[cod] More Browser List pains

Bryan Kuhn bryan at infinityward.com
Fri Apr 2 14:57:17 EST 2004


Yeah, that's me btw. After a few refreshes it should have all the
servers cached.

Friday, April 2, 2004, 11:33:59 AM, you wrote:
> You're right.  I kept the email I got from
> codquestions at infinityward.com and
> they stated " It's a packet loss issue and since its all udp traffic it
> doesn't know. In 1.4 the client is going to do some caching of the servers."
> I am not sure what caching the server list on the client will do. If they
> don't get the correct list it will still be useless.

> John Kennington
> Assistant Director - Operations
> BuzzCard Center
> Georgia Institute of Technology
> 350 Ferst Dr. NW
> Houston Bookstore Mall
> Atlanta, GA  30332
> 404-385-2961
> 678-283-3385 Cell
> 404-894-2049 FAX
> http://www.buzzcard.gatech.edu/
> BuzzCard FAQs:  http://www.buzzcard.gatech.edu/faqs/index.htm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Kuhn [mailto:bryan at infinityward.com] 
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:25 PM
> To: cod at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [cod] More Browser List pains

> It doesn't fragment packets, it just sends about 30 separate packets
> so you might happen to miss one.

> Friday, April 2, 2004, 11:21:37 AM, you wrote:
>> It is probably because the Master Server sends fragmented packets and your
>> firewall blocks them and times out downloading the list.  IW has stated
> that
>> this will be fixed in 1.4 which will be released sometime between now and
>> the next millennium.

>> John Kennington
>> Assistant Director - Operations
>> BuzzCard Center
>> Georgia Institute of Technology
>> 350 Ferst Dr. NW
>> Houston Bookstore Mall
>> Atlanta, GA  30332
>> 404-385-2961
>> 678-283-3385 Cell
>> 404-894-2049 FAX
>> http://www.buzzcard.gatech.edu/
>> BuzzCard FAQs:  http://www.buzzcard.gatech.edu/faqs/index.htm
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: theo [mailto:theo at dsl-only.net] 
>> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:16 PM
>> To: cod at icculus.org
>> Subject: RE: [cod] More Browser List pains

>> http://63.105.18.229/images/cod.JPG

>> Bah! I know most 'serious' players use ASE or GS, but there are
>> thousands of others that don't, like me :) Besides, it *should be there,
>> so I want to figure out why its not.

>> kp

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bryan Kuhn [mailto:bryan at infinityward.com] 
>> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:53 AM
>> To: cod at icculus.org
>> Subject: Re: [cod] More Browser List pains

>> shows for me
>> http://inherent.infinityward.com/files/shot0001.jpg


>> Friday, April 2, 2004, 10:41:31 AM, you wrote:
>>> Locally there is nothing to stop it, there is only the most
>> rudimentary
>>> of firewalls. The network admin said he can help me on Monday though
>> he
>>> has made no changes to the firewall policy. He will see if there are
>> any
>>> packets being dropped. This is from the availability page:
>>>
>> http://inherent.infinityward.com/index.php?ip=216.183.109.45&port=20110

>>> If this server is showing in anyone else's list I'd like to know. The
>>> server name is 'Linux-fixed PDX.LLC'

>>> kp

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bryan Kuhn [mailto:bryan at infinityward.com] 
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:47 PM
>>> To: cod at icculus.org
>>> Subject: Re: [cod] More Browser List pains

>>> There are no know listing bugs, and you no longer have to shut your
>>> server down for awhile with 1.3. Do you have firewall logs?

>>> Thursday, April 1, 2004, 11:29:57 PM, you wrote:
>>>> I have no browser list either. What a load of crap. I'm glad there is
>>> a
>>>> Linux server, but this is almost more trouble than its worth. It was
>>>> never a problem. All necessary ports are open. Stopped my server for
>>>> four hours and restarted. IP=216.183.109.45:20110 I'm about ready to
>>>> just close down the damn thing. That whole problem with the weapons
>>> was
>>>> a total joke, how much testing was done there? I'm sorry, but
>>> validation
>>>> is where it's at and that was a joke. Bryan and all, I applaud your
>>>> efforts, really- but how much work do we need to do?
>>>> kp

 

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