=VG= SemlerPDX

Thanks for the report. It's been restarted. I've decided to roll back the config change test. Should be back to it's normal stability.

So, one of our friends, one of our peers here at VG asks for some pointers and advice on something that is difficult, and you want to contribute to the discussion by telling him that it appears to you that he has no real respect for veterans or PTSD, and that he doesn't know what he is talking about (in his report of his friends behavior, which is all he seemed to write about, that, and his question about what he should do to help his friend...) because he asked his friends here as opposed to some forum somewhere he is unfamiliar with? Looks like he found a few people who've actually dealt with it personally, and some people in a profession that puts them in a position to offer very sound advice. I find the replies to his post very helpful, sounds like he's got some friends here (and some people he may not even know yet like BCO) who are happy to point him in the right direction and encourage him to help his friend out as he is able. I've always appreciated the fact that the VG Community is more than just a gaming forum, more than random gamers mashing buttons, and more of an extended group of friends, and I'm sure Jersans does as well after hearing the support of his peers in the above posts. Posts even including a reply from a VG guy who never posts on the forums, but took the time to show some support and provide some words for this particular thread, so much is his support for those dealing with PTSD. But that's just IMO, I guess, cuz we all have different opinions about whether we should help each other out all supportive like, or whether we should call each other out for not knowing what they are talking about like some kind of dick. I guess I just fall into the former category. Pardon my disdain and my unhelpful post in this thread. P.S. I cannot believe this needs to be said, but... VG will decide what is an appropriate subject of discussion on the VG Community forums, thank you.

Okay, we'll try it. I've restarted the server campaign to Day 1, and altered the Day 1 ("new tankers by brain") save file. I've altered the server config to turn g_bServerHostAll = 1 to g_bServerHostAll = 0 and the server is now running from a 3D cockpit. I can get into the server a number of ways, but using TeamViewer for example, the Task Manager shows BMS using around 20% CPU on the ramp in the cold cockpit but TeamViewer.exe is spiking the CPU to near 99% (using 55% +/- of the CPU) -- of course, logging out of TV and leaving the session should make it stable, as evidenced by the CPU usage track (set to slow update) in Task Manager. I'll keep an eye on it, but even logging in to look at it could spike the CPU, so I will be doing so sparingly. I'll check it this afternoon, and again in the evening. Please keep a close eye on performance and issues while we test this, and report back here with anything (even seemingly inconsequential events) so we can review the data and make an evaluation of this test. **I've also fixed the Tanker issue from before -- all 'Player Support Tanker Squadrons' no longer have HQ fragging, specifically the 908th. Also, a small note - I thought 908th is out of Choongwon but I see it from Kadena as if it resides there. Confusing, but a non-issue.

We found that Renainn had been near someone's Cursed Earth mob farm, one that had a bug (literally) and caused him to crash. We (by which I mean Double_13) fixed it by finding this location and clearing the mobs near Renainn's player character. If you are having the same issue, we need to find out where you are in the world, and to address the issue near where you are spawning to fix it. Please let us know approximately where you are or where you were last in the game

Done - you're in the proper group now.

Renainn's (aka davestrike's) brother, hasn't been around for a long while... We've been playing on the Minecraft Server lately. Tags on by mistake... @Double_13 thanks @LionClaw check the VG Admin section: http://veterans-gaming.com/index.php?/forums/topic/5417-new-dedicated-server/&page=3

Cool man... (a bit of constructive criticism, if you don't mind: the intro was a bit frantic, with screenshots changing so fast I thought I was about to have a seizure - if it was only a few seconds and a little faster, it might be better, but it kept going for awhile, and it distracted me from the Title's - made it hard to focus on them and read them) Very awesome BMS action, man! Thanks for sharing!!

Yea, that's the issue... Debrief screen is not correctly showing units that the player destroyed as "destroyed", merely "damaged". I believe this may be a core issue inside BMS itself, I've read about this problem on more than one server... It's not just us. I also looked into all the server config variables when I set up the server, and afaik the settings are as good as they can get. It's far better for the server plane to sit in the 2D map debriefing screen than to sit on the tarmac in a cold aircraft - far less rubber-banding and other lag issues. For large flights with many pilots in different countries, on different continents, I suggest upping the max player bandwidth to 2048 instead of 1024, but truly we have not done any definitive testing on this - seems correct on paper, though.

but seriously, I was wondering this myself... Official Implementation would require a patch update for all of PR, if they have any patches in the works, this one could be part of that... if not, we have to host files for people to download. I doubt that BF2 supports it, but we do have the ability to enable a FastDL service through TCAdmin, we are looking into it so we can push a custom map pack for Insurgency (standalone) to allow for more than 8 players per game -- if this same system can be used for PR, let me know. Here is a documentation link about TCAdmin FastDL: http://help.tcadmin.com/Fast_Downloads

Each individual map should be a micro-transaction DLC...

Now, there's something I can surely do.... Done. Welcome, [R-Dev] Melon Muncher, thank you for your Code Fu!

hang in there bro!

I had a feeling about that... walked right into it

lol -- **thread from July.... =VG= BrakeGamer is the guy from Croatia who's working with the Insurgency (standalone) server; he's also a PR admin.

The trade-off to forcing the host to stay in 3d cockpit would be extreme de-sync with other players and AI aircraft, as described by Brain. I'm afraid we do not have the most powerful server out there, and we have to deal with what we have. The way we have it set up now is the best that we can do as far as we know. We are definitely open to suggestions and fixes that will improve this, but we have done a bit of testing on this, and the server runs it's best after launching by returning the host to the 2D debrief screen prior to it's scheduled takeoff time. The "units only damaged in debrief" is a known issue, and it is known that the units are truly destroyed as shown by the 2D map after a mission. Brain mentioned a ownership variable but I it does not currently exist in the config file - I've had to add variables before that did not exist, but without the syntax of this var, I cannot add it. If you find anything, let me know, we'd be happy to test something that might improve the server. I've attached the VG BMS server config file if anyone wants to review it for options that may help. falcon bms.cfg

I believe the point is that we should not have to. Using imgur for now is the best workaround unless you all want your pictures slaughtered by a resize. Try here first, if it's too big, use imgur.com and paste the links in the post. @Brain - dang, you a skinny mofo, huh?

Yea, just upload to imgur.com and paste the link in a reply here. should make it work automatically.

Looks like one of them died while bustin' a move!

No, it's Day 7, just checked the server and appears to be running fine. Haven't restarted with proposed change because of what you wrote about your workaround and what Brain wrote when I asked about the problem... I'd be happy to roll it back to day one with the proposed change when you all want. Just let me know

*you seem to have left out a CPU cooler - you cannot use the stock Intel CPU cooler that comes with it, you must get something. Air cooled is cheaper, but can be noisy. Liquid cooled is a little more expensive, but helpful for noise and a little more room in overclocking projects. You'll wanna buy Artic Sliver as well for a thermal compound between the CPU and the cooler. For that matter, you should buy or order some rubbing alcohol - the closer to 100% the better, helps in evaporation time of the water mixed in (if any).