I have no seen this behavior before. Make sure you aren't just going over the maximum MOTD size (and as a reminder to everyone, you can always just put a URL in your MOTD rather than the html text itself!).
- Alfred ----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Tucker Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:25 AM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] Motd Srcoll Bars > Ok, so why does the accepted language change? Is there something which > can be done to correct the parser without having to activate a link? > > On 10/13/05, Alfred Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You are wrong. All HTML pages are displayed by a hosted IE control. > > > > - Alfred > > > > ----Original Message---- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Tucker > > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:15 PM To: > > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] Motd Srcoll Bars > > > > > Yeah, always reference the original motd.txt file for advice. > > > There is a charecter limit, but I dont remember what it is, I'm > > > sure somone will advise if necessary. > > > > > > This is one thing I really can't fathom though. Source will > > > happily start up an IE object and embed it into that screen > > > /AFTER/ you have moved off the first page, but prior to that, > > > some borked parser/render is running. Just what exactly is the > > > language that this parser accepts? I've managed to make at least > > > 20 to 30 different parsing failures that are all legal HTML 3.02, > > > 4, XHTML. Don't get me wrong, but it seems some coder got paid to > > > write a (crap) HTML parser and renderer for no good reason than > > > to save a little memory IF and only if the user doesn't click on > > > a link. I am further upset to realise that the IE object > > > instanciated seems to be persistent after clicking OK too, which > > > seems a waste of ram, particularly for low end systems. > > > > > > I'd be far more happy to have either a full blown IE object every > > > time, or a less capable mini-browser throughout, rather than this > > > apparent cludge of two different systems. > > > > > > I could be wrong about whats going on, but then there are some > > > even worse problems afoot, like why it breaks at all... > > > > > > On 10/12/05, scott brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -- > > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > > Have things changed with the MOTD? I use to just point the motd > > > > to my website, that dosn't work anymore it just shows up as a > > > > link. It seems that now I have to use head tags like this: > > > > <head> > > > > <title>HL2MP MOTD</title> > > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > > > > charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="Refresh" > > > > content="0;url=http://www.mysite.com/index.htm";> </head> > > > > > > > > It works this way but I get some very nasty, ugly purple > > > > checkerboards "missing texture image" for the scroll bars. I > > > > can handle the code for the redirect but can any point me in > > > > the right direction on how to fix the scroll bars? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Scott > > > > -- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > archives, please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
