On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 11:10:32AM -0500, Rice, Rick wrote: > I disagree with Hexis, stats SHOULD be a standard part of HLDS. This does > not mean that VALVe needs to develop a stats system, just incorporate one > that already exists, such as Psycho-Stats (my favorite). Have the HLDS > installer incorporate it in by default and give the admin the ability to > turn them on/off at will. > > Don't re-invent the wheel, use what is already available. Make life easier > for the admins, old and new.
Since PsychoStats requires a database, php and a web server, should Valve write a web server to go with the stats package? And you need to store the data in a DB, guess they will have to re-write a version of SQL. If it's fully intergrated, you can't expect a user to have to install a web server or database as well, right? Let alone a web server, PHP, GD2 and a database. Stats are a complex beast. Valve makes all of the data avaliable via the logs. PsychoStats is out there, and there are others. As you said, why re-invent the wheel? Getting stats working will probably never be as simple as: "sv_statistics 1" Maybe if updates break the stats packages, Valve could do a slightly better job of communicating upcoming changes so the parsers could know about format changes ahead of time. -- Hexis www.hxxl.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
