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class=907302818-13122004>I still can't get over the lousy game support on BF42.
It looked like the game to take over my HL servers in time... but guess
not. Knowing this, I wouldn't have bought the game in the first place, and
seeing after-release-support on both BF42, BF'nam, and other games delivered by
EA, I'll have a real hard time convincing myself to put my hard earned money in
other games like BF2.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=907302818-13122004>HL2 is pretty good. Seeing client requirements and all
the debris flying about, I never expected this good performance as it is running
how.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=907302818-13122004>However much of the rant posted on HARD|OCP is true.
Valve goofed a lot not supplying the SDK to the major admintool creators in
advance. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=907302818-13122004>The CS:Source community is now begging for decent
admintooling since the RCON use is rather limited. Guess there's shit all about
the gameworld.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=907302818-13122004>Still, Once you got steam running well, it's quite easy
maintaining. Atleast the code trees are the same, so your linux box will stay
about nicely after an update</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=907302818-13122004>Also Valve's history of supporting the first Half-Live
looks promising... Though they could and should have done better in reparing the
release of the Source engine.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=907302818-13122004>COD is said to run well, but haven't tried it myself.
my experiences with UT (classic, 2k3 and 2k4) were not much of a happy face to
me. Not stable enough, and though a nice webinterface, it was a bit to picky
when installed on Linux for my use. (it didn't deal well with my SMP
kernels)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Ian Merwin [mailto:ian@liontrax.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> dinsdag 7 december 2004 6:23<BR><B>To:</B>
bf1942@icculus.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [bf1942] hmmm....<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I keep checking my
inbox for the *Linux patch*.... =(</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a Clan leader,
advid BF42 game player, and server host (Linux of course)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>(I own 3 copies
of 42, 1 copy of RTR and 1 copy of SW)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I experimented with
vietnam... was not impressed </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>My desire to
purchase BF2 is seriously dropping every day....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have any of you
tried some of the other games like Joint operations, Black hawk down, Halo2,
Half life2, etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whats it like to
host them? Are they hogs.. do they have Linux servers? and what about
RemoteManagers....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bummer! I
REALLY like 42... </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>but the map glitches
that have NEVER been fixed </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT
face=Arial size=2>(except by server side mods - and ppl wont find you unless
they deslect *pure*) and the other items that have already been aired.... and
now this whole fiasco..... </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT
face=Arial size=2>I really think its time to find a new
game/company.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><SPAN class=468571305-07122004><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Ian</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>