In-game ads possible w/o HL coding! Created 17 years ago2007-05-19 14:39:19 UTC by splatzone

A concept I just had....

A map, right - that uses a wad.

A VB application

Every time you start the app, it connects to a server somewhere and downloads the latest version of the wad. The wad would only need to have one texture in it, the advert. The wad is then copied into the "Valve" directory.

Thats it. Since the wad is loaded when you start the map, the textures in the map would be updated.

You could do the same with sentences.txt, titles.txt or anything else.

Poor man's Steam!

Oh yay! I've always wanted to have annoying advertisements in my maps, making them look all shitty. This is a joke, right?

Lol, I didnt mean I was gonna do it - its a concept.

EDIT: It could be used for anything.