The Saberlock crash :-

[TehJumpingJawa]

This was 1 of the crashes today (although the server is staying up about as long as the titanic atm - we rarely complete 20 rounds, and when we do it crashes going on to, or within 2 mins of starting TantiveIV)

[CerberuS]

hmm

I got involved in a saber lock yesterday that did not cause a server crash. Nonetheless, I don't want to say that saber locks could not contribute to crashes - just pointing out that not every lock leads to a crash.

btw I find it quite interesting that the dust2 servers (both the German one and the moviebattles.com one) seem to crash more often than the servers which run jabba and tantive... maybe because there are usually more people at the dust2 servers?

to me it seems like the dust2 servers barely survive a "map change" when they are nearly full - with only 6-8 players the server usually does not crash.

just my 2 cents :)

[Xero]

hm my saber lock animation has a bug...if i get a saberlock it stops to lock in 1nano second lol

btw could you post all mb2 server ips plz?:(

[CerberuS]

hm my saber lock animation has a bug...if i get a saberlock it stops to lock in 1nano second lol
same for me - i thought this is normal (in MB) :confused:


btw could you post all mb2 server ips plz?:(
check here: http://www.moviebattles.com/index.php?page=servers

additionally, there is the dust2 testserver set up by Darth.Hunter (82.211.27.12:10075).

there is another server but it still runs Build 12 (216.55.166.58:29070).

[sais]

Well, server crashed again, (re)loading dust2 map now. We were only 2 players and we were playing mand and hero doing disruptor duel lol

[TehJumpingJawa]

Well, server crashed again, (re)loading dust2 map now. We were only 2 players and we were playing mand and hero doing disruptor duel lol

The MB jabba/tantive server (the non-WP ones) just crashed again....
'Round starting in...3....2....1....<Crash>'

That particular crash happens alot. All the ppl spawning sumiltaneously perhaps?
There weren't a huge number of players either, i think it was 3v3 when it crashed. No dekas either, only mandy, sith, clone, hero and soldier.

[zag]

yeah it seems the server cant handle everyone spawning at once...
maybe you can make everyone spawn one at a time but like a split second apart?

[Dingo Dave]

or of everyone spawns into specator mode??? Then you would need to increase the wait time to maybe 20 secs but it might stop it happening.

[RenegadeOfPhunk]

yeah it seems the server cant handle everyone spawning at once...


If the server literally couldn't handle this at all, then you'd never be able to play a single round.
...it's quite likely the crashes could have something to do with everyone spawning at once, but if it is just that, it certainly isn't consistent...

[zag]

no well what i meant is it struggles with it each round...
i think as the game continues it struggles even more intill it crashes...
hmm it doesnt sound right..but it does always lag just before everyone spawns
maybe you need to do some tests on the quality of the computers both client side and server side

[CerberuS]

I think Ren has a point there.

Maybe it is the combined load of loading the map/processing the commands on map initialization plus inserting all players that makes the server crash :confused:

I don't think that the crash problems are due to the MB servers' specs as Darth.Hunter's eGL server running dust2 goes down as often as the "genuine" servers. Afaik that one is a dedicated server with the same specs nearly all dedicated servers have.

[TehJumpingJawa]

hey presto another Saber lock crash caught on camera =D



Is it possible that when a saber lock occurs, a random animation sequence is chosen - and 1 (or more) of these animation sequences is corrupt or broken in some way?
That would explain why it doesn't crash with every saber lock.

[=tom=]

a good way to find this out would be to disable saber attack (no more sabers) on 1 of the servers and see if the crashes stop

[CerberuS]

a good way to find this out would be to disable saber attack (no more sabers) on 1 of the servers and see if the crashes stop
... or just disable saber locking (g_saberLocking 0) on one of the servers.

[zag]

lol toms just trying to get rid of jedis... ;)

[=tom=]

lol toms just trying to get rid of jedis...
and right u r :p

[Deli Pastrami]

hm my saber lock animation has a bug...if i get a saberlock it stops to lock in 1nano second lol

btw could you post all mb2 server ips plz?:(

hmmm...... well my saber lock is fine. everytime i do it though its like the one who loses(or )wins slides on the floor out of the way. Its kinda weird but i have saber locks all the ime w/o crashes