[Quick question] CRC check on updated custom file?

[CrazyHamster]

Hello everybody, I need some help.

I am using the "SourceMod - Quake Sounds" plugin for my TF2 server.

Let's say I got a custom sound file, as:

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custom_sound_01.mp3
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So when new player joins my server for the first time, that custom sound file will be downloaded to his/her local TF2 folder. OK with that part.

My question is:

1)
If later on I modify that custom sound file, or replace it with a totally different one, yet still using the same filename. Then when my player returns to my server, will he/she be automatically download the updated version of the file?

I remember when I was messing around with the "pure_whitelist.txt", I saw some option for checking the CRC of a file, but at the moment, I have no access to the it, so I can't check it out myself...
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Anyone has experience with that, please help me out. I really appreciate it. Thanks!

[CrazyHamster]

I did a little testing myself, but still no luck.

Here is what I tried:

1)
In my "server.cfg", my "sv_pure" and "sv_pure_kick_clients" were as my original:

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sv_pure 1
sv_pure_kick_clients 1
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The only change was in the "pure_server_whitelist.txt", I added the "check_crc".

From:
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sound/admin_plugin/... allow_from_disk
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To:
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sound/admin_plugin/... allow_from_disk+check_crc
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*(The CRC check did add a significant on joining the server...)

Tried to join the server, and no luck, TF2 didn't download the my updated sound file, and I got kicked for not having a consistent file.

2)
Then, in "server.cfg", I changed:

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sv_pure 1
sv_pure_kick_clients 0 // from 1
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No luck, it played the old sound file, instead of downloading the updated on. "sv_pure" didn't care about the CRC, and only check the filename?

I will try some more later.

[Drocona]

The sounds will never "update"
You need to give them new names, the engine does not overwrite files to match files from the server ever.

[CrazyHamster]

Drocona,

Thank you for your reply.

I read a bit more on the wiki:

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http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Pure_Servers
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and it really doesn't seem like there is a way to update the custom sound file, to the correct version...

Just my opinion, I find it kind of odd, especially with the options as "sv_pure" and "check_crc", I expected that updating a file would be possible.

Using my case as example, I originally have an audio clip for welcoming the players, but it didn't play well, so I edited the clip a bit to make it work. Now, since Steam won't update the same file, I have to give the modified clip a new name, and use it as a new file, that makes the original one an orphan file on my player's HDD. Consider many other SRCDS admins are dealing with the same issue, that is just not a good scene...

A week ago, when I first set up the Quake Sounds plugin, I was worried about an issue like this, so I did a bit precaution, and added the abbreviation of my server, to the sound files, as a prefix. Something like this:

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crazy_sound_01.mp3
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so if other servers got their "sound_01.mp3" screwed up, at least that wouldn't affect my server...
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In regard to this issue, anyone here got tips to share on how to manage the files better?