I think amazon uses a database refrence for the user account to track what they would more lilkly buy.
You can do this, however, i dont know how many people you wish to force into havin an account to download a map - i know for one, it wont be me. Adam --- Michael Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Is there any way to get the Steam IDs of players in > a given server without > joining? I'm asking because the Source server query > protocol doesn't appear > to support this, but typing 'status' in the console > will do it (so, privacy > doesn't seem to be a concern with this). > > I'm currently tracking some map popularity > statistics > here<http://ascendancy.us.to/realtime/all_maps.shtml>, > but my goal is to create a system that tracks users' > preferences for maps > much like Amazon.com <http://Amazon.com> tracks > users' preferences for > products (e.g., customers who bought a Chopin CD are > much less likely to buy > a Metallica CD than someone who bought one of Linkin > Park's CDs). The > problem I'm trying to solve is how to find new maps > for players that they > would probably want to play. Two possible paths are > external tracking using > Steam IDs as above, or an in-game voting mechanism > like a server plug-in. > > Thanks, > Mike > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view > the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > -------- My Website http://www.ammahls.com Lead Programer NightFall http://www.nightfallmod.net/ Developer of CST and ZHLT 3.0 http://www.zhlt.tk This email has been sent from Adam McKern, and is not one of the many spam bots that use my email address. If you receive an email that has not got this signature line, please delate the email, and not respond in any way to it. __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
