Re: [hlds] [NO AC] tags

2006-03-24 Thread Stephen Moretti
Kevin Ottalini wrote: This appears to be some German anticheat like Cheating Death. CD would slap clients with [NO CD] tags if they did not have the CD Client addon installed but played on a CD server. This tool appears to be putting the [NO AC] tag on players that don't have the client addon.

[hlds] [NO AC] tags

2006-03-22 Thread Stephen Moretti
I've been seen a lot of players tagged with [NO AC] on a lot of DoD Source servers recently. A quick google hasn't turned anything up. I just wondered if anyone knew what the hell it is? Its making me kind of nervous like its some kind of steam login bypass or some form of hack.

Re: [hlds] My SQL

2006-02-12 Thread Stephen Moretti
Tyler Zavaduk wrote: [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] i run a dedicated server, and i was wondering wat the My SQL does on the server, because it does not work on my server (it is not running at all in the server) MySQL is not part of SRCDS or HLDS. It is a database server.

Re: [hlds] Re: Interesting post regarding detecting players with artificial aids

2006-01-22 Thread Stephen Moretti
Dan Sorenson wrote: 2) he's failing to take into account his perspective and what the server sees vs. what he sees in the demo. If I record a demo at 120ms ping and he records one at 10ms ping, we'll see two entirely different recordings. The server is what anticipates, fudges, and

[hlds] Interesting post regarding detecting players with artificial aids

2006-01-20 Thread Stephen Moretti
http://foxhoundclan.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=523 I'd be interested in your thoughts on what this guy is talking about and whether he actually has a clue or not. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please

Re: [hlds] Interesting post regarding detecting players with artificial aids

2006-01-20 Thread Stephen Moretti
Whisper wrote: Does that answer your question? So basically if I'm reading you correctly. He's : a) got the calculations wrong b) using the wrong figures to make the calculations in the first place. c) You can't actually make these kind of calculations based on travel times, because

Re: [hlds] Interesting post regarding detecting players with artificial aids

2006-01-20 Thread Stephen Moretti
a colt into a choke point. Nuke Ramps into Radio Room, Outside Bomb train to little Ladder room etc. On 1/20/06, Stephen Moretti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whisper wrote: Does that answer your question? So basically if I'm reading you correctly. He's : a) got the calculations wrong b

Re: [hlds] questions

2005-12-20 Thread Stephen Moretti
Stuart Stegall wrote: We definitely need a Driver's License for the Internet ... maybe just Computers in general What like this one :D http://www.ecdl.com/main/index.php ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives,

Re: [hlds] questions

2005-12-19 Thread Stephen Moretti
Peara Thach wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I can use this program to create an internet server right? Yes without paying for the server? Yes i dont wanna create a Lan but a server where friends from a different play can also go in..and this is the program i can

Re: [hlds] Models Dissapearing

2005-12-16 Thread Stephen Moretti
Michael Jones-Evans wrote: A user just posted this on our forums, we have a 40 player dust2 server running 100 tick, and this happened. Not just to him, but to everybody in the server. Another user said it has happened to him before as well.

Re: [hlds] Models Dissapearing

2005-12-16 Thread Stephen Moretti
HSantal wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Not really the engine. It happens when there is a loss of connection to the server. This happend to me when I was on dialup and if there was a temporary connection error/loss this would be the result. A reconnect always fixed it.

Re: [hlds] (no subject)

2005-11-10 Thread Stephen Moretti
James Tucker wrote: I don't know why you tried to negate me, but that's fine (although wrong). The elite service provides 384kbps, all other BB services provide 256kbps up. For the guy with the original problem, have you checked about this service:

[hlds] hardware recommendations....

