RE: [hlds] Coming Soon BS...[OT]

2005-08-14 Thread Rick Payton
loved the jay and silent bob reference sandy :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SANDY LEBLANC Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:53 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds] Coming Soon BS... [ Converted text/html to text/plain

Re: [hlds] Coming Soon BS...

2005-08-14 Thread Roc
Valve may have no control over DoD:S. I thought it was Activision that was holding the game due to whatever reasons. (forgive me if I am wrong) ;) Regards SANDY LEBLANC wrote: [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] I wasn't going to say anything after your first email but damn dude, somethin

RE: [hlds] Coming Soon BS...

2005-08-14 Thread SANDY LEBLANC
[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] I wasn't going to say anything after your first email but damn dude, something shit in your cereal or something that made you want to bitch at people tonight? As for DoD:s, would you rather them give a release date & not have it out at that time & get floode

[hlds] Coming Soon BS...

2005-08-14 Thread stalker333
Valve, Wasn't going to post about this, but every time I look at it, it pisses me off. S... [rant=on] DOD:S has been coming soon for almost a year, and now to add insult to injury, you put ANOTHER game in the coming soon category? Didn't you learn your lesson the first time? Not only will

[hlds] Re: hlds digest, Vol 1 #3923 - 10 msgs

2005-08-14 Thread stalker333
hehehe, not to burst your bubble, but you do. With all due respect and love to Valve, we are all their beta testers, usually after every update. Hence the reason for this thread to begin with ;-) -Smurf Message: 8 From: "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Subject: Re: [hlds] Roll back on client Dat

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread stalker333
Shawn Zipay: I dont understand how you don't realize you don't know wtf you are talking about. READ the mails that come over this list from valve, you'll soon find out what you are saying is dead wrong. Actually, I agree, a rollback on the updates is about a dumbass way to go about fixing this.

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread stalker333
/sigh Why does this list have such a troll infestation Thanks, but I don't believe he was asking you. No its not "UNSUPPORTED", Valve has said, several times, they are working on it. So there IS support there, at some level or another. So while we all appreciate you pointing out the obvious (t

Re: [hlds] DoD Exploit

2005-08-14 Thread Erling K. Sæterdal
Thx for the heads up, i have made a amxmodx plugin to detect this exploit. If someone has a populated DoD server and can help me beta test, please email me offlist. Il release to the public once its had a minor beta test. - Original Message - From: "Your Name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sen

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Jim
DlinkOZ, Good Question. Seeing how the updates were a series where the Server and Client both were update... I would have to say Steam.exe is the culprit. Which is drirectly related to the client.. I will leave it at that.. seeing how I recently said I was shutting my mouth and just going to eat

RE: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread CS-Admin
Amen. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:43 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] Roll back on client Okay... so to end this whole problem... I guess I am wrong to Bitch, Moan and Groan, Be

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread DLinkOZ
Quick question, is this a client related FPS/lag issue being discussed? The recent -sport issue was absolutely relevant to this list, as it was a server related problem. It would be a lie to say I've followed this thread closely, so wanted clarification on which piece of the software this is aff

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread [GS]BeNt
- Original Message - From: "Shawn Zipay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I said major problems meaning the majority of Steam users. That is not the case. At last check there are some 30.5K users playing CS: Source alone right now. That is hardly the majority of CS: Source owners that are experien

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Jim
Okay... so to end this whole problem... I guess I am wrong to Bitch, Moan and Groan, Because I have a Problem and a part of a small select group affected as well... Well excuse the Hell of me and all the little people for bringing this up and taken so much of your time... when the pupose of this

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Shawn Zipay
I said major problems meaning the majority of Steam users. That is not the case. At last check there are some 30.5K users playing CS: Source alone right now. That is hardly the majority of CS: Source owners that are experiencing the problem you describe be it on X64 or 32bit OS's. Like I said,

Re: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ?

