I agree so long as there is an option to enable or disable... then I don't see the problem. Some enjoy it, some don't..who am I to judge what others want to do with there own servers.
Personally on my server we just have one or two that autodownload, we have a ton of sound triggers, but if you want them you can download the soundpackage off our website, otherwise your basicly unaffected. I'd say about 1/2 - 2/3rds of the regs have downloaded it once they know it exists. Keeps everyone happy this way. As a recommendation though, no it I don't personally think it's a good idea to auto download a ton of sound files unless it's litterely needed by the mod. An alternative if you must is to at least spread them out between different maps in your cycle, so they don't all come at once yet over a few maps the players aquire them all. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of K2 Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 7:28 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds] what to do, or not to do... was Stupid Sounds Uh oh, time for my two cents ;) Granted that having a ton of in-game sounds being pushed to your computer and then having to hear the spam afterwards is annoying. However, the one thing that Mani does that I 100% support is giving administrators *options* - believe it or not, there are actually players out there that like to hear that crap. I know, it's amazing ;) But who are we to dictate what admins can run on their servers and what they cant? Or what mod makers should write? Those of us out there that take the time to pour over the cvarlists and make sure that are servers are what would be considered 'quality' servers... this isn't a problem. When I saw the huge list of quake sounds in the latest Mani update, I just disabled that function altogether and that was that, no harm done. On a side-note - the Mani plugin has gotten so large now and with so many cvars... maybe it's about time to break it up into modules instead. One plugin for the main admin functions, another for sounds and effects, etc. Oh well. Anyways. Even tho I'd never personally allow all sorts of random sounds and chat to be heard/displayed on my server, I applaud the fact that the option exists. Food for thought. - K2 http://www.hardfought.org _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
