my servers still only show up half the time in the list. i gave up a long time ago trying.
Rodge Stumbaugh wrote: > Tell me about it, but I have to admit, steam blows what activision does for > online play of COD4 out of the water. Have you ever tried to use their > server browser? What a piece of crap. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy L Havener > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 12:07 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Dedicated Server update released > > There seems to be this trend in PC gaming where developers want to > control the game experience in online play more and more. The most > extreme case would be DICE and the ranked servers for BF2 and 2142. > More and more the options we as admins have to host a game the way we > want to play it are being taken away. In my opinion, this has stemmed > from the consoles where developers and publishers have complete control > over the gaming experience. That model will never work in the PC gaming > world. I am really frustrated with how out of touch the devs and > publishers have become. From this problem with the custom tabs in TF2 > to the complete and utter BS with KAOS and Frontlines to the crappy > console ports we get for a lot of games anymore I just have to shake my > head and wonder what the hell happened to PC gaming. > > Rodge Stumbaugh wrote: > >> I have hosted a server for over 4 years now and I only do it for my own >> entertainment and sorry Valve, but the best part of running(and playing >> > on) > >> a server is all the cool mods these kids out there like Mani, Mattie, the >> sourcemod folks and now more than ever Beetlefart and of course others >> > have > >> come up with. I'm not blind though, I do realize there are serious CAL >> > type > >> gamers out there who only want vanilla servers, but I do believe that >> > there > >> are more who like the fun stuff that's been added on. Maybe I'm wrong, >> > maybe > >> Valve could care less about these mods, but if so, why make a completely >> different tab that only shows up if you are already in the game? That part >> really confuses me because I run steam from windows, I decide what game to >> play from my steam client before I go into the game, even what server. So, >> > I > >> rarely ever use the steam search while I'm in the game. So, why is it that >> Valve decided to put the tab there and not in the steam client I use >> > before > >> I start the game??? That part I don't get at all. But in all honestly, I >> > did > >> check out the new message from the update tonight and it seems fine to me. >> Do I think anyone will notice it? I doubt it, will they use it? I hope >> > they > >> do. I do, however agree with most people on this list that adding this >> > type > >> of thing to the current filters would be much better, but then again, I >> > make > >> no money from my server, so it doesn't affect me the same way. >> >> Also, I'd like to say I am glad to have this list and am very appreciative >> of the few people from Valve who do send out updated info, even though we >> never hear from Alfred anymore! >> >> Just my two cents, >> Rodge from Maryland(aka Monkey House) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Ruymen >> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:52 PM >> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Dedicated Server update released >> >> The required Team Fortress 2 update is now released. Please run >> hldsupdatetool to receive this update. The specific changes include: >> >> - Added Custom Tab explanation dialog to be shown the first time the >> server browser is opened >> - Changed Medigun Ubercharge meter to drain faster for each target that >> still has Ubercharge beyond your current target. This means there is a >> penalty for having multiple people being Ubercharged at one time >> - Fixed crouch-jump exploit that allowed players to get outside of the >> world >> - Fixed bad characters in the chat string when achievements are >> announced in languages other than English >> - Fixed a few instances of truncated text in the menus and dialogs for >> languages other than English >> - Fixed problem that was preventing some dedicated servers from >> uploading gamestats >> - Fixed scoring bug during Sudden Death when the map timelimit is >> triggered >> - Added the string "(extra slot was added for SourceTV)" when maxplayers >> is increased for SourceTV >> >> Jason >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