2005-08-14 Thread Oum
yes that is exactly why we need official word from Valve Alfred ? - Original Message - From: "James Grimstead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:51 PM Subject: RE: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ? I read on some forum, probly a cheating one or some news post,

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread SANDY LEBLANC
[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] Ok so then say 100 people out of a few hundred thousand that are having problems. Nope, can't see a roll back for a handfull of people. From: "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com To: Subject: Re: [hlds] Roll back on client Date:

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread SANDY LEBLANC
[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] I have yet to experience any problems with this & coincidentally, that last update fixed a voice issue I was haing in tfc where I could no longer hear voice if I was in water. Now I can go in & out of water without losing the ability to hear voice still. Fr

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Jim
Oh??? And another question... What Beta Software are you refering to??? I have nothing running BETA on my system... - Original Message - From: "Shawn Zipay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Roll back on client Really I don't understan

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Jim
Well Zipay, If you had read my message... which you have not.. it is NOT only X64 seeing the problem... how many users would you like to know??? I personally can count 81 People Having the problem on Win 32 XP Pro... So please before you continue... READ the whole Post... and do not stop at X64

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Jim
Thanks Sandy... with regards to that... however the last in the Forum by Steam was no not pursuing this one.. Actually the only thing I would be happy with is restoring the latest changes to correct the immediate problem at hand... The number of Users having a problem with 1 - 5 minutes of play, t

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Shawn Zipay
Really I don't understand how you don't realize the fact that X64 just isn't a supported OS. To roll back an update that is working fine for a majority of the people is just asinine. Perhaps if the update caused major problems on 32bit OS's then there'd be cause for alarm. Why? Because Windows

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread SANDY LEBLANC
[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] Actually, I believe Alfred said they were working on something along those lines but won't be released for quite awhile, but they are working on it. From: "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com To: Subject: Re: [hlds] Roll back on

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Jim
Well Thank you so very much... for your two cents... let me know when you start at Valve in the mean time... thank you but no thank you... Have a wonderful day... - Original Message - From: "Shawn Zipay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Ro

RE: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ?

2005-08-14 Thread SANDY LEBLANC
[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] Someone from the UA forums had asked VALVe's support about this & they said that since CD is not a cheat, you won't get VAC banned but they are waiting for an OFFICIAL responce from VALVe themselves. From: "James Grimstead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: hld

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Shawn Zipay
"Unsupported." All you need to know really. Jim wrote: Yeah well... no one asked for a X64 Version... However, this last update took a working product and caused not only X64 Clients to stop working properly but affected a number of other OS clients... as well, Hence the 3 days straight of upl

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Jim
Yeah well... no one asked for a X64 Version... However, this last update took a working product and caused not only X64 Clients to stop working properly but affected a number of other OS clients... as well, Hence the 3 days straight of uploads. Now it would be simple if X64 only ran 64 bit applic

RE: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ?

2005-08-14 Thread James Grimstead
I read on some forum, probly a cheating one or some news post, that C-D is based on the same hooking method as the original OGC. If VAC2 has generic methods of detecting ogc style cheats, then CD would most likely get you banned. This was a while ago though, it may have changed since then. -

Re: [hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Shawn Zipay
Last I knew Valve doesn't support X64. Unsupported means they offer no promises about Steam or any of the games working on that OS and are under no obligation to provide fixes for it. In all honesty for your using an unsupported OS it's fortunate that you were even able to get Steam working in t

[hlds] Roll back on client

2005-08-14 Thread Jim
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Alfred, I know you said Steam is aware of a problem with X64 Windows. In the short term can we roll the client back to prior to this last update. Seems this problem is most prevelate with the Wind

Re: [hlds] VAC secure mode disabled

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Jueckstock
Hi and thanks for your reply. Yes, there are CS:S Servers on that server and they all use the same IP. Firewall is not an issue. For the other CS:S Server I did not need the -sport option and they all use VAC2. This morning the game server I refrenced to worked with VAC2, but I'm not sure if this i

Re: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ?

