Re: [hlds] [hlmappers] Writing the code was typically less than half the problem.
At the risk of feeding the trolls (note the plural)...He probably asked in the off-chance that he might have missed something that *was* relevant. It's difficult to determine someone's intent in a written medium since there's no voice inflection or body language to go on, but it seemed (to me) like he could have been genuinely asking. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Patrick Shelley sidest...@gmail.com wrote: so if you knew all that in the first place- why bother asking your dumb question at all. seriously, your a troll and i'm gonna do this to you every time. On 13/04/2009, msleeper mslee...@cyberwurx.com wrote: Normally you'd be right but in this case, no. The article has nothing at all to do with server administration. * The first paragraph is describing how before HL2, Valve's design process was not close-knit like they are now. * The second paragraph is describing how they fixed it when the developers started working closely together. * The third paragraph is the author whining that the SDK is too hard to learn. I see nothing that has to do with server administration. At all. It was posted here because whoever posted it thought it was interesting. Which it is. But what it's not is -relevent to the administration of game servers-. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Please VALVe, keep the STEAM_1 now
I thought someone had posted the algorithm to convert between SteamIDs and 32-bit integers, but in case they didn't: https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=60899 That example is in C, I believe, and a quick google search should turn up similar results for PHP. On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Joeri van der Velden joerivdvel...@gmail.com wrote: Because this changed and we have no clue how the UniqueID gets derived, me and Ywa have to convert all the text files. Nobody saw this coming, and probably shouldn't have happened in the first place (whoever at Valve got the bright idea to change the unique identifiers of all players without warning?). ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Important notice regarding the HLDS mailing lists
Ditto, since that's really THE most useful thing about this list. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Mike Stiehm mikesti...@gmail.com wrote: I would also like to know this On Feb 9, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Alec Sanger eclyp...@hotmail.com wrote: Well, Burton. What about receiving notification of updates? Please tell me we will still be able to receive these via email. Thank you, Alec Sanger P: 248.941.3813 F: 313.286.8945 ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] New Topic: Map Hosting Solutions
Only if you hate yourself. (Disclaimer: had a very bad experience with wolfservers, ymmv) On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Timothy L Havener timotheus_have...@earthlink.net wrote: www.wolfservers.com ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Time out at map change
You are missing the forest for the trees, Karl. Valve is not responding to your constant bitching here, yet several of us are by telling you that this is not the place for it. Valve doesn't use this list on a regular basis, but we do. You are in effect NOT bitching at Valve, but bitching instead at us. We do not have the power to fix this bug. Valve does. Bitch to them. Go to valvesoftware.com, click Contact, and go from there. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Karl Weckstrom k...@weckstrom.com wrote: Please post the Mailing List FAQ that states all this. Until then, I think you're going to have to live with it. At this point, the sheer number of people experiencing it (everybody) is cause for alarm. Thus far I have found no workarounds, but it's certainly not from a lack of trying. -Original Message- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Evan Kaufman Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 1:02 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Time out at map change unlurk Agreed, it is a serious bug, and they are clearly aware of it and of how upset people are about it. The point remains that THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR COMPLAINTS. This is the place to: 1) Gather or inquire technical details of said bug 2) Share and discuss any work-arounds for said bug Airing of grievances belongs on forums and blogs and Valve's customer support channels, not on a mailing list for independent server operators. lurk On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Karl Weckstrom k...@weckstrom.com wrote: I second Patrick. It *IS* annoying. If you're a server admin that cares about the experience of the player, then how can you not find this annoying? How can you not be frustrated? I'm at wits end with this bug. I still fail to see how Valve could have let such an egregious error slip by them. Maybe you don't run any TF2, DOD:S or L4D servers? Maybe you do and you don't really care about your players? To be honest, I don't care what your reasoning is. This is a serious problem that's getting lots of airtime here. And until the server operators get some satisfaction from Valve, expect it to continue. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] L4D: TK'ing becoming more of an issue
I've never run into intentional TKing, probably because I stick to friends-only games. It seems like this will inevitably be an issue in any co-op game on a public server, and really something that could only be solved with a vote kick. Perhaps giving admins the ability to enable stricter TK penaltieson a per-server basis might help? Just my $0.02 ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Steam Community Group: Changing Group Name
Fourthing this. I appreciate the technical aspects behind it, as they probably use the group name as some kind of database primary key, but it would be worth it to the community at large to use some kind of dissociated UUID primary key. tl;dr: this would be an awesome feature. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
