Yes, it's backwards compatible.
That has nothing to do with the version#. As Asher said, the code was
specifically asking for the lower version. He could have accepted any
version and hoped that any newer were backwards compatible, which would
have been fine.
On 10/15/2011 10:35 AM, Saul Rennison wrote:
But the point is the interface is backwards compatible because it's
just appending an entry to the vtable.
On Saturday, 15 October 2011, Nicholas Hastings <nshasti...@gmail.com
<mailto:nshasti...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> In this case, not really.
>
> It's a safety. If you compile against version 2 of something and
check the version, you can safely call functions at the end that
aren't in v1. If you happen to load v1, don't check version, and try
to call one, badness ensues.
>
> On 10/15/2011 10:03 AM, Saul Rennison wrote:
>
> The interface version doesn't need to be bumped if the vtable hasn't
changed.. does it?
>
> On Saturday, 15 October 2011, Nicholas Hastings
<nshasti...@gmail.com <mailto:nshasti...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> They did change it properly. They both added a function (to the
end, to avoid breakage) and bumped the version number (to
ServerGameClients004).
>>
>> virtual void ClientSpawned( edict_t *pEntity ) = 0;
>>
>> at the end, right after ClientCommandKeyValues.
>>
>> On 10/14/2011 11:55 PM, Ronny Schedel wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> does anyone know what is changed in the IServergameclients
interface, it does not load anymore?
>>>
>>> When do they learn how to change interfaces in the proper way?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Ronny Schedel
>>>
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