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. > > -- > Best regards, > Vyacheslav mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
