Re: [hlcoders] Funky 3D view angles in Hammer, Model Viewer, and Model Browser.

2009-06-28 Thread HoundDawg
There was an update around 6/21 that has caused most mappers to 
experience this.  It's annoying as hell.  You can see many posts from 
people having this issue over on the TF2Maps.net forums here:
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=7575

-- 
HoundDawg

UnitedAdmins.com
Forums: http://forums.unitedadmins.com
Steam: http://steam.unitedadmins.com
Wiki: http://wiki.unitedadmins.com



James K wrote:
 I'm sure a lot of people have noticed this. Whenever I first start hammer
 and load a map the 3D view is all screwed up and has a very odd camera angle
 that doesn't go away without hitting CTRL+Z about 6 times. This happens
 in pretty much anything with a 3D view in the SDK. What's the deal? Is
 anybody working on a fix?
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RE: Re[2]: [hlcoders] Steam: Technology failure

2005-01-31 Thread HoundDawg
I'm not sure what all the fuss over no-offline mode is anymore.  I admit,
that I complained about it at first, but after working with the SDK for
awhile now, I don't have any problems with it, nor do many, many other MOD
teams.  Valve has been able to keep their servers online and available so I
could work with the SDK whenever I find time.

You can't really single out a large group of people that would have problems
with it much either.  Just logon to any of the popular IRC networks and
you'll find idlers from all around the world that have not had any problems
staying connected to the Internet for long periods of time, even with
dialup.

Over the years, I've seen Valve run several surveys to see what HL gamers
are running in their computers and their bandwidth connections.  During that
time, they've seen a big shift of people making the transition from dialup
to DSL or cable.  The last one, I believe dialup was very small.

Vyacheslav, I have no idea why you seem to be complaining so loud about
this.  Is it really that bad, that nobody on your Decay team can keep an
Internet connection to work on a Mod that you had to just stop working on
it?  I see you work on a website, post emails, etc... so you do have an
Internet connection.  The amount of time it takes to reply to forum posts
and everything else the Internet is used, you could easily be working with
the SDK.

Now, if bandwidth connection is too expensive where you are, or unavailable,
that's unfortunate, but you are a very small minority of users.  So small,
I'd hate to see Valve spend their time working on an offline mode solution
that would please you and also maintain their anti-piracy solution rather
than taking that same time fixing issues within the SDK that affect
everyone.

Anyway, HL only became as popular and widely used game due to the
multiplayer MODs available for it.  So, that would mean that all the gamers
playing HL MP (and now HL2 MP) would have a live Internet connection anyway.
This isn't for a few minutes, but for hours and hours.  So, the whining and
arguments against not having an Internet connection to work with Steam
doesn't exactly seem like a solid ground to stand on.

So, I think the ball is really in your court.  You can either find a better
bandwidth solution or just move to another engine that doesn't have
bandwidth requirements like Steam requires.

- HoundDawg

HL2Coders.com
HL2Mappers.com
DawgPaw.com

 I do not want to return the product, I just want to launch Steam in
 offline mode and Valve doesn't care if I am able or unable to launch
 it in offline mode and their support is silent. That is all. Sorry
 that I WANT TO WRITE CODE and I WANT TO LAUNCH EDITOR but I CAN'T.

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 Best regards,
  Vyacheslavmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]




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RE: [hlcoders] vtf files

2005-01-23 Thread HoundDawg
You may want to play around with this:
http://www.wunderboy.org/3d_games/utils/sourcetools.php

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
 David Nelson
 Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:38 PM
 To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com
 Subject: [hlcoders] vtf files

 hey, how can we view sprites in the vtf format?

 Thanks,
 david


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RE: [hlcoders] GCFScape and GCF files in general

2005-01-22 Thread HoundDawg
You can DL here (and maybe others can add mirrors):
http://www.filefarm.net/file.php?fi=30

Searching hl2coders.com provided this link:
http://www.wunderboy.org/3d_games/utils/gcfformat.php

Hope those help.

- HoundDawg

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
 David Nelson
 Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 12:01 AM
 To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com
 Subject: [hlcoders] GCFScape and GCF files in general

 I have been trying to download GCFScape or find any other
 tool to get into
 the GCF files but can't seem to download it at nemessis'
 website.. how can I
 get the models inside the source.gcf file?

 Thanks,
 David



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RE: [hlcoders] func_useableladders Broken

2005-01-19 Thread HoundDawg
While you guys are working on fixing the ladders, how about the elevators?
You can see the threads that are now polluting the hlmappers list.  Jitter
is one thing, but having players get stuck in the elevator floor can be a
pretty big deal in the heat of battle.

- HoundDawg

 I think they might require HL2_DLL to be defined rather than
 SDK_DLL or
 whatever the sdk thing is.  The code needs to use the stuff from
 hl_gamemovement.cpp rather than the stuff in
 sdk_Gamemovement.  The SDK
 uses the old style/HL1 ladders.  Note that HL2 style
 ladders will need
 some further work to be predictable and therefore useable
 without jitter
 in multiplayer



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[hlcoders] Split Gravity on a Single Map?

2005-01-12 Thread HoundDawg
Has anyone tested, or know if it's even possible in HL2 to allow 2 different
gravity settings within the same map?  For example, you have 2 rooms with
one room having very low gravity, while another room having normal gravity.
It doesn't have to be triggered either, but that would offer a nice feature
to mappers though.

So far, the only possible idea I can think of, is to offer mappers some sort
of gravity change texture, which would allow them to define the area where
gravity is not normal.  Maybe even an entity too?  Or, possibly just a full
entity block that isn't rendered?  I didn't play around with gravity
entities in HL1 since Natural Selection didn't allow those entities.

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] Defining Weapons and Ammo Types

2005-01-04 Thread HoundDawg
There are a lot of HL2 tutorials on this already, look here:
http://www.hl2coders.com/category.php?ci=6

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
 Carmen Bartoli
 Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 2:10 PM
 To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com
 Subject: [hlcoders] Defining Weapons and Ammo Types

 im new to the source sdk, and id like to know where i
 need to define weapons and ammo types. also, will this
 cause a chain reaction in errors while compiling?
 would i need to define stuff in other files as well?

