When you admin a server, you get client questions from visitors ... I find running the server, I have client issues as well simply because I actually play on my server ... Because of the sometimes client question, I get answers to questions I didn't even ask ...
I agree that the sometimes client question does have a correlation to running the server ... But if simply end users were abusing our wonderful admin powers via this list, yes, that would bother me seeing as there's already a forum for this, and the mail traffic would triple ... At 01:38 PM 10/04/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Something I think list members should keep in mind with regard to on or off >topic threads, is that in the client/server paradigm, the client is useless >without the server. > >Thus, regarding the recent 1108 update, some of the issues it has created, >the nature of this list, AND Valve's direct participation in this list, I >think these types of questions are well suited here. > >It is my opinion (and I would hope the opinion of other members as well) >that this list is a resource for all people involved with serving or >adminning HL servers. If a member has a client question or issue, why not >discuss it and help with the resolution? Isn't the purpose of this list to >help others who are having problems? I think many of us have forgotten >that... > >I may be wrong, but I don't know of any mailing list or forum for client >questions that could have successfully handled this issue for him. If this >is not the case, please let me know where to go for issues of this type. > >I've found over the last year that this list is the best source of knowledge >for ALL aspects of HL, not just HLDS. > >Before slamming someone for being what you consider [OT], think first about >what other avenue the poster might pursue to get his/her question/issue >answered or resolved. If you can't suggest one, don't hammer the poster for >being supposedly [OT]. If you can, direct the poster of the [OT] message to >the appropriate location he/she should visit to resolve the problem. This >list exists to help other gamers, not to discourage them. I was kind of >hoping that with Deacon being gone from the list now, that this kind of >mentality would gradually disappear from the list... > >If none of the other list members feels like answering the question, they >won't. > >StanTheMan >TheHardwareFreak >www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard C. Ryzner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 12:58 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [OT]Re: 1.1.0.8 > > > > > > > > Is it client or server, sounds like client to me. If im wrong > > my apologies. > > But in the initial post he stated in regards to his getting > > on the web and > > playing. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stan Hoeppner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:49 AM > > Subject: RE: [OT]Re: 1.1.0.8 > > > > > > > > > > Hmm.. I don't see how this thread is off topic. They're > > having a problem > > > with a MOD that seems to have been broken by the 1108 > > update. I'd say > > this > > > is perfectly on topic. > > > > > > StanTheMan > > > TheHardwareFreak > > > www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Richard C. Ryzner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 8:39 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [OT]Re: 1.1.0.8 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kindly [OT] stuff like this. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Ryan McCullough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 8:20 PM > > > > Subject: RE: 1.1.0.8 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hmmm, this is a question that I do not have the answers to. > > > > You should > > > > email > > > > > eric smith or erik johnson about this. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] should do it. Let us know what > > you find out. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Noah Burton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2025 6:18 PM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: RE: 1.1.0.8 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a OpFor 1.1.0.6 patch, but I needed the HL patch > > > > to play online, > > > > > I'm still getting the "cannot join server running > > different protocol > > > > > version." OpFor still runs the file hl.exe, so the patch > > > > should work. > > > > > > > > > > Noah > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Ryan McCullough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 8:57 PM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: RE: 1.1.0.8 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What patch are you trying to run? I don't think you can run > > > > the HL1108 > > > > patch > > > > > on blueshift. I didn't see an opposing force 1108 patch > > either. Most > > > > likely > > > > > nothing changed, or valve is no longer supporting this. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Noah Burton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2025 5:43 PM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: 1.1.0.8 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have e-mailed Sierra, I have posted on numerous message > > > > boards, and I > > > > > still haven't gotten a reasonable answer to my problem. I > > > > am using OpFor > > > > on > > > > > the Blue-Shift cd, but when I try to install the latest > > > > patch, it says I'm > > > > > running the [space] version of half-life, and the patch is > > > > for the english > > > > > version. Seeing as I can read the menus, I believe I have > > > > the english > > > > > version, but it seems to think I have no language version. > > > > I think this > > > > has > > > > > something to do with the sierra.inf or language.inf files, > > > > but I'm not > > > > sure. > > > > > If someone (that has the patch working) could send a copy > > > > of those files > > > > for > > > > > me to compare? I have already tried re-re-re-installing > > > > opfor, but no > > > > luck. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Noah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
