Basic Installation Step:
1 - Extract Source Tools somewhere
2 - Launch EZ-SPECTATE.bat [it will be replaced with ez-spectate shortcut]
3 - Spectate all day
4 - Type "exit" in Source Tools window to quit TF2 and Source Tools
To upgrade
1. backup your userfiles folder
2. Delete the source tools folder content
3. Extract the content in the old Source Tools folder.
4. Transfer back inside your userfiles folder.
Release Notes:
Source Tools 0.95c5
April 16th Release
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Source Tools Core 0.95c5
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Tweaks
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- Initializing progress will be reported, so you can see where you crash, if you crash.
- Initializing process is faster.
- Pre-check verification attempts some fixes. It won't garantee to work for every case.
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Item Tracker
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- Email notification no longer requires an email account setup.
-- You need to register at http://tf2stats.net and copy the key in "User CP" to Source Tools' Basic Configuration section.
-- Your notifications will still fit the criteria you specified in Source Tools [such as how many drops before being notified].
- TF2stats.net will gather drop stats from Source Tools users.
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Tweaks
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- Source Tools now in COLORS!!! Tell me if I'm overcompensating.
- Removed "wait.exe" and replaced with "ping".
- Added "Swiss File Knife" [sfk.exe] to the package of binaries.
--- http://stahlworks.com/dev/swiss-file-knife.html
--- It will allow me to do a lot of tweaking once I confirm it works for everyone.
- Added "testing" level 3 [testing=3] that will increase the amount of information by a lot for debugging.
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Connection Manager
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- Connected message will appear correctly [was bugged in c3].
- Recheck Status function is now properly synchronized so it doesn't occur when reconnecting [Fixed because of Drunken F00l *facerage*].
- Map check won't get confused when initiating a recheck status.
- If steam needs to be restarted, your game files will be verified. Source Tools waits 20 minutes for the process.
- The 20 minutes delay can be reduced, but it's not recommended as it will cause problems if Steam didn't finish.
--- You can test your delay by typing "steamcrash" in Source Tools.
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Item Tracker
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- TIM messages muted. Source Tools will give out its own messages.
-- Magenta = Hat Drop
-- Dark Cyan = Item Drop
- You'll be prompted to choose between SIM and TIM on the first launch of the profile.
- SIM now works with Steam beta, so it will be relaunched if it crashed while using Steam beta.
- SIM is no longer "read-only" by default, as there is no more stability issue.
- TIM recheck delay reduced to 1 minute [was 2 minutes].
- TIM now supposed for crash recovery.
- Item tracker credits will be displayed even after using "clear".
Source Tools 0.95c3
April 6th Release
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Misc fixes and tweaks
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Additions
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- Added re-check player count every X minutes [Based on your settings for change server, autoretry, and delay retry]
- Added Server Name to show in the SRCTools console [disabled by default, go to Add-On Manager, Basic Connection Manager settings]
- Delayed the execution of commands added in the server list [after the IP]. They'll be executed way after you've loaded in. If the commands don't work for you, then it's your fault.
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Bug Fixes
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- Fixed Player Count check
- Fixed Map check
- Two fixes above also fixed double disconnect message.
- Welcome "playername" should display properly for those with fucked characters.
Source Tools 0.95c2
April 5th Release
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Source Tools Core
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Tweaks
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- You don't need ez-spectate.bat to re-create the ez-specate profile if you deleted the profile, it will be re-created when using the windows shortcut.
- Added option to permanently disable Beep Sound in Extra Tools [in case net stop beep doesnt work well]
- Added System check for all commands functionality [findstr, wait, cscript]
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Bug Fixes
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- Change server and Return to beginning of list fixed.
- Include new TF2_itemmonitor.exe update so the timestamp matches Source Tools and Source Tools doesn't miss out on drops.
- Sending a command to TF2 [using sendcmd] would strip out any quotes from the command.
