for some people.
Thanks. =)
-Eric
-Original Message-
From: Eric Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 9:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: New Beta Counter-Strike Server and HLTV
What would be very helpful for the many of us that run unorthodox
in the correct places once you point it to where you want them
installed.
We'll keep the .zip file in mind for future releases, though, if that makes
it easier for some people.
Thanks. =)
-Eric
-Original Message-
From: Eric Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 27
It's a
good thought, and not just because you might be "lazy". There are many
times when for whatever reason you can't get to the files themselves at the
moment. The only problem I have with that is that I'm not really sure I
want anyone with the rcon pass to be able to be writing values to
I have a question for you guys with these crashing servers: Do you allow
spectators?
Yes, but it is not always in use. I'll disable it tonight and see how it
does over the weekend -- do you know the svar offhand?
I believe it's allow_spectators 0
Eric (the Deacon remix)
No, it
sprays the small yellow HL logo that usually means something is wrong
:\
Eric (the Deacon remix)http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-From: Ryan McCullough
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, September 28,
2001 6:05 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE:
[OT]
Hey, y'all, I just thought I'd let you all know that I've reached a point
right now where I've let gaming and everything related (including especially
adminning of servers) pretty much take over my life, in almost every
aspect--replacing not only more typical social interaction but even so far
BTW, isn't it your forth year of Half-Life development? I guess a little
typo there in your first sentence.
Actually, that would be fourth, you illiterate bastard! ;)
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
Again, thank you for tossing in Valve's $0.02
I'm not really sure you could call that Valve's 2 cents on the current PB
fiasco, but it at least lets us know the official thought on the future of such
programs...
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
You Suck!!
Jole St.Onge
Hehe, even though the rest of the email was kinda doofy/dim-witted, I chuckled
out loud when I read that. Nice :D
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
This is pretty ridiculous to say that we don't do anything to help third
party developers for our games.
I think the discrepancy isn't whether Valve helps 3rd party developers (the
little guys), but rather that Valve seems to be either very slow to implement or
doesn't implement at all the
Would y'all drop this? I have much love for you both, Ronin and HoundDawg, you
know that, but you're both talking more from your asses than your heads. More
subjective, emotionally based/biased has been hashed out here than objective
fact. The fact remains that we're here to help each other
What would be very helpful for the many of us that run unorthodox/custom
directory-structure setups would be a ZIP file with the appropriate files
instead of only an installer. Would it be possible to request that the files be
zipped up as well? Thanks :)
Eric (the Deacon remix)
where to begin :\
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: Tony Mangialetto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:54 PM
To: 'Eric Hall '
Subject: RE: PB issue non-response from Valve. Shut all our
serversdowntoboycott
Hmph...how did *y'all* end up with this? I thought that was a private message
and should've been a private reply...
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: Eric Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:00 AM
To: [EMAIL
Why do you deserve to know anything about VALVe's business?
Because we've volunteered hundreds of man hours and thousands of dollars to
supporting their product. Because it's not unreasonable to have *some* sort of
response.
Maybe they don't want to respond cause they know PB doesn't work,
Now just wait before you get all rash and all. Valve might have to consult
with lawers before they can make a statement about it, and Tony may be
blowing smoke up our asses. We don't know. Don't AssUme anything...
Exactly. That's why we're waiting for word from Valve. I'd rather hear
FWIW I used to have that problem with NT4 and compressed folders...
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: Sysop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:52 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bad maps and other problems
And another thing I got out of that forum ... It takes 12-24 hours to hack
new patches of HL, but only 10-15 minutes to avert PB ... As I stated in a
previous message, I have run PB with the false sense of security that
people were not cheating on my servers ... This has been a false sense
I told a guy this same thing eric. Since he has retail apparently you do not
need the full server.
The original HL CD also comes with an HLDS.exe on it. It's invoked when you
check the Dedicated box when creating a new game. It is *not* the full HLDS
server. If he's serious about running a
That's really unnecessary. Services are started/run by SYSTEM anyway. It
works by default. Unless you've got some funky permissions and things going on,
all you need to do is install the service. There's an option as to whether to
set the service to start automatically or manually. I always
You as the guy who took the place as the list moderator(since you came up
with
those rules) are actually very responsible in taking and maintaining a very
polite role!
Since when are polite responses required in response to decidedly NON-polite
posts?
Eric (the Deacon remix)
You
wonder if Valve made any money when CS went retail? Hehehe...has there
ever been any doubt?
