[cod] 1.3 patch has ruined my clan

[Jim Mayes]

http://forums.caleague.com/index.php?showtopic=3959

This patch is reported to fix the aim problems. I have added it to my
server but haven't had the chance to test it, seems it should do the
trick. Change the name of your server to add something like

"Iron Sights Fixed"

go to some of the community forums slide in a post about how you fixed
your server's iron sights problem and quote the above link for others...
Any public shunning of linux servers was born in community forums, what
stops us from turning it around in the same way? 

-----Original Message-----
From: plebs [mailto:plebas at clan-mutiny.co.uk] 
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:13 PM
To: cod at icculus.org
Subject: RE: [cod] 1.3 patch has ruined my clan



Our server is empty for the first time since it came up (same day as 1.2
came out). This can only be due to the recognition of the linux recoil
problem. Though I don't want to slag off all the hard work that's has
gone
into this patch, one has to question the validity of the beta testing
process that was used. Surely this kind of error must be picked up
before
release. It's really disappointing to see a great patch being undermined
by
what amounts to poor quality assurance. It's also disappointing to see
no
word on it from IW on it on here.



-----Original Message-----
From: admin at codboards.com [mailto:admin at codboards.com]
Sent: 26 March 2004 19:43
To: cod at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [cod] 1.3 patch has ruined my clan


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.
>
> 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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