 1006 (updated today). You can't download build 1006 for servers via steamCMD due to some unknown issue. There still hasn't been any official word as to why some of us can't get the latest server build from steamCMD.
 

SnowPhoenix

FNG / Fresh Meat
Jul 9, 2013
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Ever since today's patch, my server doesn't appear on the browser anymore. It doesn't even show up on the LAN tab for me (it's in the same machine as as the one I use to play the game).
I can connect to it by console command, and when I invite people via Steam, they can enter. But the server does not show up on the Server Browser ingame.
What can I do to make it appear back in there? I want people to be able to join.


EDIT: I noticed the Killing Floor 2 Dedicated Server in my Tools tab was changed from a "Play" button to a "Purchase" button, which forwarded me to the Store homepage.
I decided to uninstall the Killing Floor 2 Dedicated Server client from my Steam account and reinstalling it, only to discover it is nowhere to be found in the Tools tab anymore. Furthermore, I had to revalidate my base Killing Floor 2 files and download 3.3 GBs of files again. The Dedicated Server files are not included.


How can I host a server now?

You need to use SteamCMD now. They were having some issues with the client breaking when people downloaded the server from the Tools tab of the Steam client, so I assume that's why that option's gone for now.

Instructions on how to set up a server with SteamCMD can be found here:
http://wiki.tripwireinteractive.com/index.php?title=Dedicated_Server_(Killing_Floor_2)