Chris64

If you mean did they release dedicated server files for non-Windows platforms, no they did not.

There was thinking involved in this decision? :lol:

Are these home-hosted servers?

It's really up to you. I don't think there is streaming "overkill" - as long as you trust the site & it does a decent job (I haven't heard anything bad about AON - I think a number of SGA's here use AON as well, especially on AA), you might as well - it will help the game's community overall. I am not an expert on AON, so others here can probably help you out better than I can, but my understanding is they are an AC community with their own banlist emphasizing AA & CoD4. The advantage would be access to their lists and improving their lists with your catches. But at the end of the day, it is up to you. 'Tis your server ;).

Love this!

Great interview. B)

sv_punkbuster 0 Enforce anticheat or play with cheaters, there is no way to manually disable EB-issued Global GUID/Global Hardware GUID bans.

imo, one of the etpro team, if any are still around, need to release a simple update or patch with one feature -> the removal of the etpro GUID & IAC system. maybe then yawn would stop using it & leagues like clanbase would abandon it as well. apparantly bani himself stating "etpro guids are unreliable & should not be used" is not enough.

As RoadWarrior noted, you must be streaming to submit SS's for ban review. Hopefully we will see lots of future ss submissions from you shortly as you will choose to dual stream ;).

I'm clearly late, but better late than never ;p Merry Christmas! :D

I am not sure how that works in etpro, but other mods set a default amount of time to temp ban a person after a kick. This is usually user-configurable. If you don't have that option in etpro, etadmin_mod provides this feature - [link=http://kmod.quakewarsterritory.com/index.php]kMod[/link] might also; it's an add-on for etpro. What config is this? Again I am not that familiar with etpro's behavior - are you saying it autoclears that list each restart? If so, try putting the IP/GUID bans in your pbbans.dat file. Mute him & abuse him as much as possible. Eventually it is likely he may get bored and leave. Yes, this is not really a solution, per-se, but it does tend to work. If your other players are regulars & you know them well, perhaps you can range ban for a week or so & let them know what is going on before hand & hope they'll understand. minguidage as I understand it was a test implementation from the get go. etadmin_mod did have this feature but from what I've heard, it is buggy & guidages are not always reported. Dedicated asshats also tend to age their guids & keep a nice stash ready to get around features such as these - so it's not as helpful as it seems at face value. Whether they were ever of any use, I do not know. I do know, however, that they are essentially useless now. The etpro team (bani himself iirc) has stated that "etpro guids are buggy & should not be used". They are easily spoofable and it is also possible for multiple machines to get the same GUID - most famously - any Win98 install on any machine gets the same guid - & while banning all win9x users may not be a big loss percentage wise, you get the idea of the reliability of etpro guids. These are the only GUIDs for ET that are hardware-based that I know of, unless you are referring to information used for PB Global Hardware bans, which is not available to end-users & is only done on their end. Jaymod has added the function of MAC address banning since one of the 1.5 (what became 2.0) betas & this, though also spoofable, adds another layer of complication to cheaters' efforts to come back, increasing the odds you may bore them into leaving (and also probably foiling a percentage of cheaters who simply do not know how to bypass them) From what I've heard the entire etpro project is abandoned. With regards to PB - what do you mean? Minguidage aside, PB is updated quite frequently for ET and it should be noted as EvenBalance have stated before, you do not always need a new 'full-blown' PB update to detect cheats - alot of that is done on their end with little to no notification (as it should be). PB Server v2.0 has just been rolled out for quite a few games & et is one of them. apparantly i wasted my time typing the etpro guid speech above ;P imo, EvenBalance has not shown the 'white feather'. I hate to think about what the ET scene would be like without PB. It's simply harder to manage these things in a free game then in a for-pay one w/ cd key & that, essentially, is the price you 'pay'. ET is a great game, and we put the effort into it because we want to see it prosper & be a fun environment - you are not alone, either in your efforts or frustrations - don't give up :).

Happy [late] Birthday MayDaX! Hope it was great & thanks for your invaluable contributions :).

Its not EvenBalance's fault. Bitch to Sierra/VU - they hold the cards as to whether it gets PB support or not. EB simply does what it is paid to do. I should point out Sierra/VU has a less-then-stellar track-record on game support.

That almost looks like a superimposed xfire window to me.

np, you are quite welcome. Again, I know very little about Fritzbot or BoBot. But I know OmniBot has some pretty big issues (the newer ones) with ET 2.55 (afaik 0.532 should work). Did OmniBot crash too (including 0.532?) & what mod are you using, if any, in addition to the bots.

I have never encountered this problem but I have never used bobots. Does it only crash on that file? I also believe the download bug 'fix' you are referring to is not for the problem you have. There is a security vulnerability re downloads in 2.55/2.56/2.60 (non B). How many PK3's do you have in your directories? Too many can cause download crashes.

How is the 2.56 scene these days?

One thing that has always annoyed me is that I do better with the chaep $10 dollar bargain basement low-end mice that are small & light. I've tried the more expensive "high end gaming" mice & they just make my hand sore. I worry one day they will stop producing the mouse type I use and I'll be stuck, lol.

No love for 2.56? :P

You'll be feeling that one for awhile ;). As for NfS, I suppose that's a milestone of some sorts for EB. First game of that genre with PB support iirc.

Any reason not to go with jaymod? It has the sprees you want. I'm not sure which versions are compatible with which omnibot, but I'm sure you can find a working version that's semi-recent.

Irony.

I should have stated the newer omnibots*. I was pretty sure at one time or another they worked. (I need sleep) It's been a long time since I fooled around with it, but didn't WhaleClient have spree sounds built in? I'm pretty sure it did. http://etserver.oc.edu/ETRedirect/etpub/wh...-1_4_beta1.html Pretty sure that will be your best bet for etpub without etadmin_mod.

I've been recommending to people for quite awhile now not to attempt to run bots with ET 2.55. It seems to be asking for trouble. I have not seen anyone do it succesfully yet. Is the only functionality you are wanting from etadmin_mod sprees?

Damn. More unranked/ranked BS. I suppose its the trend nowadays, but I hate it. Otherwise, it's looking like a great game.