[bf1942] okay....tell me what this means

[Jon]

Then why did Andreas say this:

"The server administrator can also decide to add additional CRC bundles for
 clients using certain mods he decides to allow."

"There will actually be one CRC line for each map and
game mode
for every mod. This file can be generated by using a shell script to loop
over all
the maps and game modes and have the executable spit out the CRCs. "

That doesnt sound like pure or non-pure to me, but you never know, I could
just be reading it wrong.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart, John" <johns at artesyncp.com>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 3:54 PM
Subject: RE: [bf1942] okay....tell me what this means


>
> > > Currently, server admins will not be able to run content
> > check servers
> > > that have user created maps/mods installed. If they do,
> > clients will not
> > > be able to connect to those servers, regardless of whether
> > or not they
> > > have the same maps/mods installed as the server.
> > >
> > > We got screwed.
> >
> > I'm hoping this is just a case of EA posting the wrong
> > information. It
> > seems odd that Andreas (who is part of the development team)
> > would post
> > one explanation and then have it contradicted by EA..
> >
> > Andreas? Please tell us this is a mistake on EA's part? :)
>
> No, this is what Andreas said all along would be the case. I don't know
how
> you guys could be confused. He said we'd have an option to turn checking
off
> (a la sv_pure), and that's what they're giving us. There has been no
> contradiction.
>
> Either you're going to check for legit code, or you're going to allow
> client-side mods. What do you think the cheats are, anyway? Just a client
> side mod telling the server something it shouldn't.
>
> There is no other practical way to do this. How would the server be able
to
> determine what is legit and what is not?
>
> johnS