S. Hendriks wrote:
Suggestion:
- When releasing fixes for bots, TEST THEM FIRST.
Wait, let me rephrase that:
- When releasing ANYTHING, TEST IT FIRST (and ofcourse, with everything.
Run a bot server, run a metamod server)
Actually, it's not really Valve's responsibility to test a server with
Metamod, AdminMOD, AMX, bots or any other type of plugin. Valve makes
no guarantee that a new release won't break third party applications
(although they try not to do this when they can). Valve obviously can't
test each new release with EVERY single third party plugin, stats
package, or server management tool that's out there. Some stuff will
break. It's up to the plugin, stat, or server management author to
check out their third party tool with each release and fix any problems
that might arise. You can usually contact someone at Valve directly if
you can't figure out what the problem is (or if no one else in the
community can figure out what the problem is).
Since there has never been any well defined interface between MODs and
plugins (in terms of how the MOD and plugin interacts with each other),
whenever the MOD code changes how something behaves, it's likely to
break some plugins that are "leaching" on to that data. Since not every
plugin author handles the same problem the same way, some plugins will
break and others will be uneffected.
This is just a fact of life if you are hooking into a MOD without that
MOD's knowledge or consent. If a MOD team wanted to REALLY nasty, they
could change how every single function was implemented each time a new
version of the MOD was released making it very difficult for plugins to
keep updated and working with new releases. Luckily, none of the
Valve's MODs have ever done this, but occasionally performances changes
in the MOD code effect how things are done and require plugins to be
modified to work properly.
--
Jeffrey "botman" Broome
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