It's something enforced by the client, and is a function of how they connected to that particular server, not any particular server settings.
If they connect via the server browser (or command line, etc) then they will show HTML. -----Original Message----- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Todd Pettit Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 2:41 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Coming soon: changes to TF HTML MOTD support Would those who connected outside of matchmaking be able to use html on quickplay enabled servers or does enabling quickplay disable html completely? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valentin G." <nextra...@gmail.com> To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 6:29:32 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Coming soon: changes to TF HTML MOTD support I'm not concerned about change 1 but change 2 in that regard ;) On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:26 AM, DontWannaName! <ad...@topnotchclan.com>wrote: > Couldn't you just leave the txt file empty? > > Sent from my iPhone 5 > > > On Nov 6, 2013, at 3:22 PM, "Valentin G." <nextra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > about:blank is no longer valid? > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Fletcher Dunn > > <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>wrote: > > > >> That's correct; #2 is a Source engine change. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > >> hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Kyle > >> Sanderson > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 3:09 PM > >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Coming soon: changes to TF HTML MOTD > >> support > >> > >> Does the latter impact all Source 2k7 games? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Kyle. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Fletcher Dunn > >> <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>wrote: > >> > >>> We're making two changes to TF HTML MOTD support that server > >>> operators should be aware of: > >>> > >>> > >>> 1.) HTML MOTD's will no longer be shown by clients that connect via > >>> quickplay. Those clients will show the plaintext message instead. > >>> (The file identified by the convar motdfile_text, which defaults > >>> to > >>> motd_text.txt.) > >>> > >>> 2.) When sending a URL to the "info" panel by name, the URL must > begin > >>> with 'http://' or 'https://'. Note that this change does not > >>> affect putting a URL in motd.txt directly, which has always > >>> required a protocol prefix in order for the file contents to be > >>> interpreted as a > >> URL. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>> archives, please visit: > >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux