It's probably due to those servers that were loading ads nonstop in an invisible window. This worked on both quickplay connects and normal ones and it can cause performance issues for the clients. It also made the use of fakeplayers profitable.
I personally would of preferred it to show the MOTD once and then make it so you can't open it again at all for quickplay players. But oh well. On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Robert Paulson <thepauls...@gmail.com>wrote: > Can you tell us the reason for this change? Is there no other solution > rather than removing functionality from the game? > > The complaint before was forced ads. Servers cannot resend the MOTD to > quickplay players anymore so I don't understand why additional restrictions > need to be introduced. > > HTML motds are superior to text motds even only shown at connection. They > look better and they allow you to update the page without rebooting the > server. Especially when it comes to TF2 players, no one is going to pay > attention to an unformatted wall of text that could contain important rules > or links to your website. With these new restrictions both the webpage and > the text file needs to be maintained. > > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Fletcher Dunn > <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>wrote: > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
