[cod] 1.3 patch has ruined my clan

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That explains a lot. Thanks Bryan!

> people also keep playing the old versions so it splits people up more.
> Right now there are 2600 people playing 1.1 or 1.2 and 7400 playing
> 1.3.
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> Friday, March 26, 2004, 10:23:20 AM, you wrote:
>> I realize that. I love the patch and I have no problems with it other
>> than
>> my server is empty, which was kind of empty before as well but I was
>> expecting a rush of people who wanted to test 1.3. I did get thousands
>> of
>> hits on my site and people downloaded the patches and files worth of
>> 20GB
>> in just the first day. I'm glad IW worked on this patch and I'm
>> certainly
>> satisfied with the outcome. But I've read hundreds of posts on my site
>> people complaining about one thing or another. Ironically it doesn't
>> work
>> that way and people don't realize that.
>
>> I won't waste more time, we've got big discussions going on my forums
>> anyways. But I'm a happy camper.
>
>> genesis
>> http://www.codboards.com/
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>>> Some people really know how to motivate people to do what you want them
>>> to! Every time they release a patch there is a flurry of "you guys
>>> suck"
>>> emails on this list that contribute absolutely nothing to a solution
>>> and
>>> waste everyone's time. But thanks for sharing your feelings.
>>>
>>> The patch has had no impact on my server's utilization versus 1.2, it's
>>> still full most of the time. Lag appears about the same. That's not to
>>> say
>>> it hasn't had that impact on other servers, but it's really very
>>> difficult
>>> to predict exactly how something is going to behave on the tremendous
>>> array of systems and server software that are out there running the
>>> game.
>>>
>>> Obviously, if it were really that easy to fix the in-game browser
>>> problem
>>> it would have been done already.
>>>
>>>      -d
>>>
>>>
>>>> And the in-game browser still doesn't work.  You'd think they would
>>>> hire
>>>> a DBA to handle this.  Or at least an entry level coder.  It can't be
>>>> that hard to make it work right.  The quality of this game is taking a
>>>> plunge.  If there was something else comparable, I'd switch and drop
>>>> this game.
>>>>
>>>> John Kennington
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: admin at codboards.com [mailto:admin at codboards.com]
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 12:29 PM
>>>> To: cod at icculus.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [cod] 1.3 patch has ruined my clan
>>>>
>>>> You can read about it here
>>>> http://www.codboards.com/index.php?showtopic=2912&view=findpost&p=28763
>>>> it's mostly about shooting in wrong places but a lot of other people
>>>> were
>>>> upset, not sure for what other reasons, some installation issues and
>>>> others.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Can someone tell me what Problem (on 1.3) we are talking about? I
>>>>> just
>>>>> installed 3 Linux Servers and am pretty interested what kind of Bug
>>>>> is
>>>>> in the 1.3 Patch.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thx.
>>>>>
>>>>> acc> I have to agree on the emptiness of my servers with you. I'm
>>>> running
>>>>> 5
>>>>> acc> servers on 1.3 and I patched them the same day (few hours) of
>>>> patch
>>>>> acc> release. I was assuming it'd get totally full but not a single
>>>> person
>>>>> acc> joined in to date. The server is listed as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> acc> The rest of the thing, specially the wrong shooting bug everyone
>>>>> keeps
>>>>> acc> talking about all over my website, like this one here
>>>>> acc>
>>>>>
>>>> http://www.codboards.com/index.php?showtopic=2912&view=findpost&p=28763
>>>>> acc> but I never experienced this even trying to get it wrong I
>>>>> can't.
>>>> So
>>>>> if
>>>>> acc> it's working for me, it's gotta be not the patch. Correct?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Seriously, We went from having two full COD 1.2 servers 24/7 to two
>>>>>>> empty, laggy, weapons shooting to the side, crappy servers. Thanks
>>>>>>> IW!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How do we as Linux admins recover from this patch? I have installed
>>>>>>> a weapons mod to (I think) correct the weapons issues, but I think
>>>>>>> most users see the 'LD' next to my servers and avoid like the
>>>>>>> plague. Maybe Im wrong.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, the servers are periodically more laggy than before..... and
>>>>>>> no, Im not paranoid. I have admined over 20 different Linux games,
>>>>>>> dozens of mods, etc. I am telling you this patch is laggy. I cant
>>>>>>> find any obvious reason for it, but its there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What are we to do now?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Luke
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mit freundlichen Grüssen
>>>>> Walrus
>>>>> mailto:walrus at iam3.de
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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