[bf1942] Linux server and problems with objects.

[WhoCares?]

Rookie - This isn't to start a flame war, but I have to say two things and
ask one question.  I'm certain from reading your post below that you will
not be grownup enough to leave this alone, however this is the ONLY post I
will make on this.

1)  It's never nice to attack an honest and fairly posed question.  You
obviously have a personality type that begs to attack anyone and everyone
who posts a question to something that was not obviously found.

2)  YES it's alpha software and YES it's going to have problems.  I posted
my question to help further debug and fix the alpha software.

My question to you is, do you even run a linux server?  If so, then why are
you talking about WinBLOWS here?  Grow up and go post elsewhere, otherwise
contribute something positive rather than be a sarcastic blowhard.

BTW, the README you say exists, wasn't found on my linux box.  Also, I dare
you to run a google search on some of the major keywords below.  Being an
experienced internet browser I did check google and some other search
engines before I wasted YOUR PRECIOUS, VALUABLE,
READING/SCROLLING/CLICK-TIME, and made my post.  Do us all a favor and go
flame somewhere else, otherwise, next time resist the urge to respond.

WhoCares a.k.a. Rich.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RookieWan" <rookiewan at cistron.nl>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: [bf1942] Linux server and problems with objects.


> The stream debug messages get a nice write up in the README file, so
> read there first plz before asking.
>
> The bugs in DC I've noticed on Windows boxes too...
> /sarcasm mode on
> maybe it's because DC is *gasp* alpha software?
> /sarcams mode off
>
> So basically you ask two questions, both of which with *SOME* time ( say
> 2 mins on google/ DC site) you would've/ could've found out yourself.
>
> Edwin
>
> Nathan Oines wrote:
>
> > I have also noticed some major but some minor problems too. I’m sure
> > it’s 1. Just a coding bug in both DC & BF Linux Port or 2. We all know
> > The linux port isn’t always the best.
> >
> > Just my opinion on the situation. I don’t know exactly how to fix it
> > but it’s the linux port and it is unpredictable.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > *From:* WhoCares? [mailto:WhoCares at Mayberrygames.com]
> > *Sent:* Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:04 PM
> > *To:* bf1942 at icculus.org
> > *Subject:* [bf1942] Linux server and problems with objects.
> >
> > We have the latest beta release from the website running on a P4/2.0
> > gHz machine with 512 megs of RAM running Redhat 7.2.
> >
> > Everything runs great with no crashes whatsoever. However I have
> > noticed some of the items in game are either unusable or acting
> > strangely on certain maps, while running Desert Combat. Running
> > straight BF1942 or the Road-to-Rome expansion pack, I have not noticed
> > any problems.
> >
> > For instance, on El Alamein, the AC-130 is suspended about 6 feet off
> > the ground in the allies spawn and when someone spawns there, they
> > drop through the floor to the ground and take some damage. Players can
> > jump into the plane and the guns are usable. If someone hops into the
> > pilot's seat, the engine revs up, but the plane acts as if it's rooted
> > to the ground in cement. One game someone destroyed the C-130 and when
> > it reappeared, the plane was now suspended about 150 feet in the air
> > just between the opposition spawn and the southernmost flag.
> >
> > In Midway, on the opposition's carrier, the Mig29 is suspended about 2
> > feet off the ground and when power is applied to the engines, the
> > plane drops to the deck and acts as if it is going to slice into the
> > deck as you take off.
> >
> > Also in Midway, the Hind-D helicopter will not take off on first
> > attempt, doing the same thing as described above for the C-130. But if
> > the player switches to another station and then back to pilot, revs
> > the engines up and then moves the controls left to right, the helo
> > acts as if a clamp has been released and will take off.
> >
> > I have also experienced falling through the deck of the carrier as an
> > opposition player. I was playing as the support class and someone
> > trying to steal the Hind-D helo. I spawned by the conning tower,
> > dropped my mortar, hit the use key for the mortar and when I saw my
> > mortar shells were going over the top of the helo, I hit use again to
> > run after the guy and shoot him and I fell straight through the deck
> > and into the water. I was directly under the carrier, could see
> > straight up through the carrier, but could not hit the use key again
> > to get out of the water. I swam to the side of the carrier and once I
> > reached the edge of the carrier, it became a solid object again and I
> > could no longer see through it, nor could I swim back into it. I
> > climbed the rope and got back on to the carrier.
> >
> > Other than a few of the airplanes "misbehaving" as objects, the server
> > is VERY smooth and seems to handle I/O very well. I've had some
> > reports of "lag", but everyone complains of that and I haven't seen
> > it. We are running a 24 man server and have gotten up to 20 players
> > without a problem.
> >
> > I use 'screen' to startup BF1942 and during El Alamein, the server is
> > constantly outputting the following while running:
> >
> > STREAM_DEBUG: Nan was for acc:AC-130
> > STREAM_WARNING: checkVec3ForNan
> > STREAM_DEBUG: mPositionalAcceleration nan corrected
> > STREAM_WARNING: checkVec3ForNan
> >
> > During "DC Battle of 73 Easting" the server outputs this:
> >
> > STREAM_DEBUG: Nan was for acc:Mortar
> > STREAM_WARNING: checkVec3ForNan
> >
> > I'm running the Mar 17, 2003 version with the following checksum (from
> > 'cksum'):
> >
> > 2282038748 33918372 bf1942_lnxded
> >
> > If anyone knows of something they could suggest, I would appreciate
> > it. I did notice on startup, in the console, that there are some
> > complaints about certain .con files not existing, i.e. M1A1.con, etc.
> > with relative directory paths. I've also found all of my log files to
> > be empty.
> >
> > It's possible that the desertcombat 0.3n that I installed on the
> > server has a problem. I tar'd up the one from a PC installation and
> > uploaded it to the server, only because I could not find a version
> > specifically tagged for linux.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated. If you'd like to check out our server,
> > it's at 207.44.168.73:14567.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Rich a.k.a. WhoCares?
> >
> >
>
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