2005-10-27 Thread Stephen Moretti
So ok - I've done the software side of hlds/srcds, but I've never had to get involved with hardware before, so I'm after recommendations for appropriate h/w for a server. What there will be is : 2 x dod source servers (24 man) 1 x dod1.3 server (22+1 man) 1 x TFC server 1 x dod 1.3 war server

Re: [hlds] I need a simple Admin plugin

2005-10-19 Thread Stephen Moretti
Whisper wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] With over 200 configuration lines, mani is a new definition of simple I was previously unaware of. It really needs 2 versions of the cfg. One thats sorted by version, so you can update your existing configs when changes are

Re: [hlds] Day of Defeat and British team support

2005-09-30 Thread Stephen Moretti
Tyler Cook wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Cant see why not.. just gotta wait for those maps i guess... ~cough~ flash ~cough~ ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit:

Re: [hlds] Exclude me

2005-09-26 Thread Stephen Moretti
Alexander Kobbevik wrote: Why on earth did you subscribe when you feel so strongly about not wanting mails from this list? GIVE IT A REST ALL OF YOU! Dan's is the only email that should have replied to this email from kissker The above is the kind of abuse and the general whinyness of a

Re: [hlds] Exclude me

2005-09-26 Thread Stephen Moretti
Predatory Kangaroo wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Ordinarily, I would agree, but kissker there has done this before - August the 7th, subject WHY DO I KEEP GETTIN MAIL FROM YOU. He was rude about it then, as he is now, and did not read any of the replies which told

Re: [hlds] Exclude me

2005-09-26 Thread Stephen Moretti
Alexander Kobbevik wrote: I disagree. First of all my reply was meant to point out that he asked to become a member of this list. Even though he wants to leave, we didn't sign him up. So he should calm down, try to unsubscribe again or contact the admin of the list. And did your email

Re: [hlds] Server won't start after update and how I fixed it

2005-07-06 Thread Stephen Moretti
[DinoBot]Sidmind wrote: I have two servers 1 with Matties event script and the BET mod/ and Mani mod the other with only Mani mod the one with the event script would not fire up. so I took the files out of the /addons folder and now its working again. thought I would pass it along in case

Re: [hlds] Server won't start after update and how I fixed it

2005-07-06 Thread Stephen Moretti
SANDY LEBLANC wrote: [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] Does the server load with just mani running? I can't test yet as mine's still updating. Working on it... ;) ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives,

Re: [hlds] Counter Strike Server Lag

2005-07-04 Thread Stephen Moretti
James Tucker wrote: What does an 'rcon stats' say? (fps) 260fps, but when I was watching it this morning I was noticing that, according to rcon stats, the CPU would spike up to 80%+ and FPS would drop to 30fps for no apparent reason. Nothing special going on on the server either hardware or

Re: [hlds] Counter Strike Server Lag

2005-07-04 Thread Stephen Moretti
Whisper wrote: Sorry What Operating System Apologies if you've already stated it. Thats ok.. I forgot... Its windows server. I'm afraid I'm not sure what flavour, most likely 2000 or 2003 server. Stephen ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list

Re: [hlds] Counter Strike Server Lag

2005-07-04 Thread Stephen Moretti
Whisper wrote: Command Line and Server.cfg content please Command Line : -console -game cstrike +map de_dust +maxplayers 28 -autoupdate OS : Windows XP Pro (sorry about the misinformation before) ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences,

[hlds] Counter Strike Server Lag

2005-07-02 Thread Stephen Moretti
Server set up. Hardware - ridiculously powerful Network Connection/bandwidth - vast CS Source Server - Completely upto date. Players - 28 Add ons - Mani Admin version 1.1.0p - Matti's Event scripts VAC2 Beta is NOT enabled. Server IP : 216.89.93.99:27016 In the last few days to

Re: [hlds] Counter Strike Server Lag

2005-07-02 Thread Stephen Moretti
Whisper wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Command Line and Server.cfg content please Command line to follow (need to get it off the guy that admin's the hardware), but here's the server config. Nothing special really... Let me know if there is anything else you want

Re: [hlds] Status of VAC2 Beta

2005-06-13 Thread Stephen Moretti
Zachary Doherty wrote: I can't join any of the VAC servers, It will get to Verifying and Downloading Resources and it will download Security Module and freeze up for a second and then say Error about Cannot verify, any ideas? This never happened on VAC 1 Its a known issue with the VAC 2

Re: [hlds] First Player in/round end/bot problem....

2005-06-10 Thread Stephen Moretti
Suck. wrote: Alfred: This is something I have noticed myself as far as starting a new round/map. When using mp_timelimit, if a player joins when round and map timer have ended, it doesn't start the next round (and hence load the next map) until one of the below described events has occurred

[hlds] First Player in/round end/bot problem....