- Automatic name changer was broken. Fixed it [Because of above bug]
- Unknown Command: "******" with weird characters can no longer crash Source Tools
- Duplicate Disconnect message appearing, first one saying you were kicked for X reasons, second one that the player count was too low.
- Blacklist won't blacklist servers in your favorites [For Steam Beta users, wasn't a problem with old Steam]
Source Tools 0.95c
April 3rd Release
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Source Tools Core
===================================================================
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Extremely Important Changes
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- Extra.bat and Configure.bat are now accessed from SourceTools.bat
- All previous mode1/mode2 and userfiles\config\*.txt settings are no longer applicable.
- All Source Tools settings are now only defined in Profiles. [userfiles\profiles\*.ini]
- You cannot launch TF2 from Source Tools without a profile.
- The Connection Manager server list is now userfiles\serverlist\servers.txt
- EZ-SPECTATE will autodelete itself on the first launch and be replaced by a windows shortcut.
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Profile Configuration
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- Profiles are Created/Edited from SourceTools.bat
- A shortcut is created upon creation of a profile. You can also create a shortcut from the configuration section.
- Mode1/Mode2 are now profile SETTINGS [whether the profile launches TF2 in mode1 or mode2 purely for video and cfg settings]
- Add-On Manager section now shows each add-on with different sub-sections
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Extra Tools
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- ADDED - <Username> SCREWED UP THE TEAM FORTESS 2 SETTINGS.
-- Will do a full reset of EVERYTHING for TF2.
--- Can be used for all sorts of reason, but you'll be assured no hidden setting will survive.
- REMOVED - Enable/Disable dual mode
-- Temporary removal until I have tweaked the method and use of mode1/mode2
--- Im tired of people following the old guide of 0.94 and complaining that they aren't in textmode
- Options to remove and clear Source Tools settings and mode1/mode2 configs are TEMPORARLY still available.
-- They will be removed a few versions later once everyone had the chance to uninstall dual-mode.
--- They will be replaced by something else once I have re-added Dual Mode for different purposes.
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Terminal Commands
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- switch <profile>: allows you to have Source Tools change configuration profile and restart TF2.
- profiles : Lists available configuration profiles to select
- drops : Lists all item and hat drops acquired during the session [if Item Tracker Add-On is enabled]
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Bug Fixes
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- Steam Launch Options were added to TF2's launch even if the user select not to do so. Now it's fixed.
- Several disconnect messages previously not detected by Source Tools are now detected.
- Disconnect messages with special characters can no longer crash Source Tools
- Terminal command "say" fixed, now functional.
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Blacklist Add-On - Bye Bye Fake Player Count
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- Added new add-on for automatically updating your TF2 blacklist.
- Register an account at http://tf2stats.net
- From tf2stats.net User CP, get your user key for the add-on and edit your blacklist filters.
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Extremely Important Changes
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- Server list is now userfiles\serverlist\servers.txt
- You can specify a different file name other than servers.txt for your server list.
- Restart on computer Reboot disabled by default but can still be enabled.
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New Features
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- Added option to return to the beginning of the server list [advanced connection management]
- Added a population check so you can define to change server if there are less than X REAL players.
- Added map check so you can defined to change server if the map name does not include any word specified [example: idle]
- All servers will be verified on TF2Stats.net and removed if they disable the "wait" command.
- You can add commands to be executed on specific servers by adding " ;command 1;command 2;etc' to your server list.
-- Example: 67.228.0.54:27015;jointeam red;joinclass scout
---- The commands will be executed ~15 seconds after connecting to the server
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Graphics idling method
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- Added option to use "-noshaderapi" launch option.
--If enabled, Source Tools will backup your video settings and restore them several times to be sure they're not lost.
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Server List
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- Added 67.228.0.53:27015 & 67.228.0.52:27015 to the default list
- Added TF2_ItemMonitor.exe to the package.
- TF2_ItemMonitor.exe is now the DEFAULT item monitoring application.
--- It will not work if your Steam Profile is set to default.
