Re: [hlds] Dah! No Half-Life / Valve

2012-10-14 Thread Paul Williams
there rehosting as popular a mailing list as this one? I think that's one of like, 40 that do it. Makes searching old threads so much easier, too! And no, you're not going to stop your e-mail address from being shown either. On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Paul Williams mailto:p...@pe

Re: [hlds] Dah! No Half-Life / Valve

2012-10-14 Thread Paul Williams
take all this for granted, but there are young pups out there that have never done this before that might want to take a shot at it. On 10/13/2012 10:51 PM, Paul Williams wrote: Thanks all. Think I finally got it working! I think I even got my web server to act as a fast map downloader too! Cheers

Re: [hlds] Dah! No Half-Life / Valve

2012-10-14 Thread Paul Williams
2 12:07 PM, Paul Williams wrote: Hi there. Yes, sorry was too tired to bother earlier. ZZzzz. (Aside: I am still having trouble with mapcycle.txt seemingly being ignored, but will look into that later. I took out all the standard maps and have just one custom one. However it still seems to end up b

Re: [hlds] Dah! No Half-Life / Valve

2012-10-14 Thread Paul Williams
at it. On 10/13/2012 10:51 PM, Paul Williams wrote: Thanks all. Think I finally got it working! I think I even got my web server to act as a fast map downloader too! Cheers again. Must sleep now... Check it out if you can spare the time. Should show up as "BanzaiBob's Half-Life

Re: [hlds] Dah! No Half-Life / Valve

2012-10-14 Thread Paul Williams
server running can be intimidating if you have never done it, and sometimes it takes just one simple thing to keep it from working. Us old timers take all this for granted, but there are young pups out there that have never done this before that might want to take a shot at it. On 10/13/2012 1

Re: [hlds] Dah! No Half-Life / Valve

2012-10-13 Thread Paul Williams
ve to at least specify a starting map, or no one will be able to connect. Seriously, don't waste your time with the gui. Just start it -console hlds.exe -game valve -map subtransit -port 27015 On 10/13/2012 07:47 PM, Paul Williams wrote: Sorry, should have mentioned that I did try that.

Re: [hlds] Dah! No Half-Life / Valve

2012-10-13 Thread Paul Williams
...@zootal.com>> wrote: I strongly recommend using -console flag when starting the server and dispensing with the worthless gui. On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Paul Williams mailto:p...@pencoedfarm.co.uk>> wrote: [cid:image001.png@01CDA9BE.94353DD0] I have done 'HldsUpdateTool.exe -com

Re: [hlds] Dah! No Half-Life / Valve

2012-10-13 Thread Paul Williams
already gave you the command, even. On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Paul Williams mailto:p...@pencoedfarm.co.uk>> wrote: [cid:image001.png@01CDA9BD.FB7FEB30] I have done ‘HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game valve -dir .’ more than once. Valve folder exists. Think I am gonna give up s

[hlds] Dah! No Half-Life / Valve

2012-10-13 Thread Paul Williams
[cid:image001.png@01CDA9BD.24669C70] I have done 'HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game valve -dir .' more than once. Valve folder exists. Think I am gonna give up soon. Doing my head in this. <>___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view

Re: [hlds] Half-Life game missing

2012-10-13 Thread Paul Williams
valve' with 'gearbox' I strongly recommend using -console flag when starting the server and dispensing with the worthless gui. On 10/13/2012 07:11 PM, Paul Williams wrote: Thanks but it is HL I need, trying gearbox at the moment :) From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.

Re: [hlds] Half-Life game missing

2012-10-13 Thread Paul Williams
deathmatch classic is hldm On 14/10/2012 1:08 PM, Paul Williams wrote: Still having trouble with this. Missing something I expect. When I run the hlds, the game 'Half-Life' is still unavailable from the 'Game' drop-down-list. I have 'Deathmatch Classic', 'Da

[hlds] Half-Life game missing

2012-10-13 Thread Paul Williams
Still having trouble with this. Missing something I expect. When I run the hlds, the game 'Half-Life' is still unavailable from the 'Game' drop-down-list. I have 'Deathmatch Classic', 'Day of Defeat' etc, but no 'Half-Life' Help! Dah! ___ To unsubscrib

Re: [hlds] DOD ok, but Valve no worky :(

2012-10-12 Thread Paul Williams
m not too good with GoldSRC servers, as far as I know you only need the "valve" base game for mods, but if you'd like help with testing a connection, you should provide a server ip for people to connect to. *Sent from my phone, please excuse any typos ___

Re: [hlds] DOD ok, but Valve no worky :(

2012-10-12 Thread Paul Williams
e, too. But, assuming I'm understanding you correctly, what you've described isn't -- You can't host a 'half-life' server. On Oct 12, 2012 9:40 AM, "Paul Williams" mailto:p...@pencoedfarm.co.uk>> wrote: Hi, I wonder if anyone can shed some light on a problem

[hlds] DOD ok, but Valve no worky :(

2012-10-12 Thread Paul Williams
Hi, I wonder if anyone can shed some light on a problem I am having. Just downloaded and updated HLDS (for the first time) and have been unable to get the server to work with the 'Valve' (i.e. original Half-Life) game. When starting the server, the initial dialog has nothing in the game or map