2005-06-09 Thread Stephen Moretti
I'm currently a counter strike source server, running only the Mani-Admin mod plugin, so no Mattie Event Scripts or anything else like that. This is something that I've noticed happening, because we have the bots set to join after players. When the server has more than one player then there

Re: [hlds] HOLY CRAP WTF?!

2005-05-25 Thread Stephen Moretti
Bud Ingram wrote: Please note that sarcasm is being turned on now: It is a shame, nay an injustice that Valve dare offer this list as a free service! It is far beyond resonable they make this list available to you with commentary, responses to questions, notifications, let alone any presence

Re: [hlds] MOTD character limit

2005-05-24 Thread Stephen Moretti
Clayton Macleod wrote: There's no guessing involved, nobody reads them even if they're instantly available. ~lol~ So true MOTD big friendly letter FRIENDLY FIRE IS ON! In game... team killing player : whoops! sorry... Didn't realise FF was on. Duh! No of course friendly fire isn't

Re: [hlds] MOTD character limit

2005-05-24 Thread Stephen Moretti
Stephen Moretti wrote: Whisper wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Well I agree, it was pretty silly to have html formatted MOTD's and stick us with ridiculously small character limits. Half the damn character limit is taken up by html formatting code Speaking

Re: [hlds] MOTD character limit

2005-05-24 Thread Stephen Moretti
Whisper wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Well I agree, it was pretty silly to have html formatted MOTD's and stick us with ridiculously small character limits. Half the damn character limit is taken up by html formatting code Speaking of which. I assume you've

Re: [hlds] MOTD character limit

2005-05-24 Thread Stephen Moretti
Andrew Armstrong wrote: The page is not 23 pages long, the size is made up due to html formatting, and is quite small, and no obtrusive graphics or any of that crap. Any chance of seeing a copy of the final MOTD product? I've had what I thought was a reasonably large amount of text on a motd

Re: [hlds] RE: server crashes w/ new update -Solution

2005-05-20 Thread Stephen Moretti
T3XAN wrote: Guys, I hate to say it but for me it seems to be BeetlesMod (and ManiMod) causing this issue for us. I will be temporarily removing it from both of our servers to see if this fixes the problem. When I woke up 2 of my servers were down both had beetlesmod the match server which has no

Re: [hlds] bad challenge error in console

2005-05-13 Thread Stephen Moretti
paul wrote: got this on my servers too -Original Message- From: Joe Rodriguez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 May 2005 17:40 To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds] bad challenge error in console We do too... Thought I was alone in this and was pulling the little bit of hair

Re: [hlds] mp_showhitboxes

2005-05-11 Thread Stephen Moretti
Rafael Lopez wrote: Why can you only show the hitboxes on listen servers? That's mighty lame. It says its because it uses a lot of bandwidth. Last time i though about it, WE decide how much bandwidth we want to use, not valve. I take it you've been watching this :

Re: [hlds] VAC 2 Beta

2005-05-09 Thread Stephen Moretti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: look who sent the info Send by [EMAIL PROTECTED] No valve email address there I'm afraid ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit:

Re: [hlds] Server List Ping problem

2005-03-04 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Whisper wrote: A Windows XP SP2 issue? Just guessing. Nah I get the same on Windows 2k. I think its a universal problem. I was talking to a game server host yesterday; the guy was saying that they see it all the time. I'm guessing here, but the main list is sending out so many pings and

Re: [hlds] Server List Ping problem

2005-03-04 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Whisper wrote: Lol I just realised that Paul does not actually state what sort of connection he is using And you are right, he could just be flodding himself out I have 10Mb cable so that doesn't effect me :) bah swine! ;oP I'm on a 128kb/2mb connection - they kept upgrading my incoming (I

Re: list etiquette (WAS Re: [hlds] HL2MP - getting started with rcon)

2005-03-01 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
ooo Don't get me started... Those are pet peeves! Especially the using REPLY to start a new thread!!! WHY OH WHY MUST THEY DO THAT!!!??? Because we use braindead Microshaft software? Whats that got to do with it?? Both Outlook and Outlook Express have WRITE NEW EMAIL buttons and an

SOT: list etiquette (WAS Re: [hlds] HL2MP - getting started with rcon)

