While it's nice to know that this bug is to your personal preference, it deprives plugin authors of various statistics and event hooking possibilities. Also FYI: It is possible (and easy) to block the event using a plugin so the found item text isn't shown.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Ian R. Justman <i...@ian-justman.com>wrote: > On 07/22/2011 16:46, DarthNinja wrote: > >> The July 20th update introduced a bug (feature?) so that Event Item Found >> is >> no longer fired. >> Wiki page: >> http://wiki.teamfortress.com/**wiki/July_20,_2011_Patch<http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/July_20,_2011_Patch> >> Valve: Is this in fact a bug, or is it an intentional change? >> >> I currently use the item found event in my public ranking/statistics >> plugin<https://forums.**alliedmods.net/showthread.php?**t=109006<https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=109006>>and >> I'd >> >> like to know if I need to investigate other options in order to >> provide item drop tracking. >> > > I actually like this change. > > I take issue when people ask me for an item I find, craft or trade that I > want to keep. That and I would rather people not see events tied with any > item I find, craft or trade. Not to mention, it's more chat spam. > > --Ian. > > -- > Ian R. Justman > UNIX hacker. Anime fan. Any questions? > ianj (at) ian-justman.com > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/**mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux<http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