 [miek]

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RE: Re[4]: [hlcoders] Objects, Physics, and Gravity Concepts

2005-01-04 Thread HoundDawg
 1) That would be to easy. The aim of this whole thing is to make it
 harder for the player to hit a target over a large distance.

It's really more of a reality issue.  HL1 and now HL2, the pistol wins, even
when taking out targets far off in the distance.  I mean, really far.  Or,
take a simple law of gravity test, make a simple map that uses the full
height possible for a HL2 map (which is significantly greater than in HL1).
Fire a pistol up in the air if it were true, the bullet would eventually
come down and possibly kill you.

This is why so many players get pissed off playing these games, cuz they're
always getting pistol whipped a mile away.  Some players can outsnipe using
a pistol than a player with a sniper rifle and scope.  Heavier weapons tend
to have either burst fire or greater recoil making them pretty innacurate.

In a way, you're correct too.  The current bullet weapons allows a player to
really use any weapon for close or distance use.  When, in actuality, the
pistol should be more for close combat, and a rifle for distance.  If
nothing else, I guess a MOD could cause a pistol bullet to explode at a
certain distance.  But, this may be more realistic for energy weapons like
lasers.

Anyway, my original question was more in the sense of what to use for a ball
in a sports MOD (e.g. baseball, basketball, or football).  That was already
answered by making it somewhat of a grenade/projectile weapon rather than a
bullet weapon.  Basically, bullet weapons have no gravity effects and
function pretty much like a laser gun would.  This same concept would be the
same for other weapons like howitzers and possibly flak guns.

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] First-chance exception spam in Visual Studio Output window...

2005-01-03 Thread HoundDawg
Is this deja-vu or non-related (posted on 12/7)?:


Christopher McArthur wrote:
 So If I start the game with the debugger, on game launch and level launch
I
 am greeted with tens of thousands of First-chance exception spamming my
 output-debug window and making the game take up to 5 minutes to load
 sometimes..

It sounds like you have some exceptions enabled that you should not...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsdebug/htm
l/vxgrfchanginghowdebuggerhandlesexceptions.asp

--
Jeffrey botman Broome



I thought that I read somewhere that Alfred mentioned Steam is still in
debug mode and will cause this exception spam, but I couldn't locate where
I read it.

- HoundDawg


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
 Jeffrey botman Broome
 Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:46 AM
 To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com
 Subject: [hlcoders] First-chance exception spam in Visual
 Studio Output window...

 I was creating some Wiki documentation over the weekend and I
 wanted to
 start building a MOD from scratch so that I would have exact
 wording on
 Dialog boxes and whatnots.  So, anywho, after deleting MyMod directory
 and deleting SteamApps\SourceMods\botman folder, and using Reset Game
 Configurations to flush everything from Steam.  I Create a
 Mod in the
 C:\MyMod directory and name the mod botman.

 I open up Game_SDK.sln in Visual Studio .NET 2003, change to the
 Release SDK, build the solution, it copies the client.dll and
 server.dll to the Mods bin directory.  I start things up from the
 Steam Play games dialog by double-clicking on my MOD name.
 Everything
 runs fine, I start the vehicles map, shoot my gun a few
 times, then quit.

 Then I switch to the Debug SDK solution, delete the client.dll and
 server.dll files from my Mod's bin directory, build the solution and
 the debug .dll files show up fine.  I set the Debugger
 properties on the
 hl project to:

 Command: c:\program
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 fe 2\hl2.exe

 Command Arguments: -dev -game c:\program
 files\valve\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\botman -allowdebug

 ...right click on hl in the Solution Explorer and do
 Debug-Start new
 instance.  Everything starts up fine, but I get (literally) thousands
 of exception messages...

 Microsoft C++ exception: common::CErrorCodeException

 It's been a few weeks since I ran a Mod in the debugger, but I don't
 seem to remember getting all that before, but I did remember somebody
 posting a message to this list about a month ago saying they were
 getting LOTS of exception messages, and I replied that you can turn
 off some of the exceptions using Debug-Exceptions in Visual Studio
 .NET 200, but you can only turn off stuff that Visual Studio
 recognizes
 (like stack overflow, illegal instruction, or array bounds exceeded,
 etc).  common::CErrorCodeException is something being raised by the
 engine and isn't something I can turn off.

 I did notice that if I create a server plugin for a Valve game (like
 CS:S or HL2DM), I get a few common:CErrorCodeException messages when
 starting up, but I don't get the 1000's of message that I get when I
 start my own MOD.

 So, to make a long post even longer, does everybody get
 1000's of these
 execption messages in the Visual Studio Output window when
 running their
 MOD in the debugger, or do I just have something not set up right?

 P.S. I did try adding -steam to the Command Arguments before
 starting the debugger, but that doesn't seem to make a difference, I
 still get the same behavior.

 --
 Jeffrey botman Broome

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[hlcoders] Objects, Physics, and Gravity Concepts

2005-01-03 Thread HoundDawg
With the introduction of the physics engine in HL2, I'm curious if there is
someway to have gravity affect physics?  In HL2 SP, I noticed it really
doesn't.  How?  Well, you could pull out a pistol and still snipe with it...
there is no gravity play on it (no arc).  But, then again, tossing other
objects (cans or boxes), it does.

So, the point to the question, is if a sports MOD (e.g. football style)
could be made to where the ball is thrown like an object or bullet from a
gun and have gravity affect it's physics?  Then, take the same thing, and
adjust the gravity setting to a more low-gravity setting, would the gravity
and physics change (e.g. football in space)?

Also, is there a way to specify the center of gravity with possibly an
entity for mappers to place in a map?  For example, having an asteroid with
gravity in it's center allowing you to walk around it and still be on the
ground, rather than having a world is flat type of feeling.