- Block TF2_itemmonitor.exe from reporting ALL your backpack as item found in your itemdrops.log and email notification.
-- It will still appear on the console, but not as the total counts on the window title.
- Steam Item Manager can still select as the item monitoring application.
- Added date stamps to userfiles\itemdrops.log
- Added Session end/start markers to userfiles\itemdrops.log
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Source Tools Terminal Commands
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- Added "help" to list all available commands with a description.
- Fixed breaking the input terminal when pressing enter without any commands.
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Connection Manager
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- Diminished [slightly] resource usage of the Connection Manager.
- Changed autostatus command and made the timer be even shorter [it was cutting it too close]
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Fixes
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- If item drop count until notify is set to 0, you will no longer get a notification.
So if you set item drop notification to 0, and hat drop to 1, you'll only get a notification for hats.
The notification for a hat drop will include all other unlocks acquired since the last notification.
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Misc
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- Steam Item Manager gets installed in \userfiles\SIM\ [if it doesnt already exist]
to avoid re-updating SIM on every update of Source Tools.
- Automatic detection of the beta Steam UI so the add-on gets disabled [as SIM doesnt work with Steam 2010]
- itemtracker_force=1 To force enable Item Tracker even with the new Steam UI
Source Tools 0.95b3
March 19th Release
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General Fixes
===================================================================
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Fixed Issues
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- Had Steam Item Manager installed in 2 places in Source Tools.
- Auto Friend Status: Status wouldn't change or TF2 wouldnt launch.
- Fixed delayed launch of TF2 [delay was placed after launching TF2, not before]
- Fixed Steam re-launch when TF2 fails to restart 4 times in a row.
- SteamItemManager now exits before closing and restarting Steam.
- Disabled Automatic Backup if dual-mode is disabled.
- "Beep" service is now restarted when closing Source Tools.
Source Tools 0.95b2
March 18th Release
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Source Tools Core
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Misc
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- Added "EZ-SPECTATE.bat" for first-timers. Double click and "spectate"
- Removed Source Tools window sizing, so you can scroll up/down.
- Changed a bit the start header.
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Automatic Steam Friends Status
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- Added option to set Steam Friends Status for when you close TF2.
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User CFG
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- Made CFG files in \userfiles\config\<profile>\connect work without Connection Manager
- Delayed \userfiles\config\<profile>\connec\*.cfg execution so they don't load before joining.
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Item Tracker
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- Support for any new items in the coming updates [minus metal/tokens]
- You won't get a window poppup when SIM crashes [Curtesy of Didrole]
- Added crash recovery [Possible thanks to Didrole]
- SIM window is minimized at start [Curtesy of Didrole]
- Make SIM update after a new install of Source Tools.
- Fixed inability to change the EMAIL server in configure.bat
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Misc
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- Automatic Retry won't write "Connected to X" to the Source Tools Console.
- Now reports correct IP in disconnect message
- Fullscreen NOTICE won't get sliced by connection notice.
- Fullscreen NOTICE will only appear once and never after.
Source Tools 0.95b
March 17th Release
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Source Tools Core
===================================================================
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Automatic Steam Friends Status
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- Setting in configure.bat, basic options.
- For config text file: steamfriends=
- Values: online, offline, away, busy [default is 0, which means don't change]
- Example: steamfriends=offline [for idling]
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CFG files
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- All CFG files placed in \userfiles\config\<profilename>\ will be executed in TF2
--- <profilename> is \userfiles\config\<profilename>.txt used for your SourceTools.bat shortcut
--- Example: if the profile is "example_idle" then the folder for CFG will be \userfiles\config\example_idle\
- CFG files made by Source Tools [user made and automatically created CFG files] are now in ~\team fortress 2\tf\cfg\srctools\temp\
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Source Tools Terminal Commands
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- Fixed "sendcmd" for support of certain characters/expressions that would conflict with batch scripting.
