http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37465 <pre>I currently use customvotes which is frankly broken. What is a better voting system other then the flaky tf2 voting.... I need commands like votemap, votemute, voteban, and votekick. Just a pre thank you for all your help. </pre> Cameron Munroe 2012-05-23T05:53:01 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37461 <pre>We've released a mandatory update to Counter-Strike: Source. The notes for the update are below. -Eric ------------------------------ Counter-Strike: Source - Fixed a client crash related to dynamic model loading - Fixed dedicated server not receiving restart requests when updates are released - Fixed IP bans not applying to RCON access - Fixed server crash exploit related to audio buffer overruns - Fixed server crash caused by using changelevel2 - Updated console logging system to minimize opening and closing of files, greatly improving performance under certain conditions - Additional improvements for client/server stability - Fixed a problem that allowed malicious clients to disable the "ping" and "status" commands for other connected clients - Fatal engine errors are now written to the server log file - Added sv_lowedict_threshold and sv_lowedict_action which allow the engine to take action before running out of free edicts - Possible values for sv_lowedict_action are: 0 - no action, 1 - warn to log file, 2 - attempt to restart the game, if applicable, 3 - restart the map, 4 - go to the next map in the map cycle - Added changelevel_next server command which changes to the next map in the map cycle - Added mp_restartgame_immediate ConVar which has the same effect as mp_restartgame without a delay </pre> Eric Smith 2012-05-22T20:31:12 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37457 <pre>We're working on a mandatory update for Counter-Strike: Source. We should have it ready soon. -Eric </pre> Eric Smith 2012-05-22T20:09:20 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37441 <pre>*rcon issue * I have a strange issue with my installed dods server. Mod's: dblocker Cfg's: esl match cfg's server.cfg has a line with sv_pure 2 autoexec.cfg has a line with sv_pure 2 How i start the server: -game dod -autoupdate -restart -pidfile xxx.pid +map dod_anzio +ip xx.xx.xx.xx -port xxxxx +maxplayers 14 -condebug +tv_port 27011 -verify_all The issue is that i get different output if i have entered the rcon password: Without the rcon password and normal exec of the cvar in console outputs this: Quote: sv_pure -------------------------------------------------------- ]sv_pure: If set to 1, the server will force all client files except the whitelisted ones (in pure_server_whitelist.txt) to match the server's files. If set to 2, the server will force all client files to come from Steam (and it will not load pure_server_whitelist.txt). The server is using sv_pure = 1. lss.txt allow_from_disk+check_crc .\... from_steam cfg\... allow_from_disk maps\... allow_from_disk resource\... allow_from_disk bin\... allow_from_disk+check_crc scripts\... allow_from_disk+check_crc -------------------------------------------------------- Then if i use rcon sv_pure as below i get this: ] rcon_password xxx ] rcon sv_pure -------------------------------------------------------- sv_pure: If set to 1, the server will force all client files except the whitelisted ones (in pure_server_whitelist.txt) to match the server's files. If set to 2, the server will force all client files to come from Steam (and it will not load pure_server_whitelist.txt). Current sv_pure value is 2. ------------------------------------------------ </pre> daniel jokiaho 2012-05-19T09:58:40 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37412 <pre>We've released (another) (another) mandatory update to Nuclear Dawn. The notes are below. Balance changes - High level gizmos now affect Squad rather than Team. Fixes - Fixed crash on startup with game controller plugged in. </pre> Nicholas Hastings 2012-05-18T17:41:30 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37408 <pre>Hello, For the last few days I've been attacked by a big(huge) number of international IPs [Russia, USA, Korea, China, Italy etc..]