I think thats been true for many years now.
But yes, don't understand why hosting a server would need to "own" the
game, rather than allowing "anonymous" login ( as used for way more modern
intellectual properties).
On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 4:15 PM MegaBrutal
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> HLDS (App 90) previously could be installed with anonymous login, but now
> it fails. After a few hours of trying and investigating, I found in
> content_log.txt that it tries to download from the following URL which
> results in a 401 Unauthorized response:
>
> http://steampipe.akamaized.net/depot/71/manifest/9183617604528345869/5
>
> I thought to give it a try and log in with my Steam credentials on the
> SteamCMD console, after which "app_update 90" run successfully. I set
> "mod" to "valve", as I want to run an HLDM server.
>
> What's the reason behind this? Is it an error or a purposeful change? It
> makes automated installs significantly more troublesome. I have a
> Dockerfile which installs HLDS while building a customized HLDM image, but
> now it fails to compose. Anyone else run into this?
>
>
> Best regards,
> MegaBrutal
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