If you have a way to simply reproduce this problem (i.e start a server, have x people join, all type kill and you see the bug) then please send it to me.
- Alfred ----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lord Devil Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 3:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds] There is a serious Logging Bug since BETA... > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > > Addendum: > Okay now I have confirmation that this bug is present on all types of > server -> even linux (got some more info from linux users as well as > log files - same problem there). This should make tracking it down > much easier. We just can hope that VALVe will pays more attention to > this problem! I know this may not be first priority for many of you, > but as you see many sites are already starting with log parsing for > their homepages as well as their TOP10 lists etc. and people finally > begin asking hey why they have so many suicides, missed kilss etc. > cant you fix it -> I always have to say the same, that till VALVe > fixed the log messages we cant do anything...! Lets push this, I > guess that this bug will not be hard to fix, it just needs to get > recognized... Thanks in advance, > > LD > On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:22:44 +0200, Lord Devil wrote: > > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > > > > Hello everyone! > > I want to report a serious issue with the logging capabilities of > > CS:Source. This bug exists since the BETA, I reported it many times > > but it never got fixed. Now as there are coming more and more LOG > > Parsers out I guess its time to do something against this bug. I > > copy the description of this bug from the Forum Post I posted some > > days ago: > > > > > > Original post: > > http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162488[1 > > [1] ] > > > > ---------------------- > > > > Hello ! > > > > > > Many of you dont know it... but many people are already beginning > > with some kind of stats logging. I just wanted to inform you, that > > the current state of the cs:s dedicated server version does not > > allow accurate log parsing ala PsychoStats, HLStats...! > > > > > > The Log Output of CS:S sometimes misses connect lines as well as > > entered the game lines. Well this wouldnt be much of a problem if > > there were not the problem that sometimes KILLS get logged as > > suicides! (Log_level 15 does not help!) > > > > > > I got log files even from servers all over the world and tried it (I > > guess this were all windows servers) and I could verify the missing > > log lines. > > > > > > You can also track when this happens. Just open the Server in VGUI > > mode and look at the Players TAB -> You will see that sometimes > > players are playing on the server but not showing up in this tab! > > Exactly when this happens -> Everyone who kills a player not in this > > players list get logged as being suicided! > > > > > > I tested it with standard configs, log_levels, console mode, VGUI > > mode, I got logs from different servers -> everywhere the same > > problem! We really have to push this to valve so they will know it. > > I reported this problem since the BETA but it always got ignored! > > > > > > Kind regards and plz help us fix this, > > > > LD > > > > ---------------------- > > > > > > The main problem with this bug is, that it gets ignored by most of > > the people(thats why it gets rarely reported) -> I brought this up > > on many forums but many people said no everything works fine, > > because it doesnt happen all the time and not everyone is so nit- > > picking as me. But when I told them they should believe me if they > > dont they should give me me their log files and homepages so I can > > give them some evidence -> I checked it for them and now they > > believe me too. Missing kills, kills reported as suicides etc. <- > > that are just the problems I can identify... In the forum post > > above I already described when exactly the problem appears... > > > > So I really hope VALVe can fix those issue otherwise we will never > > be able to do accurate stats logging. I guess its just one bug which > > causes this behavriour, but we need to track it down and find it... > > > > > > Thanks for listeningl, > > > > LD > > > > ===References:=== > > 1. > > http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162488[2 > > ] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds[3] > > ===References:=== > 1. > http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162488[1 > 2. > http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162488 > 3. http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