- Added "say" for saying stuff in-game [And eventually will add a chat box]
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Misc Fixes
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- Changed AGAIN the method to detect/kill HL2.exe and Steam.exe processes
- Steam launch options wouldnt get added if the user chose so.
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Connection Manager
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User CFG
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- All CFG files placed in \userfiles\config\<profilename>\connect\ will be executed on each connect.
--- So you can add things like "jointeam" and "joinclass" or whatever.
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Crash Recovery
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- Upon crash, TF2 will be connected to the next server in the list. [In case the server caused the crash]
- Fixed the auto status command, so now quiet servers won't cause Source Tools to think TF2 crashed.
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Graphics idling method [Method from 0.94 and lower]
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- Made the setup from the YouTube video functional again for idling in mode2 with graphics. No extra step necessary to idle that way.
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Textmode idling method
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- Solution for disabling the beep sound [XP/Vista/W7]: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/turn-off-the-annoying-windows-xp-system-beeps/
- Removed "-noshaderapi" from the default TEXTMODE to avoid resetting people's video config.
- Added "-window" to the default TEXTMODE launch option. Fullscreen users will want to add "-fullscreen" to their TF2 launch options for GAMING.
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Auto-retry & Auto-Change Server
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- Made timer values in MINUTES [previously was in hours]
- Removed restrictions [no more maximum]
- Fixed the wait times, as setting it to 1 hour would actually result in ~1:50h
- Fixed Auto-Change Server as it wouldnt actually move up
- Added "Delay first retry" so you can avoid "auto-retry" at the same time as "change server"
Example:
auto-retry @ 120 minutes
change server @ 120 minutes
delay first retry @ 60 minutes
RESULT:
12:00 - 1st server
13:00 - First retry [60 minutes]
14:00 - 2nd server
15:00 - Auto-retry
16:00 - 3rd server
17:00 - Auto-retry
etc etc
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Terminal Commands
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- Added "serverlist" which will print the list of servers to Source Tools with a #
- Added "goto #" which will connect you to the #th server on your list.
- Fixed "next" and "back"
- You can now write "next/back #" to move up # of servers
***If you do "next/back" past the min/max server number, you'll be sent to the last/first server in the list.
****** Example: "next 2" will send you 2 servers up
****** Example: "back 2" will send you 2 servers down
- Fixed: Hat drops wouldn't get notified as the hat log was different from the item log.
- Steam Item Manager now launches in "Read-Only" mode to improve stability [less crashes]
*** You can disable "Read-Only" in the configure.bat section for Item Tracker add-on
- Prevent Steam Item Manager from loading before Steam.exe and and after TF2
Source Tools 0.95a
March 12th Release
Basic Features
- Send commands to TF2 from the Source Tools console
- No longer crash on sv_allow_wait_command 0 servers
New Add-On - Item Tracker
- Source Tools console prints new drops, and the window title shows the totals.
- Get E-Mail notifications when you get drops [based on your preferences]
Connection Manager Changes
- Idle in TF2 without video rendering
- No longer the need to use mode2 for idling
- Reconnect to the server every X hours
- Change server every X hours
- Manually change server from the Source Tools console
Minor Changes
- No longer use taskkill.exe and tasklist.exe
- Slowed down the speed at which Source Tools checks the logs
- I forgot what else.
Source Tools 0.94k4
March 9th Release
Fixes
- Added support for Steam usernames that have a space.
- Fixed delay launching HL2.exe option [it didn't delay as it should]
Source Tools 0.94k3
March 2nd Release
Fixes
- Source Tools getting jammed if it has to launch Steam
Source Tools 0.94k2
February 16th Release
Changes
- Made re-launching Steam optional.
Fixes
- Steam not launching properly.
Source Tools 0.94k
February 9th Release
Changes
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- Launch Steam if Steam is not running.
Connection Manager
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- Added function to restart Steam if launching TF2 failed 4 times in a row [without a successful connection in between]
Source Tools 0.94j
February 4th Release
Changes
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- CFG files created by Source Tools no longer use the steamlogin name as part of the CFG file name.
