OK, since resurrection of the Over The Hill Gang servers, (yes, We're Back) the main server has had some connection problems originating from one of my ISP's. Packet loss was up to 12% at times due to line problems and the ISP performing an upgrade in the background, which is never seamless when you ...

Make sure when you config your server file that you check the "Allow Game Trackers" box

What he said
How would you like it?
Kill goal, open???

I'm not able to get my servers listed on the PD tracker for some reason. They are listed on the others though. Any ideas?

RC
Right now to get your severs to post on the PD tracker, you have to start Hunter's tool with "Parallax Online" selected, instead of "Direct TCP/IP.
The tool will then check ...

OK, I did
Over The Hill Gang servers now have the updated files.

Suncho wrote:Descent was released in 95. The demo came out in 94.

LOL, always the perfectionest.
Started with the Demo.

And on a same thing only different note:
There are still serverops out there who do not care enough about the players or games to come to this forum and even discuss an issue.
They should be encouraged to join, or informed that it even exist.
I came here to support and promote the game.
And of ...

Thanks Lothar.
I think the compromise will help all.
It's really my desire as a serverop to provide a good fun game for all, not just the regulars on the server.
Plus, I don't want to accuse someone of being hard headed about something as simple as a time limit, if I'm doing it myself

Got you beat by a year....but then it was released in 94 :)
Different pilots then. We had six fire stations in Roswell. All networked together. Was a good stress reliever after hours.
We played online also, but the LAN games were soooo, much better.
Almost all the players I know are old farts, both ...

OK,
Already mentioned Krom's idea about the autorestart.
I repolled and rephrased the question about the time limits, as I thought I may have bias'd the poll the way I asked it.
I emailed the regular users and asked about half of them in a game, instead of "do you want a time limit or not." (to ...

OK,
Already mentioned Krom's idea about the autorestart.
I repolled and rephrased the question about the time limits, as I thought I may have bias'd the poll the way I asked it.
I emailed the regular users and asked about half of them in a game, instead of "do you want a time limit or not." (to ...

Krom just pm'd me with an idea that should satisfy both ends.

Set Hunter's tool in the auto restart to one hour.

It wouldn't inhibit game play, would satisfy those that don't want the time limits and it would be a very rare occasion, that the servers don't get restarted within at least a four to ...

This is a much better string to address the problem Suncho.
And Krom actually hit on an idea that will satisfy both ends.
Set Hunters tool to restart the server once an hour.

This would be invisible to players in the game and lessen the likelyhood of a game going on forever and causing the bug ...

Suncho wrote: I'm not having fun if the time limit bug is there.
Could these problems you saw "within an hour" possibly be unrelated to the time limit bug?

No. Same symptoms.

Suncho wrote: I assume you mean they have more play time on your server?

Old saying "Assume make Ass of u and me.
They have been in the game since it was released (the original Descent 1)

You know I don't join games to check time limits. I really don't appreciate you speaking about me like that.
Hmmmm, You don't appreciate being spoken to the way you speak?
So far, all you've proven to me, is that you do join servers to check the time limits and be a self proclaimed "server cop ...

Like I said, you're out voted 25 to 1 by people who have been in the game longer.
What if you're having fun and the level just ends, then no one comes back. I just came from one of your "broken" servers (roadkills) the game had been going on for 7 hours and no time bug at all. Yet you said it ...

Forget it American Spirit!

Believe me Do_Checkor, it's forgotten, I've made my last post to him :)
Like I said, the reason the server is called "Over The Hill Gang." is because the players are mostly vetrans of Descent since it's conception.
He's out voted at least 25 to 1 there as to the time ...

I know that it only resets the server if there aren't players in it. If there are players in your server for more than 4 hours straight, that's a problem.

If the players are there for that long (and it happens a lot, yes, because unlike you, most are there for the fun and not to check time ...

What is going on here? Suncho said "hey heads up, these servers have the time limit bug on them..." And you jump down on him like he punched your wife and kicked your dog. Chill out a bit, cant someone post a little helpful bit mentioning a sometimes overlooked but well known bug and not get all ...

Well I know for the fact that Over
The Hill Gang is broken because I've joined it many times and not been able to shoot or respawn.

OK, one more thing again :)

The fact is, you haven't been on any of my servers long enough (I checked the data base, both pilot and IP address) to form any REAL ...

Just one more thing Suncho.
For someone who "Helped Hunter" write his tool, I'd expect you to have a better clue as to how it works

I've hashed this out enough at the serverops forum.
I checked the data base on my servers and your Pilot/IP show up very few times.
"The Over The Hill Gang Server" is not broken. I restart it manually, all the usual players request no time limit. The players can use their own judgement on whether to ...

We all know what happens to servers when they don't have time limits set on them.

So as a service to the community I've checked all the servers and am providing a list of broken servers for 2 purposes:
1. So people know not to play on them.
2. So the server ops can fix them.

Houston Express
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