I would agree on service part. At very least srcds.exe should not use popups for its own error messages!
On 26/04/06, Frazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Srcds.exe is widely used in what I would deem "serious" game hosting > operations and yet this application really hasn't evolved much beyond the > level of a consumer product. I expect many administrators who are > supporting srcds in such environments would agree that it presents some > operational management challenges. > > What I think might be useful, perhaps in future srcds versions, would be the > inclusion of more a few management features that would make it a more robust > application in a hosting environment: > > 1. Some Application Event logging - with informative events backed up by > some kind of knowledge base that would help operators determine root causes > that are within their scope of control. > > 2. Some application instrumentation (E.g. PerfMon counters, WMI hooks) that > could be used to better monitor application performance and state and employ > mainstream third party management tools. > > 3. A version that runs as a true Windows service, that responds correctly > and gracefully to Service Manager actions (Start, Stop, Pause). > > My $.02 > > F. > > P.S. And a "headshot" tag in the kill event in the DOD:S game log :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roman Hatsiev > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 4:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds] SRCDS Mini Dump Files > > This is true unless you have source code and debugging symbols which may > give you a clue where it crashed. Even those won't help you much if you are > ot familiar with software internals.... > > On 26/04/06, Stuart Stegall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For the most part debuggers don't really provide anything helpful and > > are generally a crutch. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