Not sure if anyone has been testing things like this, if so, some input on
your findings would be nice to hear.  Thanks.

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] Objects, Physics, and Gravity Concepts

2005-01-03 Thread HoundDawg
Thanks botman, the answers all make sense.

- HoundDawg



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RE: [hlcoders] useful anti-cheat tool alternatives?

2005-01-02 Thread HoundDawg
Ben (current chairman of UnitedAdmins) posted this on the hlds_apps list:

quote
I think it is my responsibility to respond to this as someone who knows both
CS AC and C-D very well.

We are well aware that many gamers are concerned with the recent C-D hack,
it is a pressing concern that we are working to deal with. At the same time
I can only say that it is just another hack for which an update will be
released shortly. The reason for the period of time it has taken is simply
that our developers have lives and it was released over christmas.

That having been said, I do agree that a new approach is required. The
question needs to be asked whether an AC designed for a league and a public
server can be identical. This form of competitive gaming may require
different solutions that go beyond configuration settings and specific
rules. I do not claim to have the answer to this question, but it certainly
merits some thought.

Ben Wagner
United Admins
/quote

I really don't blame the C-D team to take a break for the holidays.  In
fact, I'm surprised that they're still updating C-D.  IMO, HL1 isn't worth
the time anymore, it's old and it's history.  But, if UA still has HL1
coders still interested in maintaining C-D, then I'm sure they'll keep
pushing out updates as they have time.

If you still appreciate their hard work, you should drop them a post or
email of encouragement.  You may even be able to catch a few of them online.
No, I'm not talking about telling Ben or other UA leaders, I'm talking about
letting the actual team members doing the work know that you're still using
their work.

- HoundDawg


 Hello dear readers of the hlds mailing list, dear VALVe Employees,

 I just wanted to ask if anybody out there knows any anti-cheat tool
 for Counter-Strike 1.6 which is usefully working at the moment.

 As we all know, VAC is outdated since several months and CD has been
 hacked lately. At the moment, there is no way of realizing a fair
 competition regarding CS games. Both mainstream anti-cheat
 tools, VAC and
 CD are not worth a penny right now.

 Some days ago, when things regarding this CD - Crack went public we
 (the ESL, the biggest european online gaming league) decided to stop
 all our Counter-Strike Ladders. And this is not something we like to
 do very often. Read more here if interested:
 http://www.esl-europe.net/eu/news/9661/
 http://www.steambans.com/news.php?id=1267

 Please dont get me wrong, i am not trying to sound important here. But
 i have to reach as many people as i can to try to find some
 information about other possible, not much-known alternatives to
 prevent cheating. The situation regarding cheats today is even worse
 than it was some months ago. And it wont get any better. If you know
 any tool which might be useful at the moment, please report it to me.
 You may even contact me directly if you can help in any way. We are
 definately interested in any way of cooperation for anything that you
 might provide that can help us all.
 Please dont let cheating prevail.

 --
 Best regards,
  mercurymailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ESL Master League Admin Counter-Strike Germany
counter-strike.de Editor  Server Administrator


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[hlcoders] HL2Coders.com - New HL2 MOD Coding Resource Site

2005-01-02 Thread HoundDawg
Hi Everyone,

Just a quick announcement that the DawgPaw Gaming Network is launching a new
resource site for HL2 Coders:

http://www.HL2Coders.com

Currently, we offer a searchable database of resource links to articles,
tutorials, and files found on other HL2 coding resource sites.  Registered
users can add new resource links (sort of like a wiki but with a custom
interface) to the list as they find or create them.

For those of you also into mapping, modeling, or texturing, we already
announced the launch of a similar resource site on the HL_Mappers list:

http://www.HL2Mappers.com

We hope you find these resources helpful and encourage you to help keep them
maintained, especially if you're posting articles and tutorials.

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] HL2Coders.com - New HL2 MOD Coding Resource Site

2005-01-02 Thread HoundDawg
 It's a great looking site, but (IMHO) we already have too
 many wikis and
 forums as is.  Is there any chance you could instead
 contribute your obvious
 design skills to one of the established sites?

This isn't a replacement for the wikis and forums out there.  It's more like
a resource hub linking out to the resources available out there.

 I can't actually speak for any of the sites (I generally contribute to
 http://SourceWiki.org, but I'm not an admin or anything), but
 I'm guessing
 that design help would be greatly appreciated by any and all
 sites.  A wiki
 format is probably a better approach to maintaining lists of
 lists such as
 these anyway, so that the community can make it happen rather
 than all the
 burden lying with a single editor (who may get rather bored
 with the task in
 after a year or so).

The website is designed so that anyone can register and maintain the
resource links there.  It's also a great deal easier to use than a wiki for
maintaining a list like this.  Basically, once you post an article over at
SourceWiki.org, add a link to it on HL2Coders.com (if it's coding related).
If you look at the following link, you'll notice that there are at least 4
wiki's available for HL2 coding as it is, but HL2Coders.com provides a
searchable index of the articles found:

http://www.hl2coders.com/category.php?ci=7

Thanks for the input!

- HoundDawg


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[hlcoders] RE: [OT] again about FX5200 overclocking

2004-12-28 Thread HoundDawg
First, this is pretty off topic for this list.

Second, as you can tell, there are reasons why most companies don't support
issues resulting from overclocked systems.  You take a risk with
overclocking your hardware, and it's not going to run optimum for
everything.  If you want better performance, get a better card.  That's
common sense 101.

Now, please take this offline to the steam forums or somewhere else.  It's
not a coding issue.  Thanks.

 -Original Message-
 Subject: Re[2]: [hlcoders] again about FX5200 overclocking

 Hello Josh,

 Well actually I didn't make any overclocking changes to my
 videocard. I didn't tweak it in any way because I haven't experienced
 such problems with anything before. Btw, today this happened with
 Opposing Force (!). I don't know what Valve are using in their engine,
 but it would be better if they'd allow this feature to be disabled.

