How about quitting overwriting files like MOTD and MAPCYCLE...that shit is annoying as hell...
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Fletcher Dunn <[email protected]>wrote: > This update will be the last time that happens.**** > > ** ** > > We’re getting rid of all instances where we encourage people to modify > shipping files. For all such customizations in the future, thingsa re > setup to encourage people to copy it to a new file and modify that one.*** > * > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brady Osborne > *Sent:* Monday, June 03, 2013 7:22 PM > > *To:* Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [hlds] Mandatory TF2 update released**** > > ** ** > > Hey all,**** > > ** ** > > Is it normal for SteamCMD to delete files during the conversion process > from HLDSUpdateTool? I kept seeing files vanish, so I put SteamCMD on the > left side of my screen with my 'cfg' folder on the right, and after a few > seconds of running SteamCMD on a directory that was previously updated by > HLDSUpdateTool, the cfg files disappeared as if they were deleted.**** > > ** ** > > According to this > article<https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7388-QPFN-2491>it > says files will only be moved, not deleted, but I have not found this to > be true. I have had several other users ask me about this issue, too. I > did some research with Process Monitor and found that SteamCMD does in fact > overwrite the cfg files in addition to several others.**** > > ** ** > > Note the highlighted line here (SetRenameInformationFile): > http://tinypic.com/r/9zn38m/5**** > > ** ** > > So in the article's question "My XYZ file got deleted. Where did it go? > The conversion process does not delete any user files." - this is > technically true, however, the conversion process* *does *overwrite* files. > User files outside of a specific set are not modified, like the 'addons' > folder or 'server.cfg'.**** > > ** ** > > Thoughts?**** > > ** ** > > Thank you,**** > > > **** > > *Brady Osborne* > [email protected]**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 5:50 PM, AeroliteGaming.com < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > Thank you very much for that, it worked. **** > > > On 03/06/2013 23:46, Nicholas Hastings wrote:**** > > If you have the Steam client installed on your server, launch it and check > for updates. > > That error can happen when they update the shipped steam_api (they did) > and you have an older steamclient installed on the machine.**** > > -- > Nicholas Hastings > AlliedMods.net <http://www.alliedmods.net>**** > > > > > **** > > **** > > *AeroliteGaming.com* <[email protected]>**** > > Monday, June 03, 2013 6:43 PM**** > > Having troubles after this update: > > ************************************************** ********* > ************************************************** ********* > * Unable to load Steam support library. * > * Unable to load Steam support library. * > * This server will operate in LAN mode only. * > * This server will operate in LAN mode only. * > ************************************************** ********* > ************************************************** ********* > > Tried validating and still no luck.**** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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