If you watch disk usage during this period it will be quite high. Seems more like to me that it's checking files... just not shown :P
On 1/23/09, Patrick Shelley <[email protected]> wrote: > im getting this big time tonight after trying to create a new tf2 server :( > > On 1/23/09, Daniel Reinhardt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It even happens when you try to install game server files. It takes me >> about 4 times stopping and restarting the steam update command to get it >> to >> do something. >> >> It should also create the folder based upon your -game option. I Have had >> to manually create the dir for it to do aything. >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 22:57 >> >> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" >> <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Re: [hlds] HLDS Update tool Slowness >> >> > I guess I should of given more info >> > >> > It happend no matter what time of day >> > >> > Tommorow night at 3 in the morning it would take 15 minutes to start a >> new >> > install of tf2 >> > >> > And please dont assuming I dont understand how the internet works. I >> > accept >> > to to be slow during an update time. But not 100% of the time. >> > >> > I am trying to figure out if it is 2008 or is every one seeing this. I >> > just >> > asked a question why do you have give a smart ass answer its not like I >> > was >> > asking about my cracked server so pirates can play. >> > >> > I swear this list is becoming more and more useless by the day. >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "msleeper" <[email protected]> >> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" >> > <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 5:37 PM >> > Subject: Re: [hlds] HLDS Update tool Slowness >> > >> > >> >> Are you doing it RIGHT after an update, or shortly after? It could be >> >> the fact that a few thousand servers are trying to update at the same >> >> time, and I am sure there is only limited seating that the Update >> >> servers can handle. >> >> >> >> On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 14:33 -0800, James McKenna wrote: >> >>> This isn't anything new. It's always been slow for me. Takes about >> >>> 5-10 >> >>> minutes before it begins downloading an update. >> >>> >> >>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 2:22 PM, [email protected] >> >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >> >>> > >> >>> > As any one else noticed in say the last 8-16 weeks the >> >>> > HLDSUPDATETOOL >> >>> > takes >> >>> > around 15 minutes to start to update >> >>> > >> >>> > The OS I am using in 2008. >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > _______________________________________________ >> >>> > 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 >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