Bug Fix:
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- TF2 was unable to execute CFG files with ".com" in the name. Changed the naming procedure for CFG files in Source Tools.
- In-Game console commands to get information from Source Tools would spam the console over and over with the information.
Source Tools 0.94i
February 1st Release
Changes
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- Re-added the "Connected to XX.XX.XX.XX:XXXX" confirmation.
- Pre-packaged Connection Manager add-on [no need to download it].
Bug Fix:
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- Fixed bug where Source Tools wouldn't be able to send commands to TF2 if the user had a "." in their Steam login name.
Source Tools 0.94h
January 20th Release
Changes
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- Removed "Shortcut creation" from Extra.bat
- Added option in advanced section of configure.bat to have Source Tools wait longer for TF2 to launch [useful if TF2 takes ages to load and Source Tools assumes it crashed]
- Temporarily removed connection notification [working on a big chunk of code for server info parsing, so I removed it until its workign]
- Added the option to NOT connect at launch for Connection Manager
- Reduced CPU usage of SourceTools by half by reducing number of CPU threads.
Bug Fix:
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- Connection Manager relaunching at reboot is now done through registry, so different language OS won't have a problem.
- Tasklist.exe and Taskkill.exe will not be used directly from Source Tools' package if they aren't in your copy of windows [avoids problems copying them over to system32 folder]
- Fixed a few error messages that people would get when TF2 crashes or relaunches
- More robust crash detection and connection loss detection
Source Tools 0.94g
January 13th Release
Changes
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- Added "-nocrashdialog" to the launch options of mode2, but only for new setups. If you already have mode2 setup, add it manually, it will do wonders if TF2 crashes
- Tons of stuff under hood. I stripped this version down for the stuff you guys dont use but I'm working on.
Note- you may get error messages when TF2 crashes, but don't worry as long as it relaunches.
Source Tools 0.94f
January 7th Release
Changes
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- Confirmation of connection in Source Tools console
- Removed all Blacklist functions and tools [will work on pre-made blacklists in the future]
Bug Fix:
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- Failure to detect Steam settings [and all other registry settings]
- Error message appearing at shutdown [but didn't cause any problems]
[Add-On] Connection Manager
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- Fixed Crash Recovery only working once
- Fixed findstr error message [but didn't cause any problems]
Source Tools 0.94e
January 6th Release
Bug Fix:
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- Returned to normal path names [e.g. teamfo~1 is now team fortress 2].
- Changed method of reaching files in the TF2 folders to avoid folder name with spaces not being converted to short name format.
Under the hood
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- Started improving the initialization of Source Tools settings. But you guys won't notice anything different.
Source Tools 0.94d
January 5th Release
Bug Fix:
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- Tentative fix for those getting the Team Fortress 2 folder path being split in sections
- Muted error "DEFAULTFUNC"
Connection Manager 0.94d
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- For performance/reliability reasons, changes to the server list only apply at start of Source Tools.
- If the server list does not exist, it is automatically created with 3 achievement servers [pre-picked]
- Option available to turn off REBOOT recovery [Source Tools restarting if the computer rebooted unexpectedly]
- After recovering from a crash, the server cycling restarts from the first server.
Source Tools 0.94c
December 24th Release
Bug Fixes
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- Delayed Launch was not working. People who had TF2 getting stuck at Launching, or TF2 not receiving any commands in-game, were not able to remedy the problem by delaying the launch of TF2. The setting is in configure.bat \ option 4 \ option 1
- Added Taskkill.exe and Tasklist.exe to the package so that people who don't have it on their computer will not have problems anymore with TF2 not being detected as running, or not force-closed when it crashed.
Source Tools 0.94b
December 23rd Release
Configuration Changes
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- No longer needed to type "gum" for the special TF2 mode2 setting. You only need to have Connection Manager add-on installed and run extra.bat option 5 [enable/disable dual mode]
- Added 7th option to extra.bat [ RESTORE GAME CONFIGURATIONS ] which restores mode1 to your game, and deletes all Source Tools mode files folders [containing your mode CFG, video, etc files]. It also automatically disables dual-mode.
