Some Complaints I've Heard

[James Tyrgglidaar Quall 69 0]

Normally I wouldn't post other people's complaints, but there have been a few common complaints that cause a noticeable number of people to leave.

First off, a lot of people have been complaining about and leaving the server because of the auto-balance. I don't know how it is programmed, but people keep complaining about being switched more often as they do better. Or just switched so often it disrupts gameplay. It seems to me like it works fine for the most part, but every once in awhile there is a huge scramble where many people get switched teams, sometimes from one to another then back to the original. Might need some fine tuning?

Second, when we finally RTV and a map is selected it says something along the lines of "Map vote succeeded. Last round until map change." Well, even if the round is over it doesn't change maps until time is up. When we RTV we normally want the map to change either immediately due to a massive stalemate or lopsided teams. I'm not sure since one has never been passed, but doesn't !votemap change the map immediately? If so, maybe we can swap what RTV and !votemap do, since people are much more likely to RTV than !votemap.

Last, I'm not sure if this is related to the server or if it's just people being dumb, but there has been enough people complaining about small lag spikes to make it mentionable. I've noticed some spikes and I'm pretty sure they aren't on my side but I can't tell if anyone else is getting them. These spikes are small, but they have caused me to die. Since other people are starting to complain about them, it might be worth looking into. Could be the stats program, I've seen them slow down servers before.

[Mana 3,867]

Last, I'm not sure if this is related to the server or if it's just people being dumb, but there has been enough people complaining about small lag spikes to make it mentionable. I've noticed some spikes and I'm pretty sure they aren't on my side but I can't tell if anyone else is getting them. These spikes are small, but they have caused me to die. Since other people are starting to complain about them, it might be worth looking into. Could be the stats program, I've seen them slow down servers before.

Nephyrin Zey

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] rcon sv_maxrate

"sv_maxrate" = "100000" ( def. "0" )

replicated

- Max bandwidth rate allowed on server' date=' 0 == unlimited

'] rate

"rate" = "30000" ( def. "10000" )

** NOTE: The real value is 60000.000 but the server has temporarily

restricted it to 30000.000 **

- Max bytes/sec the host can receive data

This new phantom 30,000 limit was introduced last patch, causes your

update rate to drop as low as 20 and choke to go wayy up when you're

on a 32x server. Tons of people have complained about lag and i

noticed i too was getting total crap throughput. I check my rate and

it's reset to 30,000 after the patch. Oh! Rate 60000. rate. limited to

30000. wtf?

- Neph

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