Sure, I'll drop them in the custom folder and see what happens next update.
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM, DontWannaName! <[email protected]>wrote: > No that's the solution. They will overwrite the files. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 5, 2013, at 11:42 AM, "CScrivener ." <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe I'm wrong, but wasn't this brought up awhile ago and the solution > was to drop all modified versions of shipped files into the custom folder? > > That way you would have all the shipped files unmodified in their original > location and have all your modified versions in a single location (custom > folder), as well as updates NOT overwriting all the changes made? > > I thought Fletcher mentioned this awhile ago but perhaps I am wrong. Could > have swore I saw this written out somewhere and sent through the mailing > list....if not, my bad. *shrug* > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Fletcher Dunn < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> This update will be the last time that happens.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> We’re getting rid of all instances where we encourage people to modify >> shipping files. For all such customizations in the future, thingsa re >> setup to encourage people to copy it to a new file and modify that one.** >> ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brady Osborne >> *Sent:* Monday, June 03, 2013 7:22 PM >> >> *To:* Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> *Subject:* Re: [hlds] Mandatory TF2 update released**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Hey all,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Is it normal for SteamCMD to delete files during the conversion process >> from HLDSUpdateTool? I kept seeing files vanish, so I put SteamCMD on the >> left side of my screen with my 'cfg' folder on the right, and after a few >> seconds of running SteamCMD on a directory that was previously updated by >> HLDSUpdateTool, the cfg files disappeared as if they were deleted.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> According to this >> article<https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7388-QPFN-2491>it >> says files will only be moved, not deleted, but I have not found this to >> be true. I have had several other users ask me about this issue, too. I >> did some research with Process Monitor and found that SteamCMD does in fact >> overwrite the cfg files in addition to several others.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Note the highlighted line here (SetRenameInformationFile): >> http://tinypic.com/r/9zn38m/5**** >> >> ** ** >> >> So in the article's question "My XYZ file got deleted. Where did it go? >> The conversion process does not delete any user files." - this is >> technically true, however, the conversion process* *does *overwrite* files. >> User files outside of a specific set are not modified, like the 'addons' >> folder or 'server.cfg'.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thoughts?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thank you,**** >> >> >> **** >> >> *Brady Osborne* >> [email protected]**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 5:50 PM, AeroliteGaming.com < >> [email protected]> wrote:**** >> >> Thank you very much for that, it worked. **** >> >> >> On 03/06/2013 23:46, Nicholas Hastings wrote:**** >> >> If you have the Steam client installed on your server, launch it and >> check for updates. >> >> That error can happen when they update the shipped steam_api (they did) >> and you have an older steamclient installed on the machine.**** >> >> -- >> Nicholas Hastings >> AlliedMods.net <http://www.alliedmods.net>**** >> >> >> >> >> **** >> >> <image001.jpg>**** >> >> *AeroliteGaming.com* <[email protected]>**** >> >> Monday, June 03, 2013 6:43 PM**** >> >> Having troubles after this update: >> >> ************************************************** ********* >> ************************************************** ********* >> * Unable to load Steam support library. * >> * Unable to load Steam support library. * >> * This server will operate in LAN mode only. * >> * This server will operate in LAN mode only. * >> ************************************************** ********* >> ************************************************** ********* >> >> Tried validating and still no luck.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds**** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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