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Home of players of the Weasel's Lair game-servers

Discord:

Invite Link[discord.gg] (updated 2024-08-14)

Player statistics tracking:

http://Stats.WeaselsLair.com (gone since GameMe.com closed-down)

Player ban management:

http://SourceBans.WeaselsLair.com ("appeal" a ban here[sourcebans.weaselslair.com])

How this works:

Anyone who is not a member of this Steam community group, can still play on our game-servers (assuming they are not banned), but will not have access to various special in-game features.
Anyone who shows-up as a "Member" of this Steam community group, is automatically granted access to some special in-game features (various types of "voting", "3rd-person", etc.) in our game-servers.
Anyone who shows-up as an "Officer" of this Steam community group (with the gold/yellow star "⭐" next to their name here), is also automatically an "administrator" of most of our game-servers.

Further, I have restored administrator access to most current or former (and, in some cases ancient) administrators from these Steam community groups:

Weasels Lair
Freaks & Misfits (now retired)
Saphe.Space (now retired)

For those who are administrators themselves, and perhaps do not remember all the other administrators in-game player names (since they do tend to change over time, and this group has existed in some form for probably over a decade now), you can lookup-up some of their former common names in this thread: Admin Info: List of current administrators. BTW: Access to that thread is restricted to existing administrators only, since administrators may want to keep some of that information (former names) confidential.

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FYI: Community Fistful-of-Frags (FoF) Update - #2

14 februarie - [WL/S³] Weasel (Probably AFK) | 0 comentarii

For those who play Fistful of Frags (FoF), you may be interested in these modifications I have published under the "Project Spittoon" umbrella.

NOTE: I have changed the names of things a bit since the previous posting, to be more descriptive and less FoF-jargon. However, all the concepts are basically the same as the previous updates. If you are using the previous updates, I definitely recommend going to Windows Control-Panel and uninstalling the old versions first - just to avoid any confusion.

Project "Spittoon":

Mostly, the purpose of this project is to work-around the fact that the Fistful-of-Frags (FoF) server list is currently populated with stale data. In the past, the developer (singular) would manually update the server list data - by way of an embedded link to a web-hosted file, that only he controls.

Since the developer has been away from the game for nearly two (2) years now, the current official server list data (effectively a very curated list of dedicated game servers) has gotten VERY stale. At last check, the server list data included approximately 43 server IP addresses, of which only 13 were still active. Also, various new servers have come online since then, and several existing ones have undergone IP address changes.

This project is not a reflection upon, or judgement of the developer. Whatever may be the cause for his prolonged absence, I wish him well. Hopefully he is still alive, I have had no proof-of-life in a long time. This project is just a way of dealing with the reality that FoF players currently face. Hopefully, preventing it from effectively becoming "abandon-ware".

This project hosts TWO (2) related efforts, each with its own installer:

A client-side modification as a "work-around" to effectively update the server list data.
A package of thumbnail previews for many community maps.

NOTE: Windows may display a warning about the installer(s) being an "Unrecognized Program". This does NOT mean its a virus, trojan or other type of malware. Effectively, this is because free projects like this can not afford costs associated with "code-signing". If it was truly malware, the message would be different - not just "Unrecognized". You can click "More Info" and then "Run Anyway". Alternatively, see the manual installation instructions in the GitHub.

FoF Community Server List Update:

(aka HSB Work-Around)

The server list update effectively re-directs the FoF game client to use this GitHub as its source for an updated server list - instead of using the stale data posted in the old/official system.

Ideally, this is an entirely temporary solution. Should the developer come back to actively maintaining FoF, this work-around will obviously become irrelevant, as he can just update with similar content through the original URL (hopefully making use of the curation work I have done here), and push-out an FoF update through Steam that will roll-back / over-write this customization entirely. That would, of course, entirely negate the NEED for this work-around (assuming he will be able to stay engaged with the game).

