I tried this a few updates back and ultimately the solution was to change the motdfile and mapcyclefile cvars to point to those as well.
Best of luck. On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Albert Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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