Re: [hlds] upcoming orange box framerate changes

2011-07-21 Thread Emil Larsson
I always thought the high-FPS business was a bit shady anyway, though I expect complaints from server admins who don't know better. Smoother gameplay with less jitter sounds good though. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Henry Goffin hen...@valvesoftware.comwrote: Hi all, a heads up to TF2 and

Re: [hlds] upcoming orange box framerate changes

2011-07-21 Thread John
On 7/21/2011 12:36 AM, Emil Larsson wrote: I always thought the high-FPS business was a bit shady anyway, though I expect complaints from server admins who don't know better. Smoother gameplay with less jitter sounds good though. I wouldn't blame players or admins too much for thinking that

Re: [hlds] Half-Life 1 engine beta update released

2011-07-21 Thread Robert Whelan
Thats where my tfc servers are still dieing:-   With the current beta files the server dies here:- L 07/21/2011 - 07:11:53: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): Unable to initialize Steam   With pre-beta it continues on as a windows service, reports:- Failed to load Steam ServiceServiceStart: started as

Re: [hlds] upcoming orange box framerate changes

2011-07-21 Thread IBIS Customer Service
That and it would be nice to have CPU actually mean something useful too. It can be over 140 and there not be server side lag yet at 30 you can find it, therefore I conclude that it is not an indicator of that. Actually I have never seen anything that even tells me what the CPU measure means let

Re: [hlds] BRINK Dedicated Server Update

2011-07-21 Thread William 'Smooth' Richens
We have a small fix going live for this in the next couple of hours. Apologies for the delay. William 'Smooth' Richens From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of William 'Smooth' Richens Sent: 19 July 2011 18:05 To: Half-Life dedicated

Re: [hlds] BRINK Dedicated Server Update

2011-07-21 Thread William 'Smooth' Richens
The update is now live. William 'Smooth' Richens From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of William 'Smooth' Richens Sent: 21 July 2011 17:12 To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] BRINK Dedicated Server

Re: [hlds] Half-Life 1 engine beta update released

2011-07-21 Thread Alfred Reynolds
If you have the steam client installed on the machine make sure it is up to date (or uninstall it). From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Robert Whelan Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 5:15 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server

Re: [hlds] upcoming orange box framerate changes

2011-07-21 Thread TRISTAN MARLER
Alright, so how exactly are we going to tell if we're near to going under the fps limit if we can't tell how far above the clamp we are? I understand the reasoning behind this, but I suspect this could cause problems on slower systems for determining limitations on equipment. - Original