I'm much more concerned about the SDR thing though. The help pages indicate it'll be available for community server operators and that they (possibly?) plan to route *all* traffic through it. I really do not want this as I prefer to have control over the networking for my servers and I also don't want it to literally become impossible to play the game when Steam servers are down
Yeah, I thought removing it from the chat message was enough, I don't think it should have been made impossible to send disconnect messages. It's absolutely essential for me as a community server operator for example, people who are using VPNs, people trying to join when the server is full (I have sv_visiblemaxplayers set below maxplayers so the built in message wont show), people banned or trying to use a specific feature, people who are sending too many commands (i.e. PASS time) and dozens more. Now people have no clue why they are getting disconnected. It made sense to remove it from the chat as clients were abusing it but it shouldn't just be completely impossible for servers to send disconnect reasons. And this was not just for matchmaking servers but all servers including community servers. Please bring it back. ---- On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:04:56 -0700 Tohru Adachi <[email protected]> wrote ---- SDR is intended for Casual MM it seems - in the simplest terms it's like Cloudflare but for gameservers. Other games eg CS:GO already use the system for official MM. While I'd be interested in seeing what they do with it, I don't think it's going to be rolled out to server operators. Can't say for sure because I'm not Eric or John (or whoever else still contributes to TF2). As a sidenote, I'm a bit disappointed at the lack of chat over Valve removing disconnect reasons for clients (all disconnects are now "Client Disconnect" instead of whatever the server sends, regardless of Casual or non-casual server). Would very much like to see it back as it's useful for informing clients. -------- Original Message -------- From: Naleksuh [mailto:mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021, 9:57 PM To: hlds Subject: [hlds] Mandatory Team Fortress 2 update released So just to clarify. Using the SDR will remain optional right? I'd ideally like to not require a dependency on Steam servers to play the game as they are frequently down and some people might prefer connecting directly _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/
