Will you re-activate the TF2 beta app (520/229830) after the SteamPipe conversion is complete?
On Monday, April 1, 2013, Fletcher Dunn wrote: > Hello!**** > > ** ** > > Here is the expected schedule for the conversion of Source engine games to > SteamPipe:**** > > ** ** > > Day of Defeat: Source: already happened**** > > Half-life 2: Deathmatch: Wednesday, April 3 (DAY AFTER TOMORROW)**** > > Counter-Strike: Source: Tuesday, April 16**** > > Team Fortress 2: Tuesday, April 23**** > > ** ** > > Our goal is to repeat the process that we used with the Day of Defeat: > Source switchover last week. The “beta” dedicated server (The SteamPipe > version of the dedicated server) is actually the exact same server > installation that will host the clients after the switchover. We will try > to avoid releasing a dedicated server update near the time of the client > switchover, so that SteamPipe dedicated servers can be up and ready, and as > clients switchover to SteamPipe, those dedicated servers will be ready to > host them.**** > > ** ** > > One note concerning the TF2 beta. As you probably know, it’s currently a > separate app. (The TF2 beta client is App ID 520 and the TF2 beta > dedicated server is AppID 229830.) About a week before the TF2 switchover, > we’ll initiate a beta process identical to the one used for the other > games. We’ll release the Steampipe version of the official dedicated > server (App ID 232250) and an opt-in client beta available from the “betas” > tab for the regular “Team Fortress 2” application (App ID 440). This beta > client will have all the same content as the regular game, will talk to the > same item server as the regular client, and will have all the same items in > your backpack. It will be running App ID 440, not 520. The only > difference is that it will be using the new file system with VPK files, it > will have a different PatchVersion in the steam.inf file, and will only be > able to connect to SteamPipe servers. To avoid confusion between the two > different types of TF2 betas, at that time we will deactivate the beta > client app 520 and dedicated server app 229830. We’ll have further details > on this process when we release the official dedicated server.**** > > ** ** > > If you have questions that are not answered by this FAQ, now is the time > to ask!**** > > https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7388-QPFN-2491**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > Fletch**** > -- --------------------- Kush Mahajani
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