. It's obviously a ddos attacks, so at first I tried different protections (iptables rules, apf, csf firewalls, ddos deflate and none of them helped). I also asked my ISP to stop all the international traffic, but that didn't help either because the IPs are spoofed. Is there any protection from these kinds of attacks and if yes, what is it? </pre> Ivan Ivanov 2012-05-18T16:28:46 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37399 <pre>We've released a mandatory update to Team Fortress 2. The notes for the update are below. -Eric ------------------------------ Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM) - Fatal engine errors are now written to the server log file - Added sv_lowedict_threshold and sv_lowedict_action which allow the engine to take action before running out of free edicts - Possible values for sv_lowedict_action are: 0 - no action, 1 - warn to log file, 2 - attempt to restart the game, if applicable, 3 - restart the map, 4 - go to the next map in the map cycle Team Fortress 2 - Added The Sneaky Spats of Sneaking - Added new promotional items - Added koth_badlands to eligible quickplay maps - Added changelevel_next server command which changes to the next map in the map cycle - Added mp_restartgame_immediate ConVar which has the same effect as mp_restartgame without a delay - Fixed The Manmelter using the wrong muzzle flash effect - Fixed The Frying Pan not being positioned correctly for some classes </pre> Eric Smith 2012-05-18T00:24:34 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37398 <pre>Last week the TF2 team banned some server groups that were in violation of the Policy of Truth. We received numerous complaints from server operators about a handful of servers, and we investigated those reports. Any action we have taken was based upon violations that we witnessed firsthand. Bans are applied to the group itself, not to any particular IP address range. These bans will last 6 weeks. Thank you, The Team Fortress Team </pre> Fletcher Dunn 2012-05-18T00:22:45 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37397 <pre>We're working on a mandatory update for TF2. We should have it ready soon. -Eric </pre> Eric Smith 2012-05-18T00:03:13 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37396 <pre>We've released (another) mandatory update to Nuclear Dawn. The notes are below. - Fixed crashing on Career screen for some high-rank users. - Fixed loading screen layout when connecting to VAC-secured servers. - Fixed "Lost Signal" display appearing in many cases when using Commander Spectate. - Updated localizations. </pre> Nicholas Hastings 2012-05-17T23:26:27 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37395 <pre>We've released a mandatory update to Nuclear Dawn. The notes for the ND Update 6.3 are below. Nuclear Dawn Update 6.3 New Features - Increased rank cap from 60 to 80. Rank is based on xp, so some players may already be higher than 60. - Added new team-based gizmos for levels 65, 70, 75, and 80. Whole team gets effect of highest level one equipped by any player on team. - Added all new loading screen to show map overview, server info, loading progress, and game tips. - Added squad-only voice chat (default B). - Added ability for commander to spectate a troop. - Added support for player sprays (can disable serverside with "sv_allowsprays 0" or clientside on Options -&gt; Other ). - Added new particle effects for medpacks, ammo packs, radar kits, and players with Nano Skin active. - Added beta support for Source TV ( most things from here apply, https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SourceTV ). Other enhancements - Transport Gate teleport menu now auto-closed after teleporting (can be changed in Options -&gt; Other) - Scoreboard now shows above other hud elements. - Added bots column to server browser. - Added ach_headshot_progress client command to show detailed progress toward Headshot achievement. - Added an error message (rather than silent failure) to show when server connection failed due to server being VAC-secured with insecure client. - Removed cheat flag from server spawn time convars Tag with Play Now penalty will be applied if changed. - Many engine stability fixes. - Unlocked client viewmodel_fov convar. - Updated localizations. Balance Changes - Added radarkit to Stealth Sniper kit. - Adjusted damage dropoff factors for all weapons. - Capped max resources at 250,000 to prevent issues when it gets too high. Other Fixes - Fixed rare occurence where player could be only half-spawned, unable to move. - Fixed team selection panel showing at round start while spectating. - Fixed issue where medpack would sometimes show clipping into view when spectating a Support player. - Fixed some keys getting stuck in commander mode. - Fixed "retry" client console command. - Fixed rare grenade-related server crash. - Fixed a rare listen server crash related to player stats. - Fixed bots not showing in player counts on in-game status command and server queries. - Fixed potential gizmo exploit. - Cleaned up and fixed many console messages and errors. Oasis - Fixed getting stuck at primary point. - Fixed getting stuck on a corner of a building near the broken glass walkway. - Fixed plants sticking through floor near CT base. Metro - Fixed getting stuck at primary point. - Added additional no-build areas to avoid structure deployment inside buildings. Silo - Fixed able to deploy structures inside a pallet stack near Primary area. - Fixed floating secondary