2005-02-28 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Maarten van der Zwaart wrote: Just for that I'm going to top post, so there!! Yes I have somewhat given up hope on convincing people of that. Perhaps I should switch to the equally hopeless causes of trying to get people to trim posts, or not using the reply button to start a new thread. ;-)

Re: [hlds] Re: Cheat

2005-02-17 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Napier, Kevin wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- I like the idea, but I would asume most hackers keep track of what would and wouldn't work for usable hacks. exactly... this concept does not work with the desired targets. It'd only hit the silly 8 year old kids that don't know

Re: [hlds] Re: Cheat

2005-02-17 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
David Fencik wrote: I think you are confusing hackers with script kiddies. I don't think most of the people who cheat in halflife are very intelligent. Yep I suspect you are right, but there will still be a hardcore crowd out there that are programmers capable of understanding, if not writing,

Re: [hlds] Re: Cheat

2005-02-17 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
David Fencik wrote: The part that I disagree with is that group 3 will get warned by the hackers-proper. Right now one can download _any_ cheat, and have it work for them. If we threw some bannable cheats into the mix...many people might choose not to cheat. Yeah I agree group 3 probably

Router tips WAS Re: [hlds] Ban list.

2005-01-20 Thread Stephen Moretti
Pit Gee wrote: Hey a few weeks ago (back before hl 2 came out) someone recommended a good router. What one was it? Any other good tips for the novice in setting one up? Be well all, P I love my 3com Office Secure Router and the Cisco routers are always nice...

Re: [hlds] What maps are 32 players?

2005-01-02 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Anyone tell me what maps are 32 players? I have 32 player server Thanks TK Which mod? ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit:

Re: [hlds] When will the nosteam hacks be fixed?

2004-12-15 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
BoNfiRe wrote: Probbably because of the scale involved in doing this. How many ppl have steam accounts hmm too many. Nah. You're only talking about 2.5 million records really. (2.3 million unique users per month http://www.steampowered.com/status/status.html) Even a desktop database like

Re: [hlds] When will the nosteam hacks be fixed?

2004-12-15 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Whisper wrote: Well the thing is, your STEAM_ID is connected to your Login. Suipposedly you cannot create (RDRR many lols) a STEAM Login without a valid CD Key Thats how integrity is supposed to be maintained to allow people to login on any computer. Indeed - hence the reason I suggest checking

Re: [hlds] OT: Upgrade from Bronze HL2 package...

2004-11-17 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Marcelo de Paula Bezerra wrote: I second that. I received a retail half-life 2 as a gift and would be more than happy to upgrade it to silver. On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 23:56 -0600, List Keeper wrote: Valve, Please incluce a method to upgrade from the Bronze HL2 package to the Silver or Gold in

Re: [hlds] Re: Hi

2004-11-16 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Sorry for the top loading, but I wanted to make it clear just how annoying this has now become! Please Please Please can someone do something about this? Even disallowing emails to the list with attachments would do the trick! Stephen EricS wrote: -- [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] :) -- [

Re: [hlds] Re: Hi

2004-11-16 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Bruce Bahamut Andrews wrote: Stephen Moretti (blueyonder) wrote: Sorry for the top loading, but I wanted to make it clear just how annoying this has now become! Please Please Please can someone do something about this? Even disallowing emails to the list with attachments would do the trick

[hlds] OT: Belkin replacement.

2004-11-10 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
1) Tell us which router you have. I used a Belkin router and could never get it to work. Belkin tech support was worthless, and I never got it to work. I got rid of the router, problem went away. Complete aside I was messing with my belkin pile of plastic junk again today, forwarding ports

Re: [hlds] OT: Belkin replacement.

2004-11-10 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
OoksServer wrote: - Original Message - From: Stephen Moretti (blueyonder) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: HLDS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:21 AM Subject: [hlds] OT: Belkin replacement. 1) Tell us which router you have. I used a Belkin router and could never get

[hlds] Server list even more stuffed than normal!

2004-10-08 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
OK - so I recently got involved in administering a Day of Defeat server. The server has been up for literally only a week now. We had a couple of quiet days while settings were still being tinkered with and map lists being decided, but then the other afternoon (uk time) the server steadily

Re: [hlds] Help with updating the windows dedicated server.

