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

[Udo Held]

Hi!

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 03:20:14PM +0200, Fredriksson, Andreas wrote:
> 
> Hello people, here's the status update for last week.
> 
> - Win32 and Linux code has been merged into a common codebase. This
>   has the side effect that we cannot instantly release a new 1.31 patch
>   since the head revision of our code contains changes not yet released
>   for win32.
> 
>   We are considering a backport of all our fixes to 1.31 but I can't
>   comment on the status of that right now until management has had a
>   time to look at it. I'll keep you posted.
> 
> - The Linux server is compiled with gcc3 now, and this has uncovered
>   some pretty nasty bugs that were masked out by gcc2/msvc. I'm still
>   sorting out library issues and how we are going to distribute the
>   package. Would a completely static version be acceptable for people
>   with older distributions?
> 
> - The server now uses the same threaded UDP I/O subsystem as the win32
>   server but does so without increasing the thread priority of the listener
>   thread. We haven't had any problems with this yet but it might not work
>   out for some slower or very busy machines. We believe this is a good
> change
>   in the long run though.
> 
> - 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.
> 
> I'll keep you posted with information on upcoming releases and status
> reports.

Are you currently working on a developer API for Battlefield?

I'd love try to develop a tool like the famous adminmod for Battlefield.
But without an api that is between players and server there is no way
for such a tool.

Regards
Udo Held