Where have you been.... and what is that smell??

Post by **I.D.O.** » Mon May 19, 2003 9:09 pm

Over the last couple of weeks the public server has seen less and less activity. If you haven't been playing on the public CTF Server as much we would like to know why and if there are any issues we could address to make it a better place to play. I have been assuming it was the PlanetSide and Stars Galaxy Betas but I want to make sure we are not missing anything. Please document your issues or concerns in this thread. We will review the replies and see if there is anything we can do to address those issues. If you are moving to another game please let us know which game. Please keep the feedback constructive.

Here is a list to get your brain started......

Moving on to another gameâ€¦.
Hell, it is nice outside..
Summer break
Other Real life issues
No Admins on to stop/ban idiots
Lag on server
Donâ€™t like the new OSP
Not Real Damage
Stale map rotation
Hackers, cheaters, whiners or other poor sports
Everything is fun.. Iâ€™m just busy!

Thanks ----- I.D.O.

Post by **Archangelus** » Mon May 19, 2003 9:46 pm

I have heard that new version of OSP (ppl not realizing that they need to have Downloads set to yes) and when I was in yesterday, tk was on.....not suitable for the type of players that usually have been playing here.

Yep....just what i've heard.

-Arch

TREV · Post by **TREV** » Mon May 19, 2003 9:47 pm

#1. No time.

#2. Bored of SOF2.

#3. Real Damage = more fun.

#4 (Not sure). I dunno if the lag got fixed, haven't been there since it began.

The server is still good as far as I know...but those are my reasons.

XoR · Post by **XoR** » Mon May 19, 2003 11:41 pm

As for myself, I have heard complaints of lag. Also for myself, who normally pings <50ms, am now in the ballpark of 90-110ms.

Ever since the OSP upgrade, I have noticed this. BUT, I have seen DenKirson at my old ping range of <50ms so I really don't know what's the culprit.

Beyond them servers be dragons.

DrkMasaMune · Post by **DrkMasaMune** » Tue May 20, 2003 1:18 am

one time when i was playin there was a dood who had a skin of the other team.. so basically he was running around killing the other team dressed as a teammate... stuff like that has been happeninng a lot, thats what ive noticed... let me know if i can help
-masa

XoR · Post by **XoR** » Tue May 20, 2003 2:27 am

Yes, you're right. Cheats, hacks and exploits are alive and well.

There are numerous wallhacks out there that circumvent PB, multihacks that give you all kinds of advantages, even panic buttons(kill switch) in case you feel someones watching you, glowing opponents, full alpha bright, no smoke/no fog, 3rd person with crosshair, wireframe and aimbots galore etc...

I am getting sick and tired of people knowing I'm around a corner and lobbing a perfectly placed nade when the only way they knew I was coming is by cheating. But why would they NOT cheat if they CANNOT get caught? This is the sick part. It takes HONOR and HONESTY to not cheat. I'm sorry, but the majority of these lame script kiddies can't even spell the word honesty.

I patrol the cheat community every day to see whats out there and know what we're up against and I suggest you do as well. Reading their forums is the hard part as I want to reach through my monitor and kill these *&^%$ people. It's a much bigger problem than anyone knows. It's the "plausible deniability" that these rats hide under. "I don't cheat" they keep saying WHILE they cheat over and over again.

Again, a mandatory login process with unique user-key account credentials is the only way to start to crack down on cheating. This anonymous who gives a shi* free for all way of playing will never cut it. There must be severe penalties for cheating, end of story.

PB needs to become committed to weekly updates. Keep them guessing. Even if the update DOES NOTHING. Update it and say "this fixes many public cheats" Keep them guessing.

sigh I hate this crap, I get too worked up.

TimeIIDie · Post by **TimeIIDie** » Tue May 20, 2003 3:45 am

Lag on server has been a problem, is getting better, though it's probably due to our router

Also, as mentioned in previous thread, no SOF2 after about 6:30 EST due to the router filtering all SOF2 stuff after that time with something my dad's set up:(

Undead_Mercenary · Post by **Undead_Mercenary** » Tue May 20, 2003 8:17 am

Errm sry bout FF being on yesterday Arch. Me and Dragon were on and we felt like putting it on for a bit. Guess i forgot to turn it off after i left. As far as the server, this is what i have :

-I still get lag from time to time
-I would really like Real Damage put on
-New OSP... nah nothin really great about it
-I wanna try that new ICS mod. Dragon told me its pretty cool.
-Some user made maps (that i havent played yet) would spice things up.
-Try checking out Sof2Files.com for cool stuff.

A7ESF · Post by **A7ESF** » Tue May 20, 2003 8:39 am

Hmmm looks like its all been said already.

Concernig the lag, there's two possible reasons for that.
1. The New OSP. I'm not sure if thats it or not, but I have heard other servers talk about it causing problems.
2. With FF off, people tend to spam nades and such a lot more. Maybe I'm off the mark here, but the more people you have, putting out more and more things for the computer to process tends to lag things a bit. The two maps that get the laggiest IMO are Jordon and Shop2.

I still come around lag or not. Its just that the last few times I came around, nobody was there.

Post by **Archangelus** » Tue May 20, 2003 9:18 am

Yep, I would do the following:

1) Roll back to OSP .2w
2) Put on Real Damage
3) Add real damage to the server name.

We should check pings before and after the change to see if it remedies the issue.

-Arch

P.S. - UM, it's fine that you turned on FF. I was afraid that it had been on all this time, and we just never noticed.

Tasmania · Post by **Tasmania** » Tue May 20, 2003 11:40 am

I have been away myself dur to planet side, but still plan on playing on this server. I guess my lag from last week was due to my cable company, but still have a little bit more then usual. I also think that the new OSP being that the client has to have the files DL'd also is stopping a lot of people from entering.

The FF on is cool, but I was a little surprised when I killed on of my own players!! Would have liked to know it was on first

Some new maps would be cool. Didn't play much yesterday, but am glad to see TT and subway are back. I didn't notice if the COL maps are still there, but I know a lot of people do not like tjose. I used to hate them but they are not so bad now, I guess I can deal wwith them!

Desert Base is an excellant map. Good spots for snipers, and close combat. Plenty of objects to use for cover, It is def worth taking a look at. Here is a link if anyone is interested:

http://sof2files.com/file.info?ID=8946

DenKirson · Post by **DenKirson** » Tue May 20, 2003 1:14 pm

I always seem to have a good ping, although I probably lag just as much as everyone else. I watch my ping continually jump from 50 to 120 and back. It mostly stays at 50, mostly.

I be playing Freelancer now. Although when I go on SoF, I seem to do pretty damn good.

Post by **I.D.O.** » Tue May 20, 2003 1:15 pm

Ok, a quick update then......

1.) I have added Real Damage from the Real Damage League (still need Dloads on)
2.) OSP has been reverted back to v0.2w (Server side only Mod)
3.) Added Real Dmg to the server name
4.) Changed the SOF2 Server Startup by removing attempts at memory tweaking
5.) Turned FF off every mapcycle in case someone forgets to turn it off before they leave :turn-l:
6.) Removed Fire Nads from one of the Jordan cycles just to see if we get complaints.

Post by **Archangelus** » Tue May 20, 2003 1:58 pm

Yeah...I hate burning nads....

-Arch

Post by **Archangelus** » Tue May 20, 2003 2:11 pm

Oooh....I know something else I have been hearing...

STATS!!

ppl want to see the stats updating automatically.....they love their stats....precious lil stats....

*we loves our precious stats*

-Arch