Re: Pure Server Mode Question / Request

You can enforce external folder level consistancy for custom content with
crc checks so server ops dont need to list tons of individual files, just
the folder(s).

This is a very sweet option, thank you Alfred!

 // Three types of file specifications:
 //
 // 1. directory\*.*   - refers to all files under the directory
 // 2. directory\...   - refers to all files under the directory and all
directories under that (recursively)
 // 3. directory\filename   - refers to a single file

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfred Reynolds" <alfred <at> valvesoftware.com>
To: <hlds <at> list.valvesoftware.com>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:10 PM
Subject: RE: [hlds] Pure Server Mode Question / Request

> Um, please have a read of the pure server config file. It supports (by
> design) custom server files using the allow_from_disk+check_crc flag,
> you have all the tools you need to customise the assets on your server
> yet still enforce that clients have the same content as you. If you
> could do a little more research before making obviously false statements
> next time that would be great.
>
> - Alfred
>
>>>>
>>>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>>>> From: "Chris Barnett" <cb <at> hrhdtr.net>
>>>>> OK, 5% was a bit generous. How about 1% then?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or would you like to "educate" me as to how many servers out there
>>>>> are pure vanilla? Because if you take away the match servers it's
>>>>> next to nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Again, we have the vanilla fans attacking the plugin community,
>>>>> using the old "But surely we have to protect ourselves against
>>>>> cheaters" line.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bullshit.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's easy for them (VALVe) to code for the client to be consistent
>>>>> with the server. Hell it was done before, but like everything else
>>>>> useful written by the independent plugin community, it was broken
>>>>> with a Valve update - which no one minds, if only VALVe would
>>>>> listen to the community and run a freakin beta program.
>>>>>
>>>>> So why the talk around here of a pure mode which only checks for
>>>>> consistency of Valve content?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll tell why.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because a very small number of people, want a world where only
>>>>> server operators running vanilla Source, to be able to keep out
>>>>> the cheaters, leaving all the custom servers questionable, so that
>>>>> the only the vanilla servers get packed out each night.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you really want to stop the cheaters and you want a pure gaming
>>>>> experience at the expense of functionality then just disconnect
>>>>> yourself from the internet and play either your friends on a LAN
>>>>> or some bots.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers.
>>>>>