Jusqu’à présent il était possible à 3 joueurs de jouer en même temps à Half-Life (et ses mods, évidement) sur le net avec le même numéro de série, ceci dû à la présence de 3 serveurs d’authentification distincts. Mais il semblerait que Valve (ou WON?) soient bien décidés à limiter le nombre de joueurs/connections par key à 1 seule. Le changement risque de prendre un peu de temps, mais il se fera, et on se demande pourquoi… ils veulent booster leurs ventes en forçant ceux qui se partagent leur numéro de série à acheter le jeu ? Bref vous pouvez lire le communiqué de Erik Johnson de chez Valve ci-dessous.[–SUITE–]
We are starting the rollout of the improved WON ID system for Half-Life. When fully deployed, the updated system will use a single WON ID for allusers (for those unaware, the current system provides up to 3 IDs, 1 per AuthServer, for a user). Remember that WON IDs are based on CD Key and users with multiple CD Keys will have 1 ID per CD Key. The updated system will stop the Unban hack as soon as it is fully deployed.
Today, the updated system has been deployed to a single AuthServer. If all goes well, it will be rolled out to the second AuthServer tomorrow and the third AuthServer on Thursday. Presuming no issues, users should have a single WON ID beginning Thursday. During the rollout period, users will either get their new WON ID or one of their old ones depending on which AuthServer they contact. Also, the new IDs use a new sequence, so all existing WON IDs will be invalid once the rollout period is complete. Finally, the rollout period may extend beyond Thursday if any issues arise in the system.
For those of you maintaining lists of banned IDs on your servers, be aware that during the rollout period, IDs will be unstable. No user will have a guaranteed WON ID until the rollout period is complete.
The next client release is right around the corner. We’ll be posting release information here when we are ready to do the pre-release of the next official server.
Erik Johnson
