You might be onto something here, the server search idea; defaulted to regular servers would be a dream. Then all the precious 'new money' won't be stumbling anywhere Valve don't want them.
All plug-ins I have created so far were requests from server admins for basic things which could have been included in the original game anyway. For all of which I have needed to scan for at least five functions which were standard in the 1.6 SDK but now we must do without. Without even a hint from Valve on weather or not they intend to expand the current basic functionality. Have any of you people who have been replying negatively to this topic ever had a peek at what's available to plug-ins this time around? I doubt it. - Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hlcoders- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James > Sent: 03 March 2006 00:58 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OT] [hlcoders] Overlay Text > > All of those who propose for us to get over our attitudes and to > create some kind of peace contract to send to Valve should actually > try coding a plugin and take the painstaking time of learning how to > hack functions through assembly and memory scanning before they act as > if all this bitching is without any merit. Most coding I spend on > plugins is not for the actual purpose of the plugin itself, but for > getting at things I need available for the plugin. If Valve really > wanted to do something about all these plugins that change their > beloved mods, then they should implement something such as an optional > filter for their server browsers that removes any modified servers. > For example an identifier that could even be hardcoded into the plugin > which may represent "servers running this plugin will have altered > gameplay." But instead they choose to spend wasteful time trying to > obstruct our progress through manipulations to the code here and > there. Every time a new update is put out, all of us plugin coders > have to check whether our plugins still work, and if it doesn't, we > get many unhappy users who come to complain to us and pressure us for > a quick fix. Imagine having to do that with your mods every few weeks. > This is the reason why we bitch. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
