TF2

The Pondering Continues

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The TF2 Servers will be down for awhile longer. I’m running into complications with AlmaLinux 9.2 and 8.9. 9.2 lacks a dependency that I need (the 32 bit version of ncurses-compat), and 8.9 is running an older version of glibc than what TF2 requires. I’m seriously contemplating switching from a RHEL based distro to an Arch one as a result. What I don’t get, is why a server that has been upgraded to be 64bit still requires 32bit dependencies for it to even remotely fucking function.

On the bright side: Tomorrow is my Friday, and following that is a week off from work. I’m sure I’ll be able to science something together, even if it means doing a little distro hopping.

Getting Serious With My Thumbnails

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It’s been a quiet Sunday. Relaxed and read in bed, did a little Steam Decking, drank hot chai, got some rendering and animating done, and slapped together a picture for this Friday’s video! We’re doing #SeriousSam mixed with #TF2! Just need to doctor it up a bit in #Krita and it’ll be good to go!

I Return From The Depths Of Dependency Hell

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My adventures in trying to figure out why I can’t get the TF2 servers up and running on AlmaLinux have felt akin to running through a maze of infinite walls, but I may have possibly found the problem. So far it looks like it might be due to a newer libcurl library. I’m going to pirate the libraries from my CentOS7 install for a little experimentation. That’s something I’ll have to save for next week… I’m in need of a break. I haven’t played anything, or done any animation… I might have to pick a game out after work tomorrow to chillax.

Watch Out For This Source Engine Exploit

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If for any reason you find yourself playing a multiplayer Source Engine game DO NOT accept any invites from strangers.

Secret Club are a not-for-profit reverse engineering group who’ve found a number of exploits with Valve’s software, which they explain in a series of posts on Twitter. Each of these exploits are remote code execution flaws, which Secret Club told me via email gives a hacker “full control over the victim’s system, which can be used to steal passwords, banking information, and more.”

If what is being reported in the article is true then Valve has been aware of this exploit for two years. This is a serious exploit to have open in the wild, and hopefully the exposure encourages them to get off their duffs to 86 it from their code! Be very careful when playing Source games until this gets resolved.

It’s ironic reading this a day after playing around in GMod with Yutram! Fortunately, it was just the both of us goofing around on maps that would probably be unappealing to twelve year olds Fortnite enthusiasts.