 Doom3 works for me fine (though slow). Almost all the latest games
 work, though are slow. I repeat that there is no other game then
 Half-Life 2 which causes such effects.

 This also happens in DX7 mode.

 I do not understand why it is hard for videocard to draw main menu in
 -console mode? Either in DX7 or DX8 modes. It is so hard as to draw
 simple OpenGL or Direct3d hello world application.

 --
 Best regards,
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RE: [hlcoders] FileFarm - Community File Mirror Network

2004-12-17 Thread HoundDawg
Yes, I have to agree, that WoW downloader is one of the worst solutions I've
seen to date.

One of the slickest file download/update systems I've seen, it he GuildWars
one.  The initial game download is very, very small and quick.  Then, it
downloads what it thinks you need just before you need it, while you are
playing what has already been downloaded.  Any game updates are sent in the
background and are implemented while you keep playing.  I really never would
have believed it or liked the concept if I hadn't experienced it.  Lag?  I
never noticed any, at all.  This is coming from an MMORPG that hasn't even
released yet.

- HoundDawg


 Yea, lets have a rerun of the Blizzard downloader, where it
 works in the
 torrent scheme and you upload more then you download (which actually
 counts when your upload is metered [damn australia]).
 The whole p2p thing has most likely been discussed and it definately
 would cause a rather large uproar in the community.  I heard somewhere
 that the original creator of bittorrent is working for valve now?  I'm
 not sure how true that claim is, but aside from that, it probably
 wouldn't go so great for Official downloads.  Sure, for mods it'd be
 good, but CS updates and stuff should remain on fast servers :/
 And STEAM uses VGUI2 afaik.. so you won't be getting windows widgets
 anytime soon =)

 - Bruce Bahamut Andrews


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[hlcoders] FileFarm - Community File Mirror Network

2004-12-15 Thread HoundDawg
Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to inform you of a new web application I launched earlier this
week, which will help with your file releases.  It allows you to post your
new file release and add your download link as the first mirror for the
file.  Then, other mirrors have the ability to download your file and add
their mirror links to the list, effectively building a set of mirrors for
your file.

Yes, this is a new and different concept for many of you, that are used to
services like FilePlanet.  The big difference here, is that this service is
free and maintained by the participating mirror providers, who are able to
register and immediately participate at any time.

You can think of it like a file mirror wiki of sorts.  Then, on your
website, you can provide a link to your file mirror list on FileFarm.  This
removes the work of maintaining a mirror list yourself and allows you to
focus on support and updates.

http://www.FileFarm.net

Unlike services like FilePlanet, users looking to download your file won't
need a membership, or wait in any lines.  They'll be able to search for the
file and then select the closest mirror.  It's really a win-win-win solution
for those releasing files, those providing mirrors for the files, and for
those looking and downloading the files.

If you have any questions or comments, I'll be on IRC in #FileFarm on
GameSurge (irc.gamesurge.net).

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] Finally a coding wiki!

2004-12-10 Thread HoundDawg
 Seems good, it would just be a pain if various community's splintered
 from each other

I think it's a little too late.  There are just too many communities looking
to draw attention and grow by providing a wiki. Maybe I should just create a
linki that contains links to the wiki articles that are the best between
them all. O.o

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] Community Shared Code Base

2004-12-03 Thread HoundDawg
 ChessMess wrote:
  Has there been a shared repository of code setup for the HL
 community?
 

 I suspect can be interesting to have a collection of patch
 files for the
 src. Some unofficial patch repository.

 At first can be interesting to have a patch to add more
 comments to code
 to explin sections a bit more, so learning with the code will be much
 easy than actually :D

 I am newbie :D

Couldn't the proposed wiki support this?

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] Realtime radiosity Source ?

2004-11-29 Thread HoundDawg
 http://www.valvesoftware.com/sourcelicense/enginefeatures.htm
 states that the Source engine supports realtime radiosity
 lighting. This is obviously false and Valve should take it
 out from their web page.

A simple search on Google will provide multiple website and forum posts that
mention G-Man's eyes utilizing realtime radiosity lighting.
Unfortunately, this may not have been a very good example or use, since it
was just a video anyway.  I don't recall any real-time dynamic lighting in
the game at all.

You can easily see the difference between HL2 and another game that really
has it, like FarCry (FC).  I saw the same typical light in HL2 that I saw in
FC when I first started playing the HL2 SP.  Like in FC, I wanted to test
this in HL2, so I shot the light.  Nothing.  No physics movement.  No
lighting changes.  The light didn't even break or shut off.  Just a solid
model with a pre-rendered light source.  So, nothing different here from
HL1.

Until we see the SDK, we really won't know to what extent the realtime
radiosity exists.  If the engine truly does support it, but only to the
extent of making a video and not gameplay, the marketers can include that
into their list.  Sure, a coder could test it and be severely disappointed
in the scope of limitations.

Hopefully, we'll get the SDK this week and then we'll start seeing the
thank you messages and the disappointments.  Either way, this list will
get pretty active real soon. Possibly beating all the other lists combined
for awhile.

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] Realtime radiosity Source ?

2004-11-29 Thread HoundDawg
 You can see the src for a few modern largue projects legally.
 Allegiance
 (Microsoft), Golgota (?), System Shock (?), Homeworld, heee a few
 more, whas code release to able linux guys to do the conversion to his
 OS... the license its restrictive, able only that, but able
 you to read
 the src and learn a bit.

Since we're in the HL realm here, I was referring to the FPS out there.  For
example, BF, UT, CoD, MoH, Tron, FarCry, etc...  Many games released, but
Valve beats all of them with their SDK.

 You can also check real open source games, like FreeCiv,Battle for
 Wesnoth, and try to steal some AI ideas, etc... IMHO its
 better to read
 articles on Gamasutra than try to learn something from the
 src of other guy.

Ha!  I've seen these games, and like most open source stuff out there, they
come with very poor quality or are just old.

