It's a bit hard to believe something so trivial as client->server versioning, with a useful error message isn't already supported in some form. Without blocking the game on your own http version queries or something. It ought to be as simple as the server checking the client version matches. Not all servers stay up to date, so simple nagging users they aren't on the latest version isn't useful. It should work for clients joining newer or older servers. if client version != server version show useful message. I was under the impression that the engine errors out with the class table error stuff before the user code has a chance to do something like this, which means it would need to be have engine level support.
On Nov 17, 2007 10:57 AM, Tony omega Sergi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > whiel I'm not looking, I can only assume the [BETA] tihng is because > he's returning the game name as > Garry's Mod [BETA] > from GameRules::GetGameDescription() > > > On Nov 17, 2007 1:48 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, now that would be possible, but perhaps misleading in some scenarios. > > (It would of course require the mod author to maintain some > > globally-available server with the latest version, and then write the > > client code to do that check.) > > > > It's a slightly different scenario though than the one originally > > described, though. For instance if you had a beta version as mentioned > > below, you wouldn't get that message when on beta and connecting to > > non-beta, or you would get it erroneously when not on beta, etc. > > > > > > > > > > At 2007/11/17 12:40 PM, Christopher Harris wrote: > > >Or in the dll init function check for new version then display a message > > >box > > >saying there is a new version out. > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Adam Maras (memzero)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 1:34 PM > > >Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Proper mod versioning? > > > > > > > > >Well pardon my lack of knowledge on the situation, but couldn't you: > > >1. Set a version constant in the code > > >2. Check to see if the server and connecting client's version match > > >3. If they don't, disconnect with a custom message? > > > > > >Could all this occur before class table checking, like right on connect? > > > > > >// Adam Maras (memzero) > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>Well, you can always put the version number in the name of the server, > > >>which may be what he's doing? > > >> > > >>Really though what you want, per previous discussions, is a way to alert > > >>users to the existence of a new version when they try to connect and fail. > > >>And ideally a way to seamlessly perform the update via Steam. > > >> > > >>At 2007/11/17 11:54 AM, Adam Maras (memzero) wrote: > > >> > > >>>Garry's Mod beta (somehow) has [BETA] preceding the Game column contents > > >>>in the server, if I'm correct. Perhaps you could put the version in that > > >>>data field so that people can look specifically for servers of their > > >>>version. > > >>> > > >>>// Adam Maras (memzero) > > >>> > > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>> > > >>>>For what it's worth the last few times I asked this, the answer was > > >>>>basically "no". > > >>>> > > >>>>At 2007/11/15 10:39 AM, Jeremy wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>>Is there a way to do proper mod versioning? > > >>>>> > > >>>>>Disconnect: Server uses different class tables. isn't a very useful > > >>>>>error message when clients try to join wrong version servers. > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>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 > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
