No and uhhh no. On 2/19/06, Dan Stevens (IAmAI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think Valve is not sure whether the complaints are real or are from > > whiners. For example: On the client side the "video test" in CS:S gave > > me an average FPS of 110, and that data was sent to Valve. But in the > > real world my system would be unplayable at times. The FPS would drop > > when all the players were together fighting. So some would complain to > > Valve about the FPS but Valve had it's data (from the "video test") > > telling them everyone was getting decent FPS'. > > Does anyone think that it might be possible to, via a mod, create a > custom video test and hack it so sends frame rate report as if it had > come the official video test. If everyone then used the custom video > test, Valve may get a more 'accurate' survey of performance. > > I'm sending this question to coders list, as I'd guess they'd be more > likely to know the answer. I hope that doesn't cause any technical > inconveniences. > > On 19/02/06, Brian M Frain (eternal) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > I think you are right, I mean the general opinion does matter and should be > > considered by the ever churning valve machine but when it all comes down to > > it the fact is your dog is ugly. :) > > > > > > > > > > On 2/18/06, DT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I think Valve is not sure whether the complaints are real or are from > > > whiners. For example: On the client side the "video test" in CS:S gave > > > me an average FPS of 110, and that data was sent to Valve. But in the > > > real world my system would be unplayable at times. The FPS would drop > > > when all the players were together fighting. So some would complain to > > > Valve about the FPS but Valve had it's data (from the "video test") > > > telling them everyone was getting decent FPS'. Also, I'm sure there was > > > a lot of hackers crying to Valve saying they were just good players and > > > got banned because of their skill. So Valve took the opinion that there > > > was not that many hacks out there and all complaining were just > > > whiners. I think that some of the info that Valve got was not real > > > world experiences and when we complain that are not sure if it's legit > > > or Whining. So, I would suggest that when you see an e-mail that you > > > have experienced then to let them know. I understand how frustrating it > > > can be. I am personally extremely frustrated. So, now I beat my dog. > > > It's okay cause he's ugly and I think he likes it. ;) > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 2/17/2006 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >
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