 About scripting on games, has sense*. The gamelogic dont
 really need to
 be C or other compiled lang, can be interpreted, bytecode, etc.. often
 its faster to write scripts than apps, so can be fastest to write mods
 for a scripting powered engine than for a dll based engine.
 BUT the fun
 about engines like HL1/HL2 its you can do a lot more than
 other engines.
 And this its WHY some people swich from Battelefield 1942 to
 HL2, because
 feel need the extra power and can handle the extra dificult

The scripting engines offer basic modification support, but are very, very
limited.  Many great MOD ideas have started on some of these engines and
have either switched to a better one (like HL) that has true MOD support or
have just closed the project completely, which is sad to watch, since the
modelers and mappers have already spent time on the project.  Just that the
game engine and failed promise of an SDK prevent the actual coders from
accomplishing what they need to.

The other drawback, is due to the limitations of these scripted engines, you
never see good unique MODs.  Instead, you see 100s of copy-cat war-based
MODs, which are just different models and sounds for a different war era.

 OF COURSE, a good idea* can be to add a small scripting
 engine to HL2, ..

We've been here before, no need to start this one again.  In the end, you're
not going to have something as flexible and open as the C++ SDK.  Another
thing, is that 3rd party developers end up developing something like
AdminMOD so that the simple addons can be created via a scripting language.
For HL2, there's already a SourceMOD team working on this.

Overall, I still have yet to see a decent game release a decent SDK that
allow for true full and unique MODs to be created.

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RE: [hlcoders] re: false claim of real-time radiosity support in Source Engine

2004-11-29 Thread HoundDawg
 -Original Message-
 From: Michael Hobson
[snip]
 Radiosity is a particular methodology for modelling diffuse
 (scattered)
 illumination in a scene. It is a methodology for modelling
 the phenomenon,
 not something that is itself modelled.
[snip]

 If some other methodology were chosen to model the diffuse
 illumination element
 in a scene in *real-time*, it would be SOME OTHER ALGORITHM and not
 Radiosity, therefore Source engine does not have real-time
 radiosity as
 claimed
 on their web site.

I find it really cool that there are some really knowledgeable people on
this list and although it's interesting reading, this level of technical
discussion is starting to give me a headache... anyone else?

Thank you for taking the time to provide some detailed explanations though.
It'll make some good reading when I find the need to understand all of this
in the future.  =)

- HoundDawg


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RE: Re[2]: [hlcoders] So, what do you think of Half-Life2?

2004-11-29 Thread HoundDawg
 If I remember correctly, that's simply because hl2 leads
 directly into hl3,
 like a two-part movie, kinda like kill bill vol 1 and vol2,
 it was all the
 same movie, but split into two films for the sake of time.

If this is correct, I wonder if we have to wait another 5 years for the
sequel?  That's longer than the star wars episodes.



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RE: [hlcoders] So, what do you think of Half-Life2?

2004-11-20 Thread HoundDawg
 -Original Message-
 From: Bob Aman

 There's a few problems with ATI though.  For instance, I have a 6800
 now because my old 9700 Pro card decided to spontaneously combust
 taking half my computer with it.  ATI's tech support put me on hold
 for 45 minutes on a long distance call to Canada because they have no
 1-800 number, and then told me that because it was an act of God it
 wasn't covered by warranty and thusly, I would have to pay $75 to get
 the card refurbished.  As if the scorched thing could be

Sorry to hear about your problems with your ATI card.  I've been pro-Nvidia
for years until last year.  Their latest cards (5800/5900 at the time) and
drivers were the worst I've seen ever.  Their cards took up 2 PCI slots and
ran nearly 10 degrees hotter than the ATI card I have now (9800 pro).  Due
to the problems with NVidia, I switched to ATI's 9800 Pro and haven't had
any issues since.

I've played EVE, PlanetSide, FarCry, Call of Duty, BF1942, WarCraft III,
Rise of Nations, EverQuest II, Guild Wars, SW Battlefront, HL1, quite a few
others, and now HL2.  I have not experienced any of these jaggiez issues,
nor have had any other problems while playing many various games with gfx
setting to high/max.  For HL2, I even upgraded my drivers to the latest
released ones and had no problems.

Either the 9700 had a serious flaw, or yours was an isolated incident and
you just happen to get the wrong support people on the phone.  Sometime this
next year, I'll be testing the latest gfx card from both NVidia and ATI, and
making my own analysis on which is the better card.  My guess is that it'll
probably be ATI for a few more years to come.

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] So, what do you think of Half-Life2?

2004-11-20 Thread HoundDawg
 It's possible that the jaggiez issue was fixed as of the 9800, but I
 doubt it.  Everyone in my corp who has an ATI card is reporting the
 problem.  I know it's not just me.  The spontaneous combustion was

I saw the screenshot, and I can tell you that I never had that problem at
all with my 9800 pro.  Oh, and yes, I run an LCD too.

 support, hey, great.  But if you have a problem with your card, know
 that ATI is not your friend.  And it's not just the one support
 person.  I have talked to at least 10 seperate ATI tech support people
 over the course of the life of my two ATI cards.  ATI tech support is
 based entirely on their database of support issues which appears to be

Well, I think that you're going to run into tech support issues just about
anywhere.  Most of the time, it's someone getting paid to search an internal
knowledgebase, the same support system on the website, or even google.
These people really have no clue, and I'd bet that many don't even have
experience with what they're supporting.  Heck, neither Valve, Vivendi, or
Sierra cared much about technical support as they don't even provide any
phone numbers, unless you really data mine for it.

 As for drivers, not entirely sure what you mean.  The installer for
 the nVidia drivers is at least 100x times better than ATI's.  The
 drivers themselves seem to be pretty comparable.  What's wrong with
 them exactly?

Since switching to ATI, I've found their driver installation superior to
Nvidia.  The most noteable, is that you don't lose the resolution settings
during the upgrades.  I heard my brother just the other day complain about
his desktop icons getting re-arranged after he updated his Nvidia drivers.
I told him that I haven't experienced that since switching to ATI.  Also, I
haven't noticed issues with any of the driver updates having compatibility
issues, except for a specific release that didn't work right with Tron 2.0.