Eric (the Deacon remix)http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-From: Aillaud Niels
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 25,
2001 2:07 PMTo: [EMAIL
I can't express my frustration with this latest development of PB's involvement
in the HL community, so I won't try. I *would*, however, dearly love to hear an
official explanation from Valve as to what exactly the deal is... Was Tony
being unreasonable somehow? Does Valve have something
why is Valve the one that *HAS* to respond?
Because we've heard PB's side. We deserve to know what's going on...
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
that is true, they deserve to get the $$$ but why is Valve the one that has
to support them? what if they simply went to a retail model where admins
have to buy the PB server? I'd shell out a couple hundred bucks to run a
cheat free server.
That's pretty cool. If I were in a position
Oh my
GOD you're an idiot. You illegally install multiple instances of the same
HL client, breaking your agreement and effectively stealing from valve, and
you're f00king DENSE enough to write an HLDS admins' list to bitch when they try
to put a stop to your illegal theft? What the hell is
And, of course, ill-mannered AOLers have a lot of credibility coming out of the
gate...
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 4:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
When you say this latest patch has been nothing but SHIT and fail to actually
tell us what you mean, it's not only counter-productive and frustrating, but it
totally eliminates any credibility you have in determining that any problems you
may or may not actually be having are rooted in PEBKAC.
Can the changes all be made via .cfg file that I
can exec. from console?
That's the best plan. Create a config, all set up like you like it, and type
rcon exec yourconfighere.cfg in the console. Very simple... Most leagues
even have their own configs they want you to exec for a league
Yep. I love the catchy ATTN VALVE: thing, too. Very effective. Commands
instant respect.
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: gil brice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 8:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re:
Honestly, I'd be interested to find out why correct hitboxes would ever increase
CPU usage... Why does CS have this problem when no other Quake-based games
(including HL and HL mods besides CS) I can think of share in this weakness?
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
Make sure sv_alltalk is really set to 0.
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Brandt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 8:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: The dead speaks
I'm sorry but this is not the
Half-assed indeed. Does it matter if he was the one with the h4x? Not to you,
not to me, not to anyone else who's never played with the hard-core AOLer. You
*can* have the hack installed and not know it (when it's disabled), and there
are even the occasional users who try using the hack not
http://www.geocities.com/nastay5150
Looks legit to me... What's the deal? What's changed that supposedly magically
blocks all h4x from being used?
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
done to keep the hitboxes in check.
Sorry about the lack of notice on this folks, it was an oversight on our
part.
-Original Message-
From: Eric Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 1:37 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Higher CPU Usage for CS
I've had no problems with crashing servers. I updated the metamod.dll, too, of
course. The only one that crashes routinely is the 32-player DoD server that
crashes ever 4th or 5th map...
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: Noctaire
OK... We've been told this several times before. Good idea, I
guess, but please pay more attention to the list...
Eric (the Deacon remix)http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-From: Dan
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001
7:55 AMTo: [EMAIL
Ryan: it seems to be all or nothing, which is frustrating. I'd like to set it
so that voicecomm while alive is to teammates only, while after dying, everyone
can chat back and forth, voice version of mm1, basically. Unfortunately there
doesn't seem to be a setting for that. Valve?
Eric (the
Are there any plans to have a config where sv_alltalk would be set to 0 for live
players but set to 1 for *dead* players?
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: Eric Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:53 PM
To:
: motherboard for 1U case
even has 2 speeds
http://www.lowes.com/Lowes/product/productdetail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=37759-01
6317-10255
-Original Message-
From: Eric Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:53 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: motherboard
Message-
From: Eric Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: server settings and client ability to use voice
communication
Ryan: it seems to be all or nothing, which is frustrating. I'd like to set
it
so that voicecomm
Some of my guys have reported the same problem here... I'd love to hear the
solution (if there is one) if someone finds it before I do...
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: HL Server [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20,
lol, thanks for pointing it out. i'm so immune to these that i don't read
any further than a little boy dying of cancer.
Hehe...the good part was that the little boy in Balaklavia (non-existent
country) was dying from lung cancer due to second hand smoke and drunk
driving. I'd be interested
nVidia users: stop the h4x
ATi users: RTFM (use D3D instead)
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 8:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: New CS Patch Problem 1.3
What
really irks me is that the hardware sitesstill insist on using Q3 for
their benchmarks for video cards... Hundreds of thousands of people would
much rather know how it performs in HL/CS/TFC.
Eric (the Deacon remix)http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-From: Scott
Are you suggesting dumping a dual P3-700 box for a single Duron 1-gig, on which
you're going to be running two 20-player servers? That seems
counter-productive...
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
-Original Message-
From: EnragedTech [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:
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