What are server plugins supposed to do then? I haven't found many practical uses for server plugins that use no hacks. When Valve created the interface for the server plugins, what were they expecting us to do with it? They had seen the millions of HL and CS plugins and essentially CS modifications (such as Warcraft) and decided to offer a built-in interface. If they knew what the server plugins were going to be for, what reason would they have for restricting the functionality of the server plugins so much. I'm not trying to make a Swiss Army Knife out of a potato peeler.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey "botman" Broome" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] To Valve: Developer Forewarning > Daniel Jennings wrote: > > Also very awkward. Obviously the "hack" menus worked fine, and instead of > > deprecating the code, why didn't Valve just leave it in there or even > > elaborate it? There was nothing wrong with that, and I doubt it'd have been > > any extra work leaving the code in there while rewriting the radio code for > > the client side. How does Valve or Alfred expect us to create server plugins > > without using hacks when we aren't provided enough to do so. > > I don't think server plugins were ever meant to be used in the way that > they are currently being used. > > You are trying to make a Swiss Army Knife out of a potato peeler. > > If all you are doing is trying to peel potatoes, then the server plugin > system does what it is supposed to do. If you are trying to fillet a > fish, saw down a tree, open a bottle of wine, and cut out some paper > snowflakes, you are going beyond the designer's vision of what the tool > was supposed to do. > > -- > Jeffrey "botman" Broome > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
