<!--QuoteBegin--Immacolata+Mar 12 2003, 10:14 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Immacolata @ Mar 12 2003, 10:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Uh, is it possible to lock ex_interp value on a server? If it is, please make THAT pop-up and strongly urge server man to set it at default and lock it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> umm.... Maybe I'm incorrect here, but at least in mods that I've played, the ex_interp default value is wrong, specifically because it is supposed to be set to 1/cl_updaterate. I know that the counter-camp community decided to lock it, but this isn't counter-camp. AFAIK in the next hl patch it will be a determined cvar dependent upon what you set your cl_updaterate to.
Anyway, stepping off my soapbox, there is no way without a plugin to lock ex_interp.
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<!--QuoteBegin--MonsieurEvil+Mar 10 2003, 05:21 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Mar 10 2003, 05:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> On the negative side (to your point, and to my own preference for thin-client computing ), this would be a very Win32-specific utility. Linux ops would not see much benefit to it. However, usually they are not as likely to just slap on an HLDS and let it run without tweaking it at all. I think the win32 operators are more likely to have their servers running with defaults, as they are often less-tweaky about their OS and such. It's an unfortunate side-effect of Windows' 98% market domaination of PC's.
Perhaps we could have some sort of happy medium. The problem with doing it via uncompiled scripts is that a perl or python script that would run fine on Linux won't even necessarily have the engine necessary on Win32. A compiled win32 exe has no luck on linux. Life in disparate OS land...
EDIT: Or a combination? We could include a setup script in the linux tarball version what asks the same sorts of things. Interesting... 2-pronged approach might be best? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I really don't see that as much of a problem - what kind of n00b uses linux? You'd really have to hate yourself to jump in that deep without any real experience.
as for the tsay stuff, I hope so too, so far I've seen one server, CHI Mayhem that can do csays normally, which is odd, since it's been like that since darien first set it up...and I can't seem to get mine to do what his does... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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umm.... Maybe I'm incorrect here, but at least in mods that I've played, the ex_interp default value is wrong, specifically because it is supposed to be set to 1/cl_updaterate. I know that the counter-camp community decided to lock it, but this isn't counter-camp. AFAIK in the next hl patch it will be a determined cvar dependent upon what you set your cl_updaterate to.
Anyway, stepping off my soapbox, there is no way without a plugin to lock ex_interp.
Perhaps we could have some sort of happy medium. The problem with doing it via uncompiled scripts is that a perl or python script that would run fine on Linux won't even necessarily have the engine necessary on Win32. A compiled win32 exe has no luck on linux. Life in disparate OS land...
EDIT: Or a combination? We could include a setup script in the linux tarball version what asks the same sorts of things. Interesting... 2-pronged approach might be best? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I really don't see that as much of a problem - what kind of n00b uses linux? You'd really have to hate yourself to jump in that deep without any real experience.
as for the tsay stuff, I hope so too, so far I've seen one server, CHI Mayhem that can do csays normally, which is odd, since it's been like that since darien first set it up...and I can't seem to get mine to do what his does... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->