Anyway, hopefully yours was a very isolated incident and not many will need
to go through what you experienced.  Just look at all those that bought the
ATI+HL2 packages.  Over a year later, and they finally get their included
game.  Then, they find out that they need an Internet connection just to
play it.  Poor guys

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] So, what do you think of Half-Life2?

2004-11-18 Thread HoundDawg
 The difference between FarCry and HL2 is that HL2 was fun.
 FarCry was limited in scope. It doesn't really matter what
 awesome-looking features you have if the game is not
 fundamentally fun in the first place. All of the things you
 mentioned except dynamic lighting aren't even engine
 features, they can be designed and coded by mods.

 --
 Jorge Vino Rodriguez

I think that you're missing the point of my email, which wasn't to really
pitch FarCry as the best engine to go coding your MODs for.  I was just
getting sick of seeing people claiming that HL2 is the greatest marvel to be
released.  There are many features in HL2 that are old now and have been
implemented better in other games that have been releasing within the past
1-2 years and I'm sure a few more within the next 6 months.

I agree that HL2's gameplay is fun, but was getting tired of reading
people's comments that HL2 has awesome-looking and the best features.  Valve
missed the timeline on that by at least a year, but most likely 2 years.

I'm not completely finished with HL2 yet, but so far it's pretty fun with a
good story.  But, I can't honestly claim that HL2, released this week on
it's own merit without a released full SDK or enhancement MODs, that it's a
technical marvel.  It just isn't.  Just look at CS:S, it has shadowing bugs,
modeling bugs, lighting bugs, etc. and those aren't even the strong points
of HL2.  Even Steam is full of issues.  I was playing HL2 last night and
right in the middle the game closed because Steam updated the HL2 EXE file.
Yeah, it didn't wait until after I was done playing or saved my game.
Luckily, HL2 has a nice auto-save feature that is similar to most console
games.

The models, with the way they move and the detail in the faces look pretty
good in HL2.  Especially when compared to HL1.  But, if you've played a few
of the latest MMORPG releases, you'd notice that even EverQuest II has even
more detailed models.  I mean, to the point where the hair on the head move.

As far as the story goes, I'm really hoping that HL2's story doesn't go
south like most games.  HL1's story got real lame and dull once you got into
Xen.  FarCry was fun until it was just you against only mutants.  Return to
Castle Wolfenstien got lame once you went down into the crypt and were
fighting zombies and other mutants.  So many games start out with a nice and
fun storyline and then goes to shit for the ending.  I've heard others claim
that HL2 just gets better toward the end.  Well, as long as it doesn't go
psycho or extreme Gordon vs mutants, then I'm sure it will be.

So far, the best things I've found in HL2, are not really the dated
technical features, but rather the storyline, the gravity gun (which really
saves the game, without it HL2 would be way too frustrating to play as it's
quite easy to flip the buggy or get it stuck... a little too easy imo), and
controlling some of the alien creatures (which look like a steal from
Starship Troopers) with the pheremone pod.  Even though you could use
similar gameplay techniques in your MODs, it's not the base technical
features that really impress me over the many other games I've played.

Overall, HL2 would have really kicked ass 2 years ago.  Now, it looks like
it'll be up to the MOD coders to see if they can get the engine caught up
and surpass other released games and those that will be releasing over the
next few years.  I am pleased with the physics for the most part, but a bit
disappointed with the lighting.

There are many aspects of the mapping side of things that will be
interesting to test in order to see if Valve fixed many issues that limited
mappers with the HL1 engine.  Or, just how improved is the multi-player
netcode with respect to their claims that it's been greatly improved.  I
still see a lot of lag and issues with CS:S and that's the only thing we
have to go by right now.  Time will definitely tell and I sure hope Valve
releases the SDK before the holiday season.  Many people have next week off
and then another few weeks at the end of December.  Both of which could be
useful in MOD coding.

So, yes, Valve did do a great job in implementing many new and upgraded
features into HL2.  Unfortunately, they're a couple years old now, which
means that they have less time to work on HL3.  IMO, Valve's biggest threat
now is time and that another new gaming company will sweep the gamers just
like they did. It's not hard to see that the technical talent exists out
there, it's just waiting for them to come together and create the right
element.  In fact, most of the downfall of other engines, is that they don't
fully support the MODding community.  I think, that has been Valve's biggest
success.  Without that, we most likely would never have seen HL2.

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] So, what do you think of Half-Life2?

2004-11-18 Thread HoundDawg
 They've been working on this engine for five years. It is the
 cumulation of five years of work, during which time they had
 zero profit coming from that project. Do you really think
 they would let it fall by the wayside in neglect? Valve has
 stated that they will fully support this new engine, even
 better then they did HL1 (the support of which, lets face it,
 could have been better.) They are also in a better position
 to do so, since the engine is entirely the IP and not an
 offshoot of another engine. Valve has also stated they are
 taking a break before they start coding HL3. I think we're in
 for some pretty good support this time around.

 --
 Jorge Vino Rodriguez

I hope you're right on a modding level.  Because, on a released game and
player support, it sux so far.  I bought the game, which really didn't come
with a manual at all, just a little card.  I had problems getting the game
to even install.  There really is no technical support at all.

Sure, go to steampowered and search their DB, which doesn't have enough info
for HL2 yet.  Their forums have been down, so no help there either.  Sierra
just sends you to Vivendi like a phone relay, which has a support DB too,
but with less things than steampowered.  I eventually figured out that the
installer has either an issue installing on a 2nd CD drive or doesn't check
the HD space free to tell you if there isn't enough and just doesn't let you
go past the direct x confirmation screen.

We're forced into this extra long installation and Steam authentication
system and yet have less support than most other games out there.  Sorry,
but I'm just not seeing it yet.

Anyway, player support aside, there's still the same policy of not keeping
the Valve lists informed.  Especially since release, we haven't seen
announcements regarding steam issues or even that they're shutting it down
for a little bit.  It's like they just don't communicate unless they have
something positive to say.  What kind of support is that?

