Even if it does not know what gameid it is, that is so trivial coding wise, that support for that could be added in 30 seconds.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Maarten van der Zwaart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] "nosteam" hacks update? > On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 01:11:30 +1100, Andrew Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I dont want to get into an argument, but heres a response for: > >> I don't think hlds/srcds knows which game it is running, but only the > >> engine and the name of the mod directory. Somewhere steam would need to > >> figure out which game (not mod!) is actually being played, and if the > >> user owns a product needed to be allowed to play it. (There can be > >> multiple products that each give access to the same game.) > > Im running a CS Source server, it knows what game its hosting. > > I was going to answer: > It knows it is a source engine with a "mod" named cstrike, I don't think > it knows that is game id 240. > > However.. > But looking a bit closer, it seems like the source engine does know the > game id (gameinfo.txt). But I can't find the same thing for hl1 based > games. I also don't know how this should work for 3rd party mods, can > they supply their own gameinfo.txt? > > > Some random joins, gives me his steam id, I ask valve master server "does > > this steam id own css?" > > "No he does not" > > *Drops user* > > > > Simple and possible. > > We don't know how simple, but I agree it should work something like > this. > > > Should be done. > > Yes. > > > This is fixable, I dont see why its taking so long. > > I don't know either, but this discussion won't make it happen any > faster. > > Maarten > > -- > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