2004-09-26 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Dan Sisson wrote: I go to run the hldsupdatetool.exe it runs but according to the way it tells me to create a username the command promp says its not a valid command. The readme.txt file for it is well out of date. Run it from a command prompt without any parameters and you should get

Behind a belkin router WAS :Re: [hlds] Latest Client Update.

2004-09-23 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
of the firewall will not translate the address properly. The browser thinks the server is not responding and does not list it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Moretti(blueyonder) Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:51 PM To: HLDS

Re: Behind a belkin router WAS :Re: [hlds] Latest Client Update.

2004-09-23 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Deadman Standing wrote: Yes that is correct. The slap is optional. mutterI should have known that Thank you - wish someone had said this to me months ago when I was first tinkering with this! Regards Stephen ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list

Re: Behind a belkin router WAS :Re: [hlds] Latest Client Update.

2004-09-23 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
David Epps wrote: ive got a belkin router, www.portfoward.com (or .co.uk i cant remember) follow the details for PORT FORWARDING and choose the belkin you have. then itl work http://www.portforward.com Yeah been there. I've got a F5D5231-4, so I followed the instructions for Virtual Servers (port

[hlds] Latest Client Update.

2004-09-22 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Before anyone gets their knickers in a twist, this is a server related observation/question and no I'm not going to rant about how the latest installed stopped my steam client from working yet again, because that would be a lie! For a change the update installed smoothly, if a little sluggishly,

Re: [hlds] Steam Down For Anyone Else

2004-08-20 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
TJ Hilton wrote: Hey All When I try to log into steam, it says updating, goes through the update progress bar to 100% then restarts at zero and does it again, then goes back to zero and restarts again. Then it says that steam is temporarily unavailable. Is anyone else having these problems?

Re: [hlds] VAC something wrong.

2004-07-22 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Richard Welsh wrote: -- Valve and Steam are Mod Friendly but not Hack Friendly. Everyone that makes 3rd party products such as models, sprites, skins, sounds, maps knows this. If New players are just DLing anything off the net and installing it without prior knowledge of CS and its hacking

Re: [hlds] VAC something wrong.

2004-07-22 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Rob Harwood wrote: Yes it does. When they are bundled together with hacks That makes no sense, in that case its not banning for the models but the DLL or whatever that they are packaged with. Actually it makes perfect sense. Most times when you download some kind of add on it comes in a self

Re: [hlds] Map Differs from Server?

2004-07-19 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
There is probably a period of time where a client appears to be up to date, but rather he just needed to wait a while for to update to get scheduled in for his particular content server Yeah - I thought of that at the time. It had been half a day with numerous log in/out and I got them to check

Re: [hlds] Map Differs from Server?

2004-07-17 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
I have a lot of users that are complaining that they can't connect to my server because the Map they have on their system is not the same. I end up having to tell them to delete the map then join the server to get the one we use. You'll probably find that users can no longer find the maps on

Re: [hlds] Map Differs from Server?

2004-07-17 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Kevin Ottalini wrote: You probably need to update the maps on your server to the latest version. Unfortunately, both the client and the server were up to date and the problem was not just with one server but with all servers. Giving the client the map file, fixed the problem for all servers and

Re: [hlds] Server reference and a Master Server Listing Q.

2004-07-16 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Anyway, here's hoping the firmware update works and hopefully someone will come up with a good reference for hlds. ;) insert long stream of expletives here So the firmware upgrade did nothing, so here are my settings : *http://tinyurl.com/58svo Have I got them right? Or have I done something

[hlds] Server reference and a Master Server Listing Q.

2004-07-14 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
maps and a couple of efrag/mardymouse custom maps that I've played recently. Be aware that this is just a test server and may not be available at all times. TIA Stephen Moretti (aka Mr Nil) ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list

Re: [hlds] Server reference and a Master Server Listing Q.

2004-07-14 Thread Stephen Moretti (blueyonder)
Secondly, I've done everything I can think of to get my server onto the steam master lists; my port forwarding is set according to the steam port number faq; I've set sv_lan to 0. I've checked, double check, triple checked, hunted google, the steam forums everywhere to no avail. The server can be