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

[Daniel H. Valois]

i only get the bungee effect when there are lots of people on my server.
It's on a DS3 connection.
get about 16+ people on my server and you'll have the bungee effect.
server ip= 66.234.161.200

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fredriksson, Andreas" <andreas.fredriksson at dice.se>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:12 AM
Subject: RE: [bf1942] Linux server status report: 2003-03-31


>
> 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
>
>