How can a company claim to support a game better when they follow the same
policy and habbits as the prior game?  So far, I have to totally disagree
with your I think we're in for some pretty good support this time around.
comment, because I just don't see it yet.  Good support comes at a time when
we need it, not when we don't.

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] So, what do you think of Half-Life2?

2004-11-17 Thread HoundDawg
 Well done Valve, I can't wait to actually play the rest of
 the game. Shame to all those naysayers who claimed the game
 would bomb!
 --
 Jorge Vino Rodriguez

Yes, it finally did get released.  The whole steam deal yesterday was a bit
frustrating along with all of the other issues that retail purchasers are
faced with.  But, overall, it is fun to play and I am looking forward to the
full SDK release.

As far as a next-generation engine, for Valve it is, but in gaming, the HL2
engine is a few years dated now.  FarCry surpasses HL2 in many, many ways.
Yes, including water effects, heat distortions around steam and other heat
sources, true dynamic lighting (you can shoot a light to make it move and
the light it shines moves at the same time), and even the AI NPCs reacted
more as a team.

Other things that I found kind of lame in HL2, included the lack of seeing
Gordan's hands more and the inability to shoot while using the suit zoom
feature.  Picking up objects, I've seen in HL1 before like in voogru's
entity moving modification.  At least there could have been hands on the
airboat handlebars.  Even console games have been doing that much for years.

IMO, HL2 would have rocked more if released 2 years ago, or addressed some
of the issues more.  The levels often felt like HL1 textured levels (flat)
with a few new features like more real cables, reflective surfaces, and
objects with physical properties (like the glass bottles, cement bricks, or
even the unraveling cardboard boxes).  Even though other engines provide
superior effects, Valve still wins as they release a full SDK and not a
scripted engine (like UT and FarCry).  I'm looking forward to MODs that are
based around the gravity gun and even airboat races.  There's definitely a
lot you can do to extend the HL2 SP into multiple MP mods.

I have yet to finish the game, although it's still fun and looking forward
to seeing the MODs come out, I wouldn't quite classify it as the first,
unique, or best implementation on what many gamers call next-generation
gaming features.  The story is fun to go through and I like how it's all
organized into chapters.  But, I'd like to just point out that there are
features that were better implemented by other games along with other games
having features that HL2 lacks.  We'll just have to wait to see what this
coding community can do to extend and fill in the gaps.

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] tei's dumb-bots

2004-11-14 Thread HoundDawg
Why?  They just need to camp... complain about camping... and talk 1337
and possibly some of those creative sick paint sprays.  Basically, just
all around annoying.

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
 Stephen Micheals
 Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 8:46 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [hlcoders] tei's dumb-bots

 might be hard to make a bot that so perfectly encapsulates
 counter-strike players like that.

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RE: [hlcoders] What MSVC version do you use/have?

2004-10-22 Thread HoundDawg
 I just want to do a quick straw poll of how many people on this list
 DON'T have access to MSVC.NET or above for their MOD development (we
 hope to only release MSVC.NET project files with the SDK)?

 - Alfred

Alfred, I'd rather see you guys release the SDK as soon as possible, even if
it only contains MSVC.NET project files.  I'd hate to see the SDK delayed in
order to support older environments.  If there are really that many people
that use VC6 or whatever, there will be at least someone who does a
conversion in order to make it work with VC6 (as long as there isn't
anything else that requires MSVC.NET) and release a download link for it.  I
wouldn't be surprised if there was even an open-source group formed for
this.

Seriously though, just release it the most efficient way you can, the older
dev community will adapt as it has all along.  There are also update
releases you can do that can include support for older environments. I'd
just like to see the dev community having the ability to start working with
the new SDK ASAP.  There have been many projects sitting on hold for too
many years waiting for the HL2 delivery promise to be fulfilled.  With the
holiday season approaching, many developers will have some extra holiday
time to spend coding.  So, let's not waste that.

- HoundDawg


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RE: [hlcoders] For the love of god...

2003-12-21 Thread HoundDawg
 No one complains about different ways to quote. All we do is
 complaining about *useless* and *huge* quote contents, mainly
 fullquotes, like in the Deathmessages stopped working in
 Steam thread.

 Quotes are used to point out to which sentence or part of the
 mail the answer refers. There are enough texts about quoting,
 and it is pointed out clearly why some rules are useful.
 (for example http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html)

 Rockefeller

I'm sorry... Is this the hlds_linux list?  I could have sworn this was
hlcoders where we focus on hl coding and not lame things like spelling,
vocabulary, list rules, proper posting, and whatever else seems to bother
you.  Yup, last I checked, all of this stuff was discussed on hlds_linux
list.

Anyway, let's get back to coding...

HoundDawg


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Re: [hlcoders] Detecting Client Video Mode from Server

2002-05-07 Thread HoundDawg

Sure, the client 3D video cvars don't exist if they are in software mode.
Quite an easy solution really.  Feel better?

Although, we still would like to have the ability to query the values of
client cvars.


HoundDawg

United Admins - Game Server Admin Association
http://www.unitedadmins.com

- Original Message -
From: Alfred [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Detecting Client Video Mode from Server


 Are you going to share? ;)

 Alfred

 - Original Message -
 From: HoundDawg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 3:29 PM
 Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Detecting Client Video Mode from Server


  Thank you everyone for answering so quickly.  We did find a way and it
  really wasn't any of these, go figure.  ;-)  Actually, it was sort of
 close
  to botman's first reply.
 
