[bf1942] Zombie players?

[Forrest Thiessen]

Yes, getting your points back is a feature: it's in the Python code in
Battlefield 2/python/bf2/stats/stats/py (look for the onPlayerConnect
function); it keeps a copy of all players' bf2.PlayerManager.PlayerScore
objects, even disconnected players. When new players connect, it tries
to match their profile ID against the profile IDs of any of the
"disconnected" PlayerScore objects it has.  If it finds a match
(presumably because you were disconnected from the game and are now
rejoining) it copies your old PlayerScore object into your new Player
object, and you're back, good as new. If you come back in the same round
you left, you pick up just where you left off, score-wise.

Looking through the code, I don't see anywhere where these saved copies
of PlayerScore objects *ever* get erased. The scores within for
connected players get reset at the beginning of each round, but the
datastructures look like they stay there intact until the server is
restarted.

--Forrest (aka "Woody")

Brian Hughes wrote:

>The unranked server DOES remember scores etc when u reconnect during the
>same round. Have observed this on our server on numerous occasions
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: "Einar S. Idsø" [mailto:esi at itk.ntnu.no]
>>Sent: 04 August 2005 14:54
>>To: bf1942 at icculus.org
>>Subject: Re: [bf1942] Zombie players?
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>>Jani Partanen wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, "Einar S. Idsø" wrote:
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>>>>Well, yes. The game does indeed reattach you to your stats after a
>>>>disconnect if you reenter during the same round (which is also the
>>>>reason why we have no bans lasting less than the time until the round
>>>>runs out).
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>>>Is this a ranked server feature or both?
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>>You mean the reattaching to your disconnected playerobject? I don't
>>know, but definitely for ranked servers. Guess it's not as important for
>>unranked servers, but it may still be enabled on those. Anyone tried
>>this on an unranked server?
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>>Einar
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