Tony is correct - optional updates are not detected at all by srcupdatecheck. The master server simply is not aware of them. To detect them would require A: A custom repository script abusing code deep inside hldsupdatetool (valve would not appreciate this), or B: Valve releasing some kind of XML feed or something with version information and optional update information.
If you wish to manually trigger an update, however, when an optional update is available, you can delete <gamedir>/steam.inf - which will cause the update daemon to trigger immediately. If you're not using an update daemon, just delete steam.inf and reboot a server so its update check fires. As for warning people about an update before it happens, the script runs the -notifycommand synchronously - nemrun wont continue until it exits. So you can throw a warning in there followed by a "sleep 60". Of course with -updatefirst this isn't needed. - Neph On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Tony Paloma <[email protected]> wrote: > Nemrun will only update your servers on required updates. Required updates > mean the version has changed (which is what makes them required). The master > server will only decline if the version does not match which will trigger > nemrun to update. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PharaohsPaw > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 6:22 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Nemrun v1.5.1 Released (bugfix... again) > >> Oh boy more spam. >> >> Its been brought to my attention that valve's master server ignores >> the requested port in server registration packets - instead using the >> source port of the packet to identify the server. This causes update >> daemons to register multiple fake servers on valve's list instead of >> just one - which isnt' the nicest thing for a script to be doing to >> valve's servers. So... fix'd. >> >> Get it here: >> http://nephyrin.net/tools/nemrun/1.5.1/ >> (only the srcupdatecheck script has changed since 1.5) > > Hi Nephyrin, > > Thanks for your work with nemrun. I've started using it in the last month > or so and it has been nice to use. > > One question I've thought of after seeing it in action for a while and > looking at the srcupdatecheck script a bit -- and I get the impression this > may be more of an issue with challenge/responses -- but is there some way to > tell the difference between a mandatory update and an optional update with > the responses we can get from the valve master server indicating an update > is available? > > The reason I'm wondering is, if there was a way to distinguish between them, > it might be neat to only have nemrun's updatedaemon only update the server > when it's a mandatory update. > > I've also been working on adding a couple extra configurable screen stuff > commands so that when an update is detected, it will (for example) throw an > "exec update-pending-alert.cfg" into all the games running off of that tree, > with sm_say commands etc. to alert the players that are currently on the > server that an update is coming in - and another "exec blah.cfg" hook for > when the update is complete which execs right before sending the 'quit' to > reboot the servers, so currently connected players know why the server is > about to go down and that they should reconnect. > > Right now they only work for -updatefirst scenarios but I'm getting ready to > add similar options for when -updatefirst is not being used (as I am > probably going to stop using -updatefirst myself). > > If thats something you think might be neat I'm glad to share what I have. > > Cheers, > PharaohsPaw > > _______________________________________________ > 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
