-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] also of note, that's an entirely differnet problem than what we're talking about.
that fix doesn't solve not being able to join from server browser, or stop the dedicated server from spitting out "masterserverrequestrestart please restart to get the latest update" or whatever the exact message is. The fix that i put in my last reply, fixes both. it's annoying, but it works. On 10/30/07, Tony omega Sergi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And i'm telling you it doesn't work - tried to make it work that way all > day, until i discovered this other workaround. > By using the hl2mp version info, with the source sdk base appid tonight > just so that a playtest could be made. > it still loads appid 215, but it tricks the servers into not trying to > issue an invalid version message from steam because it makes the "hl2mp" and > "1.0.0.12" match. > so the steam.inf included in both the server and client for the mod looks > like this: > PatchVersion=1.0.0.12 > ProductName=hl2dm > appID=215 > > and it's worked, even for people without hl2mp. > > > On 10/29/07, Justin Krenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://forums.hl2ctf.net/index.php?showtopic=3654&pid=37174&mode=threaded&show=&st=&#entry37174 > > > > > > Mike Durand disagrees. It's funny because on this list when I asked for > > a fix for this problem, Mike said your method was the fix (using the > > hl2mp steam.inf), but that leaves those without hl2mp unable to play > > even though they have source sdk base. I wasn't able to truly fix it > > until I found Mike's reply on that board. > > > > Tony "omega" Sergi wrote: > > > -- > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > just use the hl2mp steam.inf with appid=215 > > > just leave the version number and the game name as hl2mp > > > > > > > > > On 10/29/07, Justin Krenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > >> I've definitely gotten complaints from my players who couldn't play > > >> because I was using the HL2DM steam.inf instead of the "appid=215" > > one. > > >> Have you talked to any of your players who don't have HL2DM and > > >> confirmed that they're able to play without getting a "you don't own > > >> this game" message? > > >> > > >> Tony "omega" Sergi wrote: > > >>> -- > > >>> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > >>> untrue, that's how one of my other mods has been running for the > > past 5 > > >>> months. > > >>> but regardless, this needs to be fixed. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, > > >> please visit: > > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -omega > > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > -omega > -- -omega -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
