Server Restart

[I Am Legend 0]

Server needs a restart. Lots of rubber banding and teleportation lag for everyone on. Also hackers are still ruining the server.

[My_Time 0]

The micropause's are a killer. I 2nd the request for a server restart . Please ?

[Triggerhand 0]

Yes i fully agree.

[Mana 3,867]

After fixing plugins last time I forgot to make the server auto restart.

The server will restart later today and after that will be back to doing regular automatic restarts.

[Triggerhand 0]

There any way to become an Admin or something, i wanna help out the server

[My_Time 0]

Thank you very much Mana ! Again I know that the DodS game is a bit long in the tooth and not very popular anymore, but we the players Thank You and your clan for keeping the server up and running.

[TempAccount 1]

Server needs another restart. It's been pretty bad for about a week now, and it gets worse each day.

One of the only good servers in DoDS with map voting and no BS addons.

[Mana 3,867]

It restarts when it goes empty,if it doesn't go empty ...

I will set it to restart anyway later today.

[TempAccount 1]

Yeah, rarely if ever empty.

BTW, what's the chances of getting a ping filter added to the server? It's so hard to play a game when over half the people in the server are from Europe/Asia/Brazil, and have more than 150 ping. Some even go into the 300-400 range.

Something that auto kicks any players with a ping higher than x value over y period of time.

[Barbaro 466]

There any way to become an Admin or something, i wanna help out the server

http://forums.gamingterritory.com/forum/118-join-lotus/

I second Temp's idea. The Ping differences can really kill a game when a guy's warping across the map.

[TempAccount 1]

This is a decent example of what the server looks like, except when it's full: http://i.imgur.com/vKcbZ.jpg

It's not that they rubber band like some games, but what you see and where they are are different. There are times I've gotten obvious hits on an enemy from near point blank, and they'll kill me with completely full health. Bloody uniforms, blood splatter against the walls, all signs you're hitting them, but in reality, you're not.

I've also noticed that people with really high pings almost always go sniper to help them get an edge on their enemies. They'll have shot you from around a corner you know they're around, because their player model hasn't caught up to where they really are, so in the time (less than a second, but those precious milliseconds matter) it takes them to dart out from behind the corner, snipe you, and be back behind it while you never even saw him in your scope is cheap.

[Barbaro 466]

This is a decent example of what the server looks like, except when it's full: http://i.imgur.com/vKcbZ.jpg

It's not that they rubber band like some games, but what you see and where they are are different. There are times I've gotten obvious hits on an enemy from near point blank, and they'll kill me with completely full health. Bloody uniforms, blood splatter against the walls, all signs you're hitting them, but in reality, you're not.

I've also noticed that people with really high pings almost always go sniper to help them get an edge on their enemies. They'll have shot you from around a corner you know they're around, because their player model hasn't caught up to where they really are, so in the time (less than a second, but those precious milliseconds matter) it takes them to dart out from behind the corner, snipe you, and be back behind it while you never even saw him in your scope is cheap.

That really irritates me, I'm asking how is it you're not dead, its insulting to hear none of your shots hit them due to the latency, and even more insulting when they trash you for it.

Ping Filtering does sound like a great idea, problem is I wonder how many are going to end up getting cut off by it. That server is VERY popular.

[TempAccount 1]

I think the only reason it's so popular (not trying to trash Lotus) is because it's really the only server with Vote Map and Stock Maps only. Not having all talk is a definite plus, and while many other servers don't have all talk, they also don't have vote map (haven't seen one listed in the server browser other than Lotus).

Not having the medic plugin and stupid "Megakill" or "UltraKill" voices is also a huge plus, at least for me.

[Ommand 2]

Ping Filtering does sound like a great idea, problem is I wonder how many are going to end up getting cut off by it. That server is VERY popular.

Seems it's a lot less popular now that the fake clients thing is broken.

As far as players with high pings... you really just need to play during the right hours. If you're playing during the day (GMT -5) you're more likely to be playing with Euros, if you play during our prime time you'll get people with more reasonable pings.

Also the rubber banding is getting out of hand again, server either needs a restart or some other fix.