No disprespect, but i disagree. I think theres more going on in the back end than what you think. I'm not going to name the server, but there is 1 i play on, and has that crappy motd ad in it. Even pressing the button to move on to the next window to enter the server, the youtube video will still play in the back ground till it's finished. The only think i know to do is disable the HTML in the client settings so it will not render it. Then the issue is fixed. Downside, it suxs to have to go to setting each time i join a server that has a video in it. Keep in mind, the video has to precache to play just as it does when looking at it threw IE or firefox. This precache lags players when entering the server until the video ends. Another thing that has to be considered is if the video at youtube is also under a heavy load. Have you ever gone to youtube and waited on a video to load, and have to reload it to play ?
I just hope the admin's really think about the clients, and not bogging them down as they join the server. Before anyone jumps in and says well change servers, i like the one i play on due to my ping. On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > Now this is ill informed post if I ever saw one - the ads in the MOTD are > not causing this issue. There have been instances when they had some bad > ads > but they were quick to fix it. It's not a bad thing to want to recover > costs incurred for running well managed servers - people need to stop > seeing > this as a bad thing. You only see the ads for maybe a moment then you can > click right by them but they do help support good managed servers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carl > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] HTML MOTDs not rendering? > > I hope this isn't for one of those really annoying HTML ads that some > degenerate servers have been abusing their players with. > > > > On 9/12/2012 4:41 AM, Bjorn Wielens wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > This was touched on in a previous post - Does anyone know a solution for > MOTDs not rendering (just a gray box, not even a background/plain text > shows). > > > > I've had this happen to me with both HTML motds and plain text contained > in the motd.txt file. > > > > The weird things are that: > > > > a) some people can see the MOTDs fine. > > b) right clicking the box and hitting 'view source' shows the HTML > content > of the correct MOTD page > > c) I've gotten it to show up for me exactly once. > > > > > > Running our servers on Linux, there's no flash content or ads in the > motd, > and they render fine in a webkit-based browser. > > I've tried both just the MOTD url in motd.txt as well as a META refresh > to > redirect. both have the same result. > > > > If anyone knows of a fix, I'm all ears as we're in a situation where most > of our traffic is passthru Quickplay, and I'd like to at least inform them > about server rules and the existence of our other servers/extended/non-tf2 > community > > > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > 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
