i think 2 years ago this question was asked.. but it cant hurt to ask again. (just saying we tried before)
2012/8/31 Einar S. Idsø <[email protected]> > Thanks, that explains why csgo/steam.inf still reported the same > PatchVersion as before I did the optional update. > > This falls into the category of unwanted behaviour, in my opinion. Has > anyone ever made a case for solving this, thus making it possible to > detect optional updates? There's a number of suggestions that come to > mind, e.g.: > > - Add a postfix to the PatchVersion, but ignore it when checking > compatibility between server and client. E.g. 1.18.0.3a or 1.18.0.3.1 > or 1.18.0.3-optional1 or whatever. > - Add a new parameter RequiredVersion, which holds the version of the > last mandatory update. Use it for checking compatibility. > - Add a new parameter OptionalVersion, which could just be a > sequential number for a given PatchVersion, leaving PatchVersion > untouched. > > It would be great to be able to automate monitoring of both mandatory > and optional updates, so hopefully this will be considered. > > Cheers, > Einar > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Valentin G. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Optional updates can not push the version number because if they did, > > they would not be optional anymore (version difference = rejection). > > Theres no way to detect it using that number. > > > > It's also quite curious that a gameplay change makes its way into an > > optional update. > > > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Einar S. Idsø > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> We currently run a script through cron to detect new updates from the > >> API. However, it seems that optional updates such as this one are > >> undetectable : > >> > http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamApps/UpToDateCheck/v0001?appid=730&format=json&version=11803 > >> > >> Is there a similar way to find out whether there exists an optional > update? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Einar > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Ido Magal <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> We shipped an optional update for CS:GO. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> - Fixed a crash in x-ray and scoreboard. > >>> > >>> - Thrown grenades now travel and bounce much more like > previous > >>> versions of CS. > >>> > >>> - Fixed the avatar's on the spectator panel being scaled > improperly. > >>> > >>> - Fixed the spectator view player panels showing default panels > when a > >>> player wasn't connected. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Csgo_servers mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Csgo_servers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Csgo_servers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >
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