2005-08-14 Thread SANDY LEBLANC
[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] The UA guys are waiting for an actual reply from VALVe themselves. From: "Oum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com To: Subject: Re: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ? Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:37:52 +0100 forget : Valve Support says it'

Re: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ?

2005-08-14 Thread Oum
yes I've seen this thread, and same in steampowered forum but I think this kind of answer from Valve Support does really need an official word from Valve... I will not take any risk with my steamid :s - Original Message - From: "SANDY LEBLANC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, A

RE: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ?

2005-08-14 Thread SANDY LEBLANC
[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] Apparently, VALVe's support has answered saying that it is not a cheat & won't get you banned. See the thread VAC2 & CD in the unitedadmins forums. From: "Oum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com To: Subject: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating D

Re: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ?

2005-08-14 Thread Oum
forget : Valve Support says it's ok :/ http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=324872 is that official ? - Original Message - From: "Oum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 5:35 PM Subject: [hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ? from http://forum

[hlds] VAC2 et Cheating Death ?

2005-08-14 Thread Oum
from http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=282892 : 9.1) Will it be possible to run VAC 2 and Cheating-Death together on a Server? To be determined. Ok we know now VAC2 and CD can run together on a server but is it safe to join a vac secure server with CD ? I think

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-14 Thread Dustin
There are servel paths to manage memory. Most of these paths are not published due to the prue fact the MS does not want to end up supporting a bunce of wet needles that are tring to over perform there OS so there solitare runs better. Please keep in mind that any thing you read from Microsoft is

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-14 Thread Clayton Macleod
I think perhaps a refresher is warranted here, since you're forgetting one basic fact, which is even mentioned in the article listed. "Virtual Memory is always in use, even when the memory required by all running processes does not exceed the amount of RAM installed on the system." You should alw

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-14 Thread Clayton Macleod
MS themselves say that there is no way for us to know how much of any process is in RAM and how much is in the pagefile, so, I don't know where you're getting this information from. Besides, *everything* is in virtual memory. And there is no point in keeping pages in RAM that aren't being accesse

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-14 Thread James Tucker
Scott Tuttle wrote: One simple way of forcing Windows to use more ram and less hard drive for paging is to set you page file size and do not allow windows to manage it's own file size. But do keep in mind windows is designed to page data that is not needed out of RAM into the page file. Restric

Re: [hlds] DoD Exploit

2005-08-14 Thread James Tucker
Your Name wrote: One of my regulars pointed out someone doing something fishy on a server today and the idiot actually talked enough about it that I could track it down. If he was telling you the truth of course. http://www.gotfrag.com/dod/forums/thread/147822/ Remember, forums are popula

Re: [hlds] DoD Exploit

2005-08-14 Thread Clayton Macleod
I'd rather they were fixed before the masses join in. On 8/14/05, list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd *rather* them be posted openly. This way it alerts everyone to the > exploit. Yes, I understand that there would be people that take advantage of > this, but for those of us that work in the HL

RE: [hlds] debug command line switch?

2005-08-14 Thread Rick Payton
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- I downloaded a fresh copy of srcds and cs:s friday, and still have the same behavior with no add on (including the stats tracking perl script turned off). No mani mod, no small statsme, and no hlstatsx, and players are still disconnecting 1-3 secon

RE: [hlds] DoD Exploit

2005-08-14 Thread list
I'd *rather* them be posted openly. This way it alerts everyone to the exploit. Yes, I understand that there would be people that take advantage of this, but for those of us that work in the HL leagues, it provides much needed information. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

Re: [hlds] debug command line switch?

2005-08-14 Thread Clayton Macleod
basic troubleshooting, remove all addons... There's no sense wondering why something is going on if you're not going to try to track it down. Remove everything you'd added, see if behaviour goes away or keeps happening. If it goes away, put your addons back *one at a time* until you see the beha