Who did you ask and when? I don't have any emails from you. We are working on a new revision of this subsystem that will include the information you need to connect requests to responses. We expect to have it available soon, I will announce it on the hlds_apps list when it is live.
- Alfred ----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [hlcoders] HL1: Bug in client cvar querying > Hello, > > We tried asking Valve about this directly but got no response. > > The client cvar querying stuff is broken (as I explained earlier) > but the > appropriate fix was denied. Our workaround for this was to implement > a > queue system in Metamod on the unwritten guarantee that the client, > unless they disconnected, would always give a reply to a client cvar > query. > > Unfortunately this isn't the case - if you query a client with an > unknown/non-existant cvar, you never get a reply, completely > invalidating > the queue idea. I can think of three solutions: > - We have to set a time-out time for cvar replies (UGLY!) > - Valve makes clients reply with empty or preset/special string. > - Valve fixes the API so query callbacks get the queried cvar name. > > This is a serious bug which basically makes this nice new system > entirely > useless. Any suggestions from Valve's end? > > Thanks, > > ---David "BAILOPAN" Anderson > http://www.bailopan.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
