That's probably the reason for it.

And yes there is a server side setting for that. Start the server
with -insecure and all clients will be able to join.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 8:53 AM, HD <[email protected]> wrote:

> I could do that but then I’m also missing that client logged in which
> helps seed. Every client helps these days and I can’t do that now. I will
> log my account in and just let it sit, listen and seed a while.  I
> understand the alternatives but an explaination from Valve as to why this
> change was even made is needed as there wasn’t a valid one that I can come
> up with.
>
> Perhaps a server side setting to let “insecure” clients log in.
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *1nsane
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:50 AM
>
> *To:* Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> *Subject:* Re: [hlds] Optional TF2 update released
>
>
>
> Log streaming to something like HLSW or using a plugin to record
> chat/events to a database with a website.
>
>
>
> HLSW should use even less resources than textmode client.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 8:45 AM, HD <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yea I saw it last night... this is beyond a wasteful change. I use it for a
> client so I can listen in a server without using a bunch of resources.
> Why was this change made and what alternative do you have besides launching
> the game in full and alt tabbing now.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rudy Bleeker
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 3:02 AM
> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> Subject: Re: [hlds] Optional TF2 update released
>
> From the client patch notes from October 12, 2015:
>
> - Running in textmode now places the client in insecure mode
>
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 2:50 AM, HD <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Anyone else having issues now using a client into their servers using
> > -textmode for launch options? I log in an account this way every so
> > often to "listen" in the server while reading chat but for some reason
> > now I get the "You are in insecure mode. You must restart before you
> > can connect to secure servers.".
> >
> > I've not changed nothing - not a single thing and it just started
> > after last nights update came out. I've reinstalled TF2 on that
> > computer but nothing has changed.
> > I'm convinced something got messed up from this update as I tried it
> > on another computer and it did the exact same thing.
> >
> > Anyone able to explain this?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Smith
> > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 5:52 PM
> > To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> > Subject: [hlds] Optional TF2 update released
> >
> > We've released an optional update for TF2 that updates the Invasion
> > Community Update Coin to also count assists. This is an optional
> > dedicated server update and is not required unless you are running any
> > of the Invasion maps and would like to support this new feature.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -Eric
> >
> >
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