[bf1942] BF2 server query issues / bugs

[Andreas Andersson]

Your prairs have been heard! :)

Both ping and team-info is now back in the game!

/Andreas

-----Original Message-----
From: Forrest Thiessen [mailto:thiessen at alum.mit.edu] 
Sent: den 5 maj 2005 16:50
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [bf1942] BF2 server query issues / bugs

I agree; ping information is particularly useful--you need it, for
example, for status tools that differentiate local from remote users,
for admin tools that kick high-ping players, to monitor overall server
performance, etc.  To not have ping data in the game status function
would be a serious gap.

For my uses, team names are less important--maybe because I'm used to
them not being relevent ("axis" and "allies" shown, when it should be
mod-dependent, such as "coalition" and "opposition"), but other team
data, like current overall scores for each team, ARE useful--if you want
to have a scoreboard, for example, you have to have a way of getting the
score!  I suppose that you could calculate some kind of overall score
from individual player scores, but why bother removing an existing
function that people want and use?

Please considering putting ping back, and leaving team information
intact.

Thanks for the consideration!

--Forrest
  thiessen at cyberscapearena.com


Steven Hartland wrote:

> Thanks for checking this some more feedback on you comments:
>
> Both ping and team are very important information to players when
> they look at reports generated by server queries. As such both ping
> and team name, all be it corrected e.g. allied, axis as bf1942
currently
> does, need to be there.
>
>    Steve / K
>    ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andreas Andersson"
> <andreas.andersson at dice.se>
> To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
> Sent: 05 May 2005 09:55
> Subject: RE: [bf1942] BF2 server query issues / bugs
>
>
> I had a talk with the local gamespy-programmer.
>
> This is what the local gamespy-programmer told-me.
>
> 1. He didn't know what this was, there might very well be a bug in
there
> somewhere. He would look into it.
>
> 2.
> The ping-entry entry has been removed recently.
>
> 3.
> He would look into this, it's most likely a bug.
>
> 4.
> The team-info will most likely be removed in the near future.
>
> Thanks for your invaluable input!
>
> /Andreas
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Hartland [mailto:killing at multiplay.co.uk] Sent: den 4 maj
> 2005 20:34
>
> Thought I'd create a new thread for these issues
> 1. Player details have an "unknown" attribute with value 2
> 2. Player ping is always 0
> 3. Server can report -1 players
> 4. Team names don't seem right "Team 1" and "Team 2"?
>
> Example outputs:
> ./qstat -P -xml -gs2 159.153.1.168:29900
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
> <qstat>
>        <server type="GS2" address="159.153.1.168:29900" status="UP">
>                <hostname>159.153.1.168:29900</hostname>
>                <name>Stats server</name>
>                <gametype>gpm_cq</gametype>
>                <map>dalian_plant</map>
>                <numplayers>3</numplayers>
>                <maxplayers>64</maxplayers>
>                <ping>185</ping>
>                <retries>0</retries>
>                <players>
>                        <player>
>                                <name>flagcheck</name>
>                                <score>0</score>
>                                <ping>0</ping>
>                                <team>Team 2</team>
>                                <pid>42446805</pid>
>                                <bf2_rank>0</bf2_rank>
>                                <unknown>2</unknown>
>                        </player>
>                        <player>
>                                <name>stateamkilla</name>
>                                <score>0</score>
>                                <ping>0</ping>
>                                <team>Team 1</team>
>                                <pid>42024687</pid>
>                                <bf2_rank>0</bf2_rank>
>                                <unknown>0</unknown>
>                        </player>
>                        <player>
>                                <name>StatsGuideToEA</name>
>                                <score>0</score>
>                                <ping>0</ping>
>                                <team>Team 2</team>
>                                <pid>42471500</pid>
>                                <bf2_rank>0</bf2_rank>
>                                <unknown>0</unknown>
>                        </player>
>                </players>
>        </server>
> </qstat>
>
> ./qstat -xml -gs2 159.153.1.169:29900
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
> <qstat>
>        <server type="GS2" address="159.153.1.169:29900" status="UP">
>                <hostname>159.153.1.169:29900</hostname>
>                <name>Look-at-me, I'm 64!</name>
>                <gametype>gpm_cq</gametype>
>                <map>gulf_of_oman</map>
>                <numplayers>-1</numplayers>
>                <maxplayers>64</maxplayers>
>                <ping>168</ping>
>                <retries>0</retries>
>        </server>
> </qstat>
>
>    Steve / K
>
>
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