Dedicated servers and steam accounts.

[Valmorian]

I have two systems at home and would very much like to be able to set up a temporary game server on one of them.  I've tried this before with TF2, but I was unable to do so, mainly because it appears as though you need to have an additional copy of the game in order to set up a dedicated server.  Is this true?  Very disappointing if so.. :(

[schild]

Not necessarily, generally you just need the install files and can generate a key for the dedicated server. Depends though. Were you thinking of doing it for L4D? Because it seems folks are getting the dedicated shit elsewhere.

[Valmorian]

Eventually I'd like to have a dedicated server for whatever I want to run.. How do I generate a key for it?  I have the server files downloaded and installed on my second system.

[schild]

It looks like you could create a steam account on your second box and they're all under tools tied to that steam account. I imagine the keys are automagically generated. I have access to dedicated servers for which I don't even own the games. What problem are you running into trying to set it up?

[schild]

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7017-UJBN-6785

That looks like it covers everything.

[Valmorian]

Thanks!