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[Ostap]

after some tests
: can be removed with open incomplete color tag at the end of the nik name

^c-FF - (only 2 hex values for color - but it is allowed by the game)
^c-FFF
^c-FFFF ...etc...

even if one letter is added after it - game still not able to fix it ...
only 2 letters fixing the tag...

so
^c-FFR - (2 hex and 1 none hex letters)
^c-FFFR
still invalid tags...

with second letter present - game is able to fix it ..(although : will be colored still by the last open tag.....but messages after - should not be affected)
thus

^c-FFFRR - is already valid tag.. - (3 hex letters and 2 none hex)


I've blocked all invalid combinations i found invalid so far ...
Player will get short ban for 5 sec with message "Invalid Tag - Please remove color tag at the end"

[Ostap]

Hey Ostap, just something I thought you should know - I found out why sometimes a server goes invisible in the server browser. Some dude on FUNFUN said that when a player has the ":" at the end of their name removed, the server listing disappears! Weird bug, but I believe him. I think it's worth it to implement a SamBot rule that kicks a player if they removed that colon at the end of their name.

Tested - and no - no effect on server visibility ...
its just client bug - restart the game - and you'll get the full list again...(seems that visited servers falling out of the list ...)

[Barktooth]

Tested - and no - no effect on server visibility ...
its just client bug - restart the game - and you'll get the full list again...(seems that visited servers falling out of the list ...)

Hmm, I usually get invis servers before I even visit it once.. Start Sam, check servers, and nothing - but on site there's an active one, its just invis. Well that sux, I hoped it would fix it.

[Ostap]

Hmm, I usually get invis servers before I even visit it once.. Start Sam, check servers, and nothing - but on site there's an active one, its just invis. Well that sux, I hoped it would fix it.

Just use site to select the server (mouse over the server name shows its port)
I've had this since the first days of the game
and about those invalid tags - also thought it affect somehow server stability ...but no ...not a bit.

[Evolta]

told ya

[Ostap]

told ya

servers do crash now and then ...
and that part of software is enclosed in engine.dll ...
making any modifications to it - means disassembling it ....
thats a project for very long time ...i'm not ready to commit my self to ...

[Ostap]

as well - even if i do the changes to the engine.dll ...
those dudes will sue me for doing it ... -
so no go ...

[Barktooth]

Yeah but I'm too lazy to go on the site and try to remember the port each time xD
Sorry about the false info then

[Evolta]

servers do crash now and then ...
and that part of software is enclosed in engine.dll ...
making any modifications to it - means disassembling it ....
thats a project for very long time ...i'm not ready to commit my self to ...

Understandable, but it is a problem sometimes.
That they are invisible has been known for a long time, and noone ever blamed it on the final tags.
So I didnt think that would cause it. (since open endings are very much used)

[Ostap]

Good news everybody !


I've successfully started first remote hosting server located in USA, Chicago.
Host is located in Cloud and is a Virtual Linux based machine - here are the specs:


CPU: Intel Xeon Single Core
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 x64 Bit
RAM: 1GB RAM
Hard Drive: 20GB


It is first of its kind (remote) server that is connected to main 42Amsterdam group.
Server is intended for users closer to second server than primary one.


At this moment there are 5 game servers active on it:


42 A'dam [REMOTE USA] COOP021 [HARD FF+IA+ Map Vote]
42 A'dam [REMOTE USA] COOP022 [NORMAL IA+ Map Vote]
42 A'dam [REMOTE USA] FRAG087 [Map Vote]
42 A'dam [REMOTE USA] FRAG088 [Map Vote]
42 A'dam [REMOTE USA] FRAG098 [Map Vote]

Server CPU and memory - still ok with those 5 ... but you do understand that this is a testing phase - so..if you have some issues - please let me know.


I've started only SE servers coz i've problems running (connecting to be more exactly) FE servers - i hope thouse might be added later.

[BlacK SpiRiT]

start italian server too

[shooters_hero]

and a Belgian server, Oh wait... to close to A'dam?

[Barktooth]

:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo Ostap Gonna go try it out now!

Edit: Niiiice 150ms latency and stable netgraph!

[CLICK]

Finally you can pwn, Barktooth

---------- Post added 11-12-2012 at 00:12 ----------

i have 200ms there


Ostap, since we have now US and EU, maybe you should add Japan and Russian servers?

[Ostap]

start italian server too

Donno - damn americans are bastardos ...too expensive ...
in europe should be cheaper...
somewhere in center of europe would be nice ...

Niiiice 150ms latency and stable netgraph!

Finally !!!...server location might change though ...coz price is not very friendly at that provider...
but for testing is fine...

Finally you can pwn, Barktooth

Ostap, since we have now US and EU, maybe you should add Japan and Russian servers?

Absolutely ... if i can find cheap (and i'm sure of that) server in cloud - i will ...

eventually - the idea is to make floating servers - that will reboot here and there ...according to time ....

---------- Post added 11-12-2012 at 00:26 ----------

USA - Europe - Russia - Japan ...
absolutely gonna try to find servers in each location ...

---------- Post added 11-12-2012 at 00:32 ----------

and a Belgian server, Oh wait... to close to A'dam?

indeed - too close - we can use bike runners to exchange TCP packets ...