Our servers were running a few subtle mods that made use of that functionality, and it's sad to see it removed. I do hope Valve considers reversing those changes, servers like mine lose their uniqueness because of it.
Why was the functionality removed anyway? - Clavus 2010/5/2 Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald <voo...@voogru.com> > "Are there any other mods/plugins that are effected by this other than the > 2 > listed on the petition." > > It breaks anything that wants to attach a model to a player. Not just hats > or weapons. > > There is a variety of ways this can be used for creativity and this > essentially breaks it, purposely. I usually don't ever complain when they > make changes to the game and break plug-ins, usually those are side-effects > of them making other changes, this changed was targeted and intentional. > > The petition was just an alternative use of my time, either I was going to > spend time circumventing the existing restriction (which would probably get > fixed if they kept this policy), or I could spend the time asking them > nicely to reverse this policy and get the community involved. > > Also, this doesn't prevent server ops from issuing overpowered weapons or > other things that drastically affect game play. All that happens is the > client doesn't render the model. > > I wasn't going to post this petition to the list (prefer to do so on other > community sites), but since it's here I figured I'd explain it a little. > > In the end, I hope valve reconsiders. > > - voogru. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Baade > Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 4:54 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Update Available > > Are there any other mods/plugins that are effected by this other than the 2 > listed on the petition. I personally don't care about these because a lot > of server admins will use the hat mod and charge players for them. It > angers me to no end that I have to download a boat load of custom content > and then I cant use it unless I donate to the server. These servers > typically go on my blacklist. I could over look this fact but I'm not > going > to because there are a lot of servers out there who have stolen custom > maps/content from my clan and heavily rely on these plugins. > > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Justin <mysteriousjus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > https://secure.voogru.com/petition/index.php > > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Justin Fortin <fortinj1...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Any word on a fix for this yet? > > > > > > Sent from my iPod > > > > > > On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:41 PM, Msilbys12 <msilby...@righttorule.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Sounds like a client problem > > > > > > > > Sent from the best phone ever > > > > > > > > On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:24 PM, Matt Hoffman > > > > <lord.matt.hoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Yep, crashing on every server I connect to. (As a client obviously) > > > >> > > > >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Justin Fortin > > > >> <fortinj1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> So you got everything serverwide working, but it seems like anyone > > > >>> Jo > > > >>> has updated the client will crash when they try to connect. > > > >>> > > > >>> Sent from my iPod > > > >>> > > > >>> On Apr 30, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Noel <phre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> My Windows servers are both up and running and joinable now. > > > >>>> Updates seemed > > > >>>> to take a minute or so longer than usual, but no problems with MM/ > > > >>>> SM > > > >>>> running. > > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>>> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
