You should send also a quit command to the master server in your srcupdatecheck, otherwise thousands of non existent servers are registered to the master server if alot of people will use this script.
> The latest version of nemrun: > http://nephyrin.net/tools/nemrun/ > > Supports starting an 'update daemon' that watches for updates and sends > reboot commands to servers. My servers usually are updated within > minutes of an update (and they beat the rush to the content servers, so > the DL doesn't take ages). I know its not exactly what you're looking > for, but its another option. You can modify the reboot command it sends > to servers, so you could write a plugin that provides, say, a > "sm_updateavailable" command that nemrun's daemon could send, allowing > the plugin to then decide what to do. > > There's also a way a SM could hook the 'out of date' notification, but i > dont know if anyone has done it in a publicly available extension. This > could be used in conjunction with higher heartbeat frequency to let > servers become aware of updates much more quickly, and decide what to do. > > - Neph > > On 12/13/2009 01:44 AM, Nathan D. wrote: >> Currently, when auto-update is turned on and updates to a game are >> released, we have to manually restart our server(s) so that auto-update >> will update the server during start up. Because we have to manually >> restart, there is X amount of time before our server(s) are updated and >> are usually empty since most of the clients have already updated. >> >> A suggestion of mine would be to make auto-update 1.) aware when updates >> are released and 2.) know when the server has players in it or not. >> Therefore, when auto-update knows there is an update available and >> realizes the server is empty, it could automatically issue the "exit" >> command to restart the server so that auto-update will run. >> >> In the meantime while Valve considers my suggestion, does anyone know >> some sort of practical way to have the server restart itself when an >> update is available? For someone who runs many servers, it is a slight >> hassle to restart each server manually so that auto-update can run. >> >> My apologies if something relative to this has already been discussed; I >> just re-joined the mailing list after many years of being unsubscribed. >> >> -Nate >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