Again, the goal here is not to "usurp control" of the game from the developer. This is just to "work-around" his (prolonged) absence.

For more details of the FoF Community Server List Update, see the related ReadME file:

https://github.com/Mecha-Weasel/spittoon/blob/main/FoF-Community-Server-List-Update.md

FoF Community Map Thumbnails Update:

(aka HSB Thumbnails)

The map thumbnails update adds preview thumbnails for the many community-developed maps to your FoF installation.

For more details of the FoF Community Map Thumbnails Update, see the related ReadME file:

https://github.com/Mecha-Weasel/spittoon/blob/main/FoF-Community-Map-Thumbnails-Update.md

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):

The FAQ is available here ...

https://github.com/Mecha-Weasel/spittoon/blob/main/FAQ.md

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FYI: Community Fistful-of-Frags (FoF) Update

12 februarie - [WL/S³] Weasel (Probably AFK) | 0 comentarii

For those who play Fistful of Frags (FoF), you may be interested in these modifications I have published under the "Project Spittoon" umbrella.

NOTE:
Some of these details will probably change. Almost certainly the names we are using to refer to these updates, documentation, etc. This is all still essentially a BETA test.

Project "Spittoon":

Mostly, the purpose of this project is to work-around the fact that the Fistful-of-Frags (FoF) "Highlighted Server Browser" (HSB) feature is currently populated with very "stale" data.

Since the developer has been away from the game for nearly two (2) years now, the current official HSB data (effectively a curated list of dedicated game servers) has gotten very stale. At last check, the HSB data included approximately 43 server IP addresses, of which only 13 were still active. Also, various new servers have come online since then, and several existing ones have undergone IP address changes.

This project is not a reflection upon, or judgement of the developer. Whatever may be the cause for his prolonged absence, I wish him well. Hopefully he is still alive, I have had no proof-of-life in a long time. This project is just a way of dealing with the reality that FoF players currently face.

This project hosts TWO (2) related efforts, each with the own installer:

A client-side modification as a "work-around" to effectively update the HSB data.
A package of HSB thumbnails for many community maps.

NOTE: Windows may display a warning about the installer(s) being an "Unrecognized Program". This does NOT mean its a virus, trojan or other type of malware. Effectively, this means the program is not made by Microsoft or some company with the expertise with and/or budget for "code-signing". If it was truly malware, the message would be different - not just "Unrecognized". You can click "Run Anyway". Nothing I can do about this. Alternatively, see the manual installation instructions that are included in the documentation.

HSB Work-Around:

The HSB work-around effectively re-directs the FoF game client to use this GitHub as its source for updated HSB data - instead of using the state HSB data posted in the old official system.

Ideally, this is an entirely temporary solution. Should the developer come back to actively maintaining FoF, this work-around will obviously become irrelevant, as he can just update the HSB with similar content through the original URL (hopefully making use of the curation work I have done here), and push-out an FoF update through Steam that will roll-back / over-write this customization entirely. That would, of course, entirely negate the NEED for this work-around (assuming he will be able to stay engaged with the game).

Again, the goal here is not to "usurp control" of the game from the developer. It is just to "work-around" his (prolonged) absence.

For details of the HSB work-around, see the related details in the GitHub:
https://github.com/Mecha-Weasel/spittoon/blob/main/ProjectSpittoon-HSB-WorkAround.md

HSB Thumbnails:

The HSB thumbnail update adds preview thumbnails for the many community-developed maps to your FoF installation.

For details of the HSB thumbnails update, see the related details in the GitHub:
https://github.com/Mecha-Weasel/spittoon/blob/main/ProjectSpittoon-HSB-Thumbnails.md

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):

The FAQ is available here ...
https://github.com/Mecha-Weasel/spittoon/blob/main/FAQ.md

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"Cool first-person-shooters (FPS's) with a variety of themes. Love to host game-servers for FPS's - where a Linux-based dedicated server build is available and compatible with either SourceMod and/or AMX-Mod-X."

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