Author Topic: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby  (Read 2939 times)

Offline FESS67

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I always thought it odd that the game kicks everyone out when a map is won.  I understand the need to reset the room but I think it would be better to move everyone to a lobby rather than boot them as it would keep them engaged in the game.

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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2017, 08:43:48 PM »
Nice idea.

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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2017, 10:34:43 PM »
Indeed. I hope it works.
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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2017, 12:23:06 AM »
Good idea, abouty half seem to leave the game when this happens.

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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2017, 01:19:29 AM »
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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2017, 02:18:47 AM »
I don't think they can do that and I am probably wrong. the map is shutting down, it's like game over, new map log back in.
but seems to me if they could hold people in the O'club they would have done it years ago.
one reason I tell the new players whats going on when a map is won so they don't think they did something wrong so they will log back in.
Besides there's not enough beer in the O'club anyway.
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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2017, 05:22:25 AM »
Lunatic,  I am sure there are technical hurdles to overcome however when a map ends no other arena has to close so my thinking is a 'lobby' room could be persistent and when a map ends the players get delivered there.  Imagine a big chat room of people who have just had a ball fighting each other and can chat about it for a few minutes before the room reset.

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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2017, 06:24:13 AM »
 :headscratch:

There's already a lobby.....
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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2017, 07:17:53 AM »
+1

I am sure Hitech could make this change if he wants to, that is I don't think there's much beyond his capability as a programmer.  But, it might mean taking the existing program apart and rebuilding it with an altered structure - like maybe a shell program surrounding the current exe that maintains our connection data, provides the Lobby area, etc.
So it might be pretty involved coding-wise.

Still, glad to see this suggestion made because being kicked out with a "Host Connection Lost" message or something like that, even after multiple text warnings about the arena resetting is not a good thing IMO.   I think we just all got used to "that's the way it works" and never really questioned it.

Best situation I think would be to be placed in a Lobby area where you can chat with your country-mates, maybe click a link to go check stats from the last tour (might be cool to have stats available by each map within a tour?), or your current score, all the while a message box or status bar shows the "Arena is resetting..." progress.    When the new map is ready you're placed back in tower at a field.

Another option would be when we are booted from the arena at reset, we are sent back to the arena selection menu - that way we at least stay in the game. 

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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2017, 07:19:46 AM »
The other arenas don't shut down during a map change, why should the lobby.   :headscratch:

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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2017, 09:47:06 AM »
Agreed. It seems a little old-school just to punt everyone from the game - when moving them into the lobby with a message "please wait 1 minute for the map to reset" instead of a CTD type of approach. 

Or better yet, move them all into the AvA :x
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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2017, 10:03:59 AM »
My WAG guess is the server has to reset all of the stuff(very technical term here).

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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2017, 10:18:04 AM »
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Re: Please do not dump people from game between maps - push them to a lobby
« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2017, 10:21:40 AM »
Yea, I always thought the current behaviour was weird; though I never openly said it. Thanks FESS67 for saying it on our behalf.