-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] On 10/30/05, Adam amckern Mckern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think amazon uses a database refrence for the user > account to track what they would more lilkly buy.
Sure... that seems pretty clear. 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. I think I made this unclear -- all the user would have to do is vote for the map he likes in game, or visit a website and provide his steam ID and vote for the maps he's played recently. Steam IDs would take care of everything -- no separate accounts needed. My real question is about the Steam IDs from server queries. Any ideas? Thanks, Mike --- 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> <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 > > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
