Just so we're clear, you guys were only using this to fake player counts on your servers? Where's the negative impact here? This sounds like a much needed change to prevent scumbaggery.
Kyle. On 13 Oct 2015 6:14 a.m., "N-Gon" <ngongamedes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Back when I ran servers I used to use Sandboxie and a bunch of accounts in > textmode to help populate my servers. > It's a struggle when you don't have a well known community, I feel bad for > the folks who've just been hurt by this change. > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 8:45 AM, HD <ad...@gamerscrib.net> wrote: > >> Yea I saw it last night... this is beyond a wasteful change. I use it for >> a >> client so I can listen in a server without using a bunch of resources. >> Why was this change made and what alternative do you have besides >> launching >> the game in full and alt tabbing now. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Rudy Bleeker >> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 3:02 AM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Optional TF2 update released >> >> From the client patch notes from October 12, 2015: >> >> - Running in textmode now places the client in insecure mode >> >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 2:50 AM, HD <ad...@gamerscrib.net> wrote: >> > Anyone else having issues now using a client into their servers using >> > -textmode for launch options? I log in an account this way every so >> > often to "listen" in the server while reading chat but for some reason >> > now I get the "You are in insecure mode. You must restart before you >> > can connect to secure servers.". >> > >> > I've not changed nothing - not a single thing and it just started >> > after last nights update came out. I've reinstalled TF2 on that >> > computer but nothing has changed. >> > I'm convinced something got messed up from this update as I tried it >> > on another computer and it did the exact same thing. >> > >> > Anyone able to explain this? >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >> > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Eric Smith >> > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 5:52 PM >> > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com; hlds_li...@list.valvesoftware.com >> > Subject: [hlds] Optional TF2 update released >> > >> > We've released an optional update for TF2 that updates the Invasion >> > Community Update Coin to also count assists. This is an optional >> > dedicated server update and is not required unless you are running any >> > of the Invasion maps and would like to support this new feature. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > -Eric >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: >> > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> >> >> -- >> Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. >> - Floyd Dell >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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