I'm also nervous about Steam. We run dozens of CS servers and our auto management system is configured so we can build a package of files in a zip and roll them out dynamically as required. If we find we have to adapt Steam into this context it's going to be a nightmare.
n On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:22:41PM +0100, Florian Zschocke wrote: > HoundDawg wrote: > > > > I have to support Dawg in this quest for more information. Valve has > been very supportive in the past when it came to answering questions of > addon developers. But currently I feel a bit at a loss here. As far as I > understand this issue, the current Steam release of CS is only for the > beta and CS 1.6 will be available in the usual manner as a single > download, too. At least that is the information from Valve on this from, > like, a year ago. > > This is all fine and dandy for the whining players but it is a little > unsatisfactory for addon developers who would like to test their stuff > with beta releases to see if they have to change anything in order to > keep compatible with the update. > > > Well, I heard that Metamod and AdminMod should work on it. > > I sure hope so, but, to be honest, I have no idea if that will be true. > > > I don't know about how other groups function, but I know UA dev teams would > > rather not work in "panic" mode. They plan their schedules. After all, > > they're all admins and have RL too and work on these projects voluntarily on > > whatever free time they have available. > > Very good point. RL is using up more and more time and it is enough work > to support an addon with just a handful of developers already. I could > well do without having to try and make AM compatible with the HL/CS > update in a few days when the masses flood our forums and mailboxes > because it doesn't work anymore. > > Releasing it for Win32 only doesn't really help, either. There are > people out here (me inclusive) that do all development on Linux > machines. > > So, please, can we have some official info from Valve on your plans with > the CS and Steam updates? Please? > > Florian. > > > -- > Want to produce professional emails and Usenet postings? > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > _______________________________________________ > hlds_apps mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_apps _______________________________________________ hlds_apps mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_apps
