If there was a wishlist for things I wish srcds would do -autoupdate working correctly would be up there at the top.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM, dan <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19/12/2011 12:41, PharaohsPaw wrote: > >> Speaking of nemrun, I have just finished making a bunch of changes to the >> script (v1.8.5) >> > > Does nemrun update itself? > > The only problem I have with tf2 is that it doesn't appear to update > itself when there is an update. > > Valve seem to have gone out of their way to implement stuff to post > messages to lists, get the server to spam messages that there is an update > rather than just do the obvious thing. Wait for round end, kick the clients > (which there won't be for long anyway if the server doesn't update) with a > 'disconnected:server is updating' message and then update it - well > quitting updates it now anyway. You have to implement one new client > message (which I guess is optional, it's just 'server shutting down doesn't > really tell them"I'll be back" ) and send quit to the console. > > In fact, I can't believe it doesn't do that. Am I missing an option that > makes it do that? > > The idea for auto updating is something Steam was more or less was > invented for. Why not use it? I know there's some talk of a future super > duper update thing, but I can't believe it would take more than 15 minutes > to code this, assuming you were in a meeting for 10 minutes of that and > then the phone rang and you spent 3 and half minutes giving directions :) > > The thing is, Valve time, real Valve time is PST and the rest of the world > isn't, so messages posted to lists about upcoming updates are often in the > middle of the night. > > Any tool that solves that problem firstly seems overkill and secondly > can't leave the same problem behind with itself or you have to manually > update that instead. > > To me this is what "-autoupdate" should mean and do when you add it to the > command line. > > -- > Dan > > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
