Consider the flip side of the coin; It reduces server load on Steam when not everyone tries to update at once.
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Mike Vail <[email protected]> wrote: > Jason, Thanks so much for the update. > > Will you good folks over at Valve ever give advanced notice of these > updates > to us? CSS is now just like TF2 with regular updates and no warning at all > to Admins that they are coming. We all knew this was coming when the game > was ported over to the new engine. > > I was at work and came home to find a ton of messages from players and saw > my servers were empty for the past 3 hrs because people couldn't connect > until I updated them. It just doesn't seem like it would be that hard to > post a 24-hour notice on this list that updates are coming so the hundreds > of Admins, Sysdevs, coders and GSPs can be prepared to deal with the > fallout > or run the updatetool when the time comes. > > Add to the fact that now we've been waiting for 40 minutes for updates from > overwhelmed Steam content servers on the west coast of the US, the whole > regular update thing is getting old. Now I see we have to update yet again! > I sure hope the updating slows down soon or we can get some advanced > notice. > It sure would help those of us who care for our servers. > > Regardless, thanks for the good work on the game. It's much appreciated. > M. Vail > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Niels Meijer > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 2:19 PM > To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' > Subject: Re: [hlds] Counter-Strike: Source Update Available > > Awesome.. really like the tick100 and fire-rates fix :D > > Niels Meijer. > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Jason Ruymen > Verzonden: vrijdag 23 juli 2010 22:56 > Aan: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list'; > '[email protected]'; '[email protected]' > Onderwerp: [hlds] Counter-Strike: Source Update Available > > A required update for Counter-Strike: Source is now available. The > specific > changes include: > > - Added Steam Clan Tag support ( Set yours in > Options->Multiplayer->Advanced > ) > - Added new achievement "CLAN WARFARE": Win a match of at least 10 players > where the entirety of each team is composed of a single clan. > - All weapon fire rates now tuned to match their pre-update, tickrate 100 > equivalents. > (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1368659) > - Added automatic server tagging for some server convars ( "mp_startmoney", > "mp_friendlyfire", "bot_quota", "sv_nostats", "sv_allowminmodels" ) > - Fixed some issues for players who were experiencing stat corruption. > - Fixed several server crash exploits. > - Fixed server commands "sv_disablefreezecam" and "sv_nowinpanel" not > working on dedicated servers. > - Adjusted some DX9 shaders to look more like their DX8 counterparts, e.g. > flashbang effect. > - Community Requests: > - Fixed entity I/O messages "OnPlayerPickup" and "OnPlayerUse". > - Restored UTF-8 support in the console. > - Added env_hudhint entity, for use in custom maps (The allplayers > flag must be set for the hint to work in Counter-Strike.) > - Added client convar "sv_hudhint_sound" to turn off emit sound for > hud hints. > - Restored the "cl_minmodels" client convar. > - Added server convar "sv_allowminmodels" that allows them to > prevent clients from using "cl_minmodels". > - Added a button to Options->Multiplayer that allows players to > reset their in-game stats. > - Note: Due to the nature of stats corruption, it is not > possible to automatically fix all types of stats (such as weapon statistics > reflecting usage of the wrong weapon). Players who suspect their stats are > incorrect and wish to start fresh may want to use the new stat reset > feature. > > Jason > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. > Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com > Versie: 9.0.851 / Virusdatabase: 271.1.1/3023 - datum van uitgifte: > 07/23/10 > 08:36:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
