Saul, Any time that we have major changes we'll always force an update. But sometimes we'll have minor changes that we don't think merit a forced update. For instance, if we update the map white list to add more custom maps which allow perk earning.
Some admins that run a lot of custom maps will want to grab an update like that two times a week. But other admins won't. So in cases like that we feel it's best to give the server admins the choice. Additionally, updating all servers can be disruptive for the players since the game servers will go down/be incompatible with the client until they are updated again. Cheers, John Sent from my iPhone On Jul 10, 2009, at 5:59 AM, Saul Rennison <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Dayle, > > I'm just wondering what your issue is with not forcing server > updates? I, > and I'm sure many other server administrators, will sacrifise a few > minutes > just so then they can have a more stable, up-to-date server. Optional > updates are bad for the clients connecting to the server, for > example, if an > update fixes a few exploits, some clients can come on and damage the > experiance for the other players on the server, just because the > server > administrator is too lazy to update. > > My two cents ;) > > On 10/07/2009, Dayle Flowers <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> We did beta testing, but there was an unforeseen compatibility issue >> with non-updated servers because this was an optional update. Rather >> than forcing everyone to update, we have decided it's best to >> revert to >> the previous revision until we can properly fix the compatibility >> tomorrow. >> >> Thanks, >> Dayle Flowers >> Senior Programmer >> Tripwire Interactive, LLC. >> >> >> >> Michael Krasnow wrote: >>> what has the world come to! (please beta test and what was the >>> issue?) >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 6:56 PM, John Gibson < >> [email protected]>wrote: >>> >>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> We have discovered an issue with the optional Killing Floor >>>> dedicated >>>> server update that was released a few minutes ago. Due to this we >>>> have >>>> had to revert this update. So if you already updated you're >>>> server with >>>> the July 9th update (today), then please re-update your server. >>>> This >>>> will revert your server to the previous (working) version. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> John Gibson >>>> President >>>> Tripwire Interactive LLC >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Thanks, > - Saul. > _______________________________________________ > 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
