If I had to guess, I'd say there is a chance they might accidentally fix it while changing something else, but I wouldn't count on it.
The Goldsource servers, especially, are obviously not a priority. The income from a 10-year old engine can't be more than a trickle. Besides, they probably need the money to buy hardware and pay for bandwidth and people to run their multi-player servers. Oh, wait... -- Andy On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:03:56 -0000, "Daniel Reinhardt" <[email protected]> said: > Do you think they will fix it? > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 00:38 > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [hlds] [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to update > local steamclient. Continuing with current version anyway. > > > I just looked at the logs from one of my servers and it turns out that > > I've been getting that error too. It doesn't seem to cause any problems, > > but it is annoying. > > > > If you move the steam file into the proper folder, it does get rid of > > this message, though: "Could not locate steam binary:./steam, ignoring." > > > > > > -- > > Andy > > > > > > On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:06:57 -0000, "Daniel Reinhardt" > > <[email protected]> said: > >> The ./steam executable is located in the directory under half-life so its > >> /home/hlds/hlds/steam. > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 00:19 > >> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > >> <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [hlds] [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to update > >> local steamclient. Continuing with current version anyway. > >> > >> > It seems that you are missing the ~/hlds/half-life/steam file. Try the > >> > following and see what happens: > >> > > >> > cd ~/hlds/half-life > >> > wget http://storefront.steampowered.com/download/hldsupdatetool.bin > >> > chmod u+x hldsupdatetool.bin > >> > ./hldsupdatetool.bin > >> > ./steam > >> > ./steam -command update -game valve -dir /home/hlds/hlds/half-life/ > >> > -verify_all > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Andy > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:54:03 -0000, "Daniel Reinhardt" > >> > <[email protected]> said: > >> >> Below are the results. > >> >> > >> >> h...@capricorn:~$ ls -Al ~/hlds/half-life/steam* > >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 hlds hlds 31372850 2009-01-21 08:50 > >> >> /home/hlds/hlds/half-life/steamclient_linux.so > >> >> h...@capricorn:~$ cat ~/hlds/half-life/valve/steam_appid.txt > >> >> 70 > >> >> h...@capricorn:~$ > >> >> > >> >> -Daniel > >> >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> >> From: <[email protected]> > >> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:48 > >> >> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > >> >> <[email protected]> > >> >> Subject: Re: [hlds] [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to > >> >> update > >> >> local steamclient. Continuing with current version anyway. > >> >> > >> >> > What is the output of the following commands? > >> >> > > >> >> > ls -Al ~/hlds/half-life/steam* > >> >> > cat ~/hlds/half-life/steam_appid.txt > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > Andy > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:04:57 -0000, "Daniel Reinhardt" > >> >> > <[email protected]> said: > >> >> >> h...@capricorn:~/hlds/half-life$ ./hlds_run -autoupdate +map > >> >> >> crossfire > >> >> >> +ip 192.168.1.2 -maxplayers 16 > >> >> >> Auto detecting CPU > >> >> >> Using Pentium II Optimised binary. > >> >> >> Auto-restarting the server on crash > >> >> >> Could not locate steam binary:./steam, ignoring. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Console initialized. > >> >> >> Protocol version 48 > >> >> >> Exe version 1.1.2.1/Stdio (valve) > >> >> >> Exe build: 18:05:13 Oct 24 2008 (4383) > >> >> >> STEAM Auth Server > >> >> >> couldn't exec language.cfg > >> >> >> Server IP address 192.168.1.2:27015 > >> >> >> [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to update local > >> >> >> steamclient. Continuing with current version anyway. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> couldn't exec listip.cfg > >> >> >> couldn't exec banned.cfg > >> >> >> Adding master server 68.142.72.250:27010 > >> >> >> Adding master server 69.28.151.162:27010 > >> >> >> Connection to Steam servers successful. > >> >> >> VAC secure mode is activated. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I am getting the above error that is red, and bolded. If anyone > >> >> >> can > >> >> >> help me out, so I can get rid of that error. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> It is a brand new HLDS install on the following: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> CPU: P4 3Ghz 800FSB > >> >> >> Cooler: Zalman Fatal1ty FS-C77 CPU > >> >> >> Mobo: Asus P4P800 SE > >> >> >> CASE Antec SOHO > >> >> >> RAM: 512x(4) Kingston ValuRAM > >> >> >> GPU: 6800XT > >> >> >> PSU: Antec TP 400 > >> >> >> Mon: Dell Ultrasharp 24" > >> >> >> OS: Ubuntu 8.10 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Thanks, > >> >> >> Daniel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