  HoundDawg
 
  United Admins - Game Server Admin Association
  http://www.unitedadmins.com
 
  - Original Message -
  From: botman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 12:44 PM
  Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Detecting Client Video Mode from Server
 
 
Just be glad that the Half-Life engine doesn't include any browser
  type
feature that allows servers to download code and run it on the
client
  (that's
assuming that Valve has plugged all the buffer overflow problems in
 the
engine network code)!  :)
  
   Oh, wait a minute.  Actually I guess with Steam is does allow this!
Now
  all
   you've got to do is hack into the domain name server and redirect the
   speakeasy.net domain to your rogue server and start serving up all
kinds
  of
   nasty Steam code!  ;)
  
   Jeffrey botman Broome
  
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[hlcoders] Detecting Client Video Mode from Server

2002-05-06 Thread HoundDawg

Hi, does anyone know if and how we can detect the client's video mode from
the server side, like via a Metamod plugin utilizing the HL SDK?

We would like to know if the client is in software mode or 3D mode.

Thanks in advance!

HoundDawg

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Re: [hlcoders] Detecting Client Video Mode from Server

2002-05-06 Thread HoundDawg

Thank you everyone for answering so quickly.  We did find a way and it
really wasn't any of these, go figure.  ;-)  Actually, it was sort of close
to botman's first reply.

HoundDawg

United Admins - Game Server Admin Association
http://www.unitedadmins.com

- Original Message -
From: botman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Detecting Client Video Mode from Server


  Just be glad that the Half-Life engine doesn't include any browser
type
  feature that allows servers to download code and run it on the client
(that's
  assuming that Valve has plugged all the buffer overflow problems in the
  engine network code)!  :)

 Oh, wait a minute.  Actually I guess with Steam is does allow this!  Now
all
 you've got to do is hack into the domain name server and redirect the
 speakeasy.net domain to your rogue server and start serving up all kinds
of
 nasty Steam code!  ;)

 Jeffrey botman Broome

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Re: [hlcoders] Anti-cheat code in mods

2002-04-26 Thread HoundDawg

I would like to extend an invitation to those MOD developers that would be
interested in working with the HLGuard (formerly CSGuard) team, over at
United Admins, to help prevent cheating in your MODs.  If interested, please
reply privately to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Thanks!


HoundDawg

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- Original Message -
From: Martin Webrant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 7:37 AM
Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Anti-cheat code in mods


 AG mod has had aimbot detection a year now. But it works more like a
 virusscanner and checks all dlls loaded in the hl.exe processes. A mess
 to keep up with new cheats ;)
 /Martin 'BulliT' Webrant
 www.planethalflife.com/agmod



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 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of botman
 Sent: den 25 april 2002 20:58
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Anti-cheat code in mods


  Actually, AHL Beta 5 and Desert Crisis both have API Hooking detection

  anti-cheat built-in and have had it since HL 1.1.0.8 / SDK 2.2.
 

 Okay, I guess I should have made that a little more clear...

 Counter-Strike is the only MOD (of the one's created and/or maintained
 by
 Valve) with anti-cheat protection built into it.  Half-Life deathmatch,
 TFC, DMC and Ricochet do not currently have Valve's anti-cheat code
 integrated in with the MOD code.

 Jeffrey botman Broome


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Re: [hlcoders] [OT] question to valve, curious

2001-12-05 Thread HoundDawg



ha! Maybe even a Limited Edition DVD with THX 
and Widescreen?


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- Original Message - 
From: Andrew 
Hefford 
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:32 AM
Subject: RE: [hlcoders] [OT] question to valve, curious


Maybe they will release 
a half-life Directors cut J


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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris 'Tal-N' 
BlaneSent: 05 December 2001 
02:12To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [hlcoders] [OT] question to 
valve, curious


I did hear along time ago (probably 
a year after HL's release) that HL was supposed to start totally different with 
you actually making your way onto the train at the beginning (which is obviously 
where the released HL picked up), i remember hearing that these maps still 
existed. I would like to see those out of sheer 
curiosity.



Chris 
'Tal-N' Blane [C4 Software 
CEO] 
www.c4software.net

  
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  From: [DRP]Avatar-X 
  
  
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  
  
  Sent: Tuesday, 
  December 04, 2001 2:07 PM
  
  Subject: Re: 
  [hlcoders] [OT] question to valve, curious
  
  
  Yeah, and it's several years later now, and the SDK 
  has gone from a sign-up-and-have-it-mailed CD to a anyone-can-download 
  package. 
  Maybe 
  Valve will change their minds, I'd love to see the old maps in use somewhere. 
  
  -av 
  
  Biggs 
  wrote: 
  
I asked this question years ago 
right after HL was released. The whole reason i wanted HL was because of 
most of what i saw in the demos that never made it in the game. I asked if 
they would concider releasing the old maps, monsters and other various stuff 
as kinda like an SDK addon. The answer i got was 
no.~Biggs 


- Original Message 
-

From: Andrew 
Foss

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: 
Tuesday, December 04, 2001 12:59 AM

Subject: 
[hlcoders] [OT] question to valve, 
curious
I was digging around in my old 
CD's box, when I came upon a diamond viper driver disc. it contained a 
Half-life trailer.upon watching it, I noticed some 
cool bits. almost all the monsters in the demo are not seen in the game. 
(the models still exist) there are also a bunch of maps that didn't make the 
cut. Datacore is an example, it was originally a singleplayer 
map.My question is this:Since HL is 
actually HL2, because a lot of code, maps, textures, and models were cut/not 
in the final game, do you still have any of the old stuff laying around, and 
B: would you consider releasing any of it? I would love to see the original 
maps, because they look pretty cool. also, does the smelling gibs code work? 
can the mosters smell out the stinky bodies? :)--cannibal
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Re: [hlcoders] Old E-Mails on List

2001-12-05 Thread HoundDawg

It's funny how some people can't follow instructions


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From: Desmond Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 5:51 PM
Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Old E-Mails on List


 Please remove me form the list. Thx

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 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erik Johnson
 Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 4:13 PM
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 Subject: [hlcoders] Old E-Mails on List


 If you're getting this mail, and you had unsubscribed to the Topica
HLCODERS
 list a while back, send mail to me directly and I'll remove you from the
 list.

 Seems that the e-mail list I got from Topica has a bunch of addresses on
 there that we outdated.

 Erik
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