-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I believe Valve patched that method so even that won't work.
Correct me if I'm wrong. On 12/6/06, Dave M3pH!sT0pL3s Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > basically here's the score as far as i am aware. while the client has > cl_restrict_server_commands set to 1 or 2 it is impossible to write > anything to the client. this includes server redirection. i've been off > the scene a couple of weeks and there may be a work around for this but > the latest i heard was all you could do was run a test for it and then > display a nice change this or have a rubbish time on our servers message. > > if this is incorrect someone please correct me. and i've i have missed > anything please add to it > > john @ GamersCoalition wrote: > > LDuke- > > > > Don't forget, this thread is named "Redirects...." not "reserves..." > > > > We use reserves and redirects. People who pay for the hosting of the > > server are given reserve slots. Those people without reserves that > > were disconnected (before the update) were redirected to another one > > of our servers. If they didn't want to be redirected, they could > > purchase a reserve, which in turn, goes to our hosted server bill. > > > > As it stands now, we can still disconnect people who aren't paying for > > the server to make room for an "investor." In reality, that's good > > enough, but it would still be nice to redirect that person to another > > one of our servers. > > > > To me, allowing a server admin the ability to redirect a player is far > > less threatening than giving a server admin the ability to set the > > clients rates, etc. > > > > But whatever, we got a crate of lemons, time to go make some lemonade. > > > > -stuttering.john > > > > > > On 12/5/06, LDuke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -- > >> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > >> cl_restrict_server_commands blocks redirects which is probably a good > >> thing. > >> I can't think of a single time I'd want to be redirected as a client. > >> > >> It doesn't change reserver slots. Mani and other admin plugins can > still > >> implement reserverd slots and kick players that need to be kicked. > >> > >> > >> > >> On 12/4/06, john @ GamersCoalition <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > It's a tough cookie. Valve shouldn't be expected to support/consider > >> > 3rd party mods, but the pub server provider community (i.e. "us") > have > >> > grown to rely heavily on them. > >> > > >> > In our instance, the reserve slot incentive provides our sole source > >> > of funding for our public servers. In one form or another, our > >> > not-for-profit operation has been doing this since 1.x days. Without > >> > public servers, where would new CS:S owners play their multi-player > >> > game? If you're in the good fortune to own your own hardware on a > high > >> > speed network, great, but most of us aren't. > >> > > >> > The current mattie eventscript work around does get us around it, but > >> > it's costing us pub traffic (the interface is NOT noob friendly). At > >> > some point, the bottom line is going to hit us, and we're going to > >> > have to yank our aggregate 92 public slots offline. > >> > > >> > Valve, unless you're planning on getting into the public server > market > >> > (soon), I'm confident you're going to see the above trend, which > >> > ultimately will affect your bottom line. > >> > > >> > "Help us help you." Implement some sort of redirect functionality, or > >> > allow us, the good honest server admins, the ability to disconnect > and > >> > connect clients. > >> > > >> > Kind Regards, > >> > > >> > > >> -- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > > > > > > -- > > [Mmmm]stuttering.john .gc > > "Together we spawn." > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.gamerscoalition.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