Bug Fix:
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- Fixed Dual Mode Enable/Disable in extra.bat
- Fixed Reset SourceTools Settings in extra.bat
- Fixed " "add" is not recognized as an internal or external command"
- Fixed many things to do with setting up Dual Mode
GnuSED allows Source Tools to process the console.log file much much faster, along with processing the Blacklist and other text strings with more flexibility. This will allow me to make Source Tools start logging much more information.
WIPFW is the new blacklisting tool. Previously, Source Tools could only blacklist servers with their IP only. Now, servers will be blocked based on IP:PORT, so you don't block other servers with the same IP address on a different port.
Choice.exe will mostly be used as a new delay system [timer to make Source Tools check some things every X seconds]
Previously only "ping" was used, but if the user lost the network connection, "ping" delay would stop working and Source Tools would use 100% CPU.
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Small Changes:
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- Custom Menu now includes all the original menu buttons ["except developer commentary" and "resume game"]. The menu will be automatically installed.
- Replaced "Flush Blacklist" in extra.bat with "Reset Settings". You reset to default the Source Tools configuration.
New Features:
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- Blacklisting now supports ports. Currently only for the Blacklist Toggle button.
- SourceTools logs all relevant information of each server you connect to. The information is stored in \userfiles\serverinfo\serverip_port.txt
- Servers using Fake Player Count are recorded in their serverip_port.txt file.
Future Features:
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- Automatic warning that a server is using:
* Fake player count
* Fast Respawn
* sv_allow_wait_command 0
* Other unwanted server settings
- Automatic Blacklisting of selected above server settings [only upon connection]
Bug Fix:
--------------------------
- Fixed enabling Dual Mode [it would get stuck once you answered yes]
- Fixed reserve backup [secondary backup] to be sent to the root drive.
- Fixed launching from Configure.bat - It would completely fail to launch the mode settings and sometimes break the CFG files and video config.
- Fixed Source Tools jamming if HL2.exe failed to launch. Now resumes after 60 seconds.
- Fixed information commands [cfglist, cfgprint, demlist, etc] from printing out all previous commands as well.
- Fixed Connection Manager reconnecting to the first server twice before moving on to the second.
Under the hood:
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- Now use gnused [sed.exe] as text parser for several parts of Source Tools. [and the future features]
- Now use WIPFW [ Windows port of Linux ipforward firewall] to blacklist servers.
- Improved trigger action efficiency for performance.
- Improved trigger detection efficiency for performance.
Broken Features [temporary]
--------------------------
- Blacklist Toggle MIGHT be broken, so don't use it until Source Tools 0.94b
- Connection log doesnt work for now.
Source Tools 0.93
December 4th Release
Source Tools 0.93
- Added support for external add-ons. Blacklist Live! Updater and Connection Manager are the first add-on created.
- Crashcheck's timer can be set by the user [in minutes]
- Added Command queuing. Simultaneous events will be processed instead only processing the last event.
- Improved crash proofing. Source Tools will continue to function after hitting a bug.
- Fixed shortcut creation
- Fixed mode switching [again]
- Fixed mode files being misplaced or destroyed
- Fixed GET/STORE CFG error messages
- Fixed Crashcheck for Connection Manager
- Fixed remote demo file storage not working.
- Fixed random crash after closing Source Tools.
- Fixed non-dualmode users to not be able to use Source Tools at all.
Important things to know about Idling
1. SLEEP MODE IS BAD, don't put your PC in sleep mode, you'll be instantly not idling anymore. Okay?!
2. No you don't need to join a team.
3. No you don't need to join a class.
4. No shut up, you don't need to do anything once you're connected.
5. There are ways to configure source tools to auto-join a team/class, but damn it, I don't approve of it.
Important things to know about Source Tools *
1. Your server list file is in userfiles\serverlist\servers.txt
2. Do not add idling servers that have disabled the wait command [Source Tools will remove them]
3. You MUST exist Source Tools by typing "exit" in the Source Tools console [or else!]
4. There are TONS AND TONS of tweaks and options to toy with. Explore SourceTools.bat profile configuration. Don't be afraid.
