https://www.maygames.net/tags/prometheus/Recent content in Prometheus on maygamesHugoen-usSat, 25 Sep 2021 09:37:18 +0200https://www.maygames.net/posts/2021-09-25-serverless-monitoring-of-steam-dedicated-server-lists/Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:37:18 +0200https://www.maygames.net/posts/2021-09-25-serverless-monitoring-of-steam-dedicated-server-lists/<p>Multiplayer games published on Steam often add their dedicated servers to a public <a href="https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer/game_servers">Steam server list</a>. This list is basically a backend service provided by Steam which can be queried in-game to browse and filter game servers and their state.</p> <p><img alt="Steam server browser" loading="lazy" src="https://www.maygames.net/assets/images/posts/2021/steam_serverbrowser.png"></p> <p>When utilizing this server list, it may happen that dedicated servers for a game are up and running, but the Steam server list for this very game is empty. Cause of this might be, for example, a communication failure when updating the server list.</p>