point near EMP Base. - Adjusted a few no-build areas. - Removed the roof near the EMP base to make it easier to deploy structures. - Adjusted secondary area near EMP to make more space for placing structures. - Additional optimisation pass due the adjusted secondary area. - Converted a physic prop to a multiplayer physic to improve performance. - Fixed a few small issues throughout the map. Known issues - In-hand weapon model is not drawn in first-person spectate in Source TV. </pre> Nicholas Hastings 2012-05-17T18:26:45 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37392 <pre>Hi, We recently changed to a new bigger/better box. When RDTSC_FREQUENCY was not set to disabled the server would behave really strange (speedup lag) Anyhow, it's now set to disabled but will/can this have any bad repercussions? Erik Note: rdts_frequence was never set. </pre> Erik-jan Riemers 2012-05-16T13:53:16 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37389 <pre>A little while I go I sent in an email about HTML MoTDs crashing clients without an error message, and was told that some javascript files were causing problems and that the issue was being looked into. As of last friday or the week before HTML MoTDs have stopped showing up on all my servers even though the page itself is intact... Any ideas? </pre> Michael Ojeda 2012-05-16T02:23:45 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37386 <pre> How Can I remove the bots from my server ?? Where should I put bot_join_after_player 0 ?? PLEASE HELP ! </pre> Калоян Стоянов 2012-05-15T14:29:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37384 <pre>Hello, it seems there is a bug with mp_freezetime and mp_buytime. The mp_buytime is not respected, the mp_freezetime is the buy time and not the freeze time. There is currently no freeze time. Anyone else seeing this? Best regards Ronny Schedel </pre> Ronny Schedel 2012-05-14T20:38:41 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37383 <pre> Hi: Sorry to ask here but i'm not being able to get a proper contact for this. Does anyone know the proper contact/email for me to ask for a couple of CS:GO Beta Keys in order to have a giveway for my community here in Argentina, through contests or by other means? It's a 1 Million+ gamers community (foros.3dgames.com.ar) for Spanish Spoken Gamers (LATAM), and i've been looking for some contact email in Valve's &amp; Steam's site but couldn't find any actually, i mean the emails are like for jobs, licensing, education, etc, but not a direct commercial or business contact. I'd like to promote the game here, since we're hosting dedicated servers now. Thx for any hint you might have. Best Regards, Alan // ---------------------------------------------- 3DGames Argentina http://www.3dgames.com.ar Libertad 41, 5to Piso - Capital Federal Tel: 4-332-4709 </pre> Alan Kennedy 2012-05-14T20:12:46 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37372 <pre>hey i know how to install - i want to know if i could host them for my company? is that allowed? -peter </pre> buster_cool< at >gmx.net 2012-05-13T18:47:19 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37370 <pre>hello guys, since yesterday the serverfiles are out. are the files only for private hosting or could i host them for money for other people? i heard nothing about a licence system, yet. -peter thanks! </pre> buster_cool< at >gmx.net 2012-05-13T18:28:03 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37346 <pre>Since the dedicated server is now out, i'm wondering if the update tool (steam text client) will be permanent or does it go back to old one after official release? It seems extremely inconvinient to have login with your steam account to update a server (and also log out of your main account in your own pc before doing so). Are the days coming back when you had separate login &amp; password for server or is this just for the duration of the more or less private beta period? -ics </pre> ics 2012-05-12T10:01:01 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37343 <pre>We've released a mandatory update to Team Fortress 2. This is the update we released earlier today but now it's been made mandatory for dedicated servers so clients and servers are in sync. The new version is: 1.2.1.1 Sorry for the inconvenience. -Eric </pre> Eric Smith 2012-05-12T01:39:40 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds/37340 <pre>We've released an optional update to Team Fortress 2. This update does not affect dedicated servers, but the shared binaries were updated so you will receive an update if you sync. The note for the update is below. -Eric ------------------------------ Team Fortress 2 - Fixed older replays/demos not correctly displaying certain particle systems </pre> Eric Smith 2012-05-11T23:41:22 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.games.fps.halflife.hlds