5. For the love of Idling, please make your own server list.Here is a huge list of suitable idling servers
6. NO! There isn't a way to detect if you lost connection to Steam Cloud for the backpack
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BEEP BEEP BEEP!!! wtf is this beeping?
Reason - Textmode makes your PC beep when unicode characters appear in the console.
Solution - Launch SourceTools.bat, and select option 3 [Extra tools]. Then select enable/disable beep sound. Follow the instructions
Source Tools says it won't start because a program is blocked.
Reason - Source Tools runs a view tests to make sure every executables it needs are functional.
Solution - Try running Source Tools in administrator, or find the missing program.
TF2 now starts in windowed mode when I want to play!
Reason - Source Tools sets TF2 to windowed mode so launching it in textmode won't cause a fullscreen popup.
Solution - Add "-fullscreen" to your launch options in Steam.
I want to run it on my shitty laptop, but TF2 keeps crashing
Reason - While textmode doesn't render graphics, TF2 still checks for DirectX 8+ support. A shitty computer may not have the proper hardware to satisfy TF2.
Solution - Go in the profile configuration, select add-on manager, go in basic connection manager settings and turn on "Remove need for DirectX support"
Steam says it's preparing to launch TF2... but nothing else happens.
Reason - Shitty computer, things happened too fast.
Solution - Go in profile configuration [sourcetools.bat] and select SRCTOOLS CORE CONFIG. You'll have the option to delay launching HL2.exe by X seconds. Set it to ... uhh 5
Shit I lost EZ-Spectate.bat?!
Reason - EZ-SPECTATE.bat self-deletes the first time you launch it and is replaced by a windows shortcut.
Solution - If you lost the shortcut, launch SourceTools.bat, select Profile Configuration, Select ez-specate, then you'll see at the bottom an option to create a new shortcut.
I fucked up my ez-specate settings and I want the defaults back.
Reason - You fucked up.
Solution - Delete the file userfiles\profiles\ez-spectate.ini and the folder userfiles\profiles\ez-spectate\
Then relaunch with the ez-spectate shortcut. You deleted it too? Redownload sourcetools and extract only ez-spectate.bat.
ERROR MESSAGE - No CFG TAG present OR something about CFG files conflict
Reason - You have tried to use a pre-0.95 version of Source Tools and gave up. Now some settings lingered in your registry.
Solution - Once you've made sure your TF2 settings are fine for playing, open cmd.exe and copy/paste the following command: reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SourceTools /f
TF2 starts, but then nothing happens
Reason - Either your autoexec.cfg or launch options are conflicting with Source Tool's CFG files.
Solution - Rename autoexec.cfg to autoexec2.cfg and remove your launch options from Steam [make a TF2 desktop shortcut and put them in there, along with +exec autoexec2.cfg]
The Source Tools window title keeps switching from SRCTools to TF2 Item Monitor
Reason - You have selected TF2 Item Monitor as your item tracker, but your steam profile is set as private.
Solution - Go in profile configuration, add-on manager section, item tracker options, and select Steam Item Manager as tracker instead of TF2 Item Monitor.
My graphics are fucked!
Reason - You're an idiot. Since 0.95a, Source Tools doesn't touch video settings.
Solution - Launch SourceTools.bat and select extra tools. You'll see the first option is to completel nuke TF2's settings to default. You can begin reconstruction from there. At least you weren't dumb enough to uninstall TF2 and redownload it.... right?
Reason2 - You select to run with "-noshaderapi" option. Source Tools attempts to restore your video settings, but if you closed Source Tools before TF2 connected to a server, you're Shit Out of Luck. The risks were explained in the options.
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