[bf1942] Linux server status report: 2003-03-31

[Fredriksson, Andreas]

John,

no, we haven't been able to reproduce it yet on the old server, but
we will surely try. Focus so far has been on integration and development
rather than more extensive testing, that phase will follow soon.

We will try to test for the bungee effect in a lot of different bandwidth
settings; this is something on my todo list.

We've had a lot of success with other things regarding the linux port lately
so I'm very optimistic :-)

Regards,
Andreas

-----Original Message-----
From: Stewart, John
To: 'bf1942 at icculus.org'
Cc: andreas.fredriksson at dice.se
Sent: 3/31/2003 5:58 PM
Subject: RE: [bf1942] Linux server status report: 2003-03-31


> > - We have not been able to reproduce the Bungee effect; it might be
> related
> >   to the single threaded I/O used in the earlier betas.
>
> If you can't reproduce it just email me. I can reproduce it 
> all over the
> place and might even let you have a shell account to the 
> server to check it
> out.


This is somewhat of a concern, since this is the single showstopper bug
for most of us. Have you been able to reproduce it in the *current* 1.31
server we're all using?

For me, it does seem to take a few players on before it is noticeable.
By the time 4 or so people are on, it is quite noticeable for me.

Perhaps it is bandwidth/latency related as well? Maybe it wouldn't show
up in a LAN game (although I assume you have some way of testing
lower-bandwidth connections in your lab)?

johnS