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By Yarlen on May 31, 2011 5:51:03 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Yarlen

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Hey gang,

We've tried something new on the server-side with ICO.  So far it appears to be helping, but it's hard to tell. If you can please hop on and let us know how it feels. Please post back with the number of players who were online and in your game at the time you tested.

Thanks!

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Howdidudothat
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May 31, 2011 5:54:37 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Most excellent.  Once I get a game going, I'll let you know.  Thank you.

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Pbhead
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May 31, 2011 6:15:50 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

played a 5v5. i did not notice any server side lag.    number of players when we were hosting the game, and had 9 players in the game was 9, so only one game, and only us in it for the start... but the lack of lag seemed to hold out thoughout.

didnt catch the number online when the game ended.

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Howdidudothat
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May 31, 2011 7:21:18 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I can't tell you how many are on, but so far it's been flawless.  Played a 5v5 and everything was smooth.  What did you change?

 

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Howdidudothat
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May 31, 2011 8:05:42 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

2nd game, 31 players on, still working.  Time will tell now.

 

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DirtySanchezz
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May 31, 2011 9:26:58 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Yarlen, do you think there's anything to my (layman's) hypothesis that the lag was time-dependent relative to the time of the server reboot or the closing/reloading of the Sins program on the server?  It seemed like the lag was a degenerative, time-dependent problem because it was pretty lag free for the first two days after the patch was released.

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ArchNemesis
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June 1, 2011 12:40:05 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I think the lag had more to do with the players or at least the fix to the lag they put into place deals with the latency of the players internet cause I noticed today any time I lagged I was automatically disconnected from ICO right away.

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June 1, 2011 9:44:59 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Actually if this holds up, the issue was that the ICO database had gotten too big and unwieldy. We went in and did some optimization on it. 

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SageWon
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June 1, 2011 10:00:30 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Yarlen,
reply 7
..., the issue was that the ICO database had gotten too big and unwieldy... 

Probably from all the smurfing! 

Some people are constantly creating new smurfs, and now I see them somehow recreating the same name so that the record is always new, and meaningless.  Not to mention the dirty little secret: that you can play 1v1 against an AI on ICO, and start with both players on the same team to get instant wins.

So... win/loss/games played records are completely worthless and meaningless.  People are abusing the system. 

New accounts and records need to be implemented in Rebellion.  And the two bugs I mention above, need to be filled.

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June 1, 2011 11:54:38 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Rebellion will be using the Reactor account system, so there won't be crazy smurfing (in theory). All player records will be tied to your validated account.  

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Greg30007
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June 1, 2011 2:09:50 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Yarlen,
reply 9
Rebellion will be using the Reactor account system, so there won't be crazy smurfing (in theory). All player records will be tied to your validated account.

Wow I like it 

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Qu4r
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June 1, 2011 2:56:52 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Is that mean ill know haw many games i played overall?    scary

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Greg30007
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June 1, 2011 4:31:35 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

We know ICO is not big in player count. What would be funny to know how many unique names there is.

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Yarlen
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June 1, 2011 4:44:21 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Well, time will tell what we can accomplish, but I'd like to take the stat info from ICO games and put them on the Sins' website (kinda like we do for Demigod). 

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Kitkun
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June 1, 2011 5:09:15 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Don't pull a Frog, Yarly.

 

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June 2, 2011 10:03:45 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

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June 2, 2011 10:36:17 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Based on the 2 above facials (from kitkun and yarlen) there appears to be a karma competition.

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Yarlen
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June 2, 2011 1:21:26 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Bogus, Kitkun has more Karma than I do. 

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June 2, 2011 1:43:39 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Curious, is the database going to be trimmed down in any way (Redundant account names, etc.) when Reactor gets integrated?

Quoting Yarlen,
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Bogus, Kitkun has more Karma than I do. 
The mind-boggling bit is how you have more than anybody.

 

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Nightraid3r
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June 2, 2011 3:20:47 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Karma for lag fix (even if it may go back eventually.... we can hope right?)

 

-Star Player

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Howdidudothat
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June 2, 2011 10:19:05 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Well, the server seems to be working well.  Thank you again Yarlen.

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freewilly321
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June 5, 2011 4:12:42 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

The lobby and game are both extremely laggy right now, unfortunately.  My friend is experiencing the same issues.

 

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Enny02
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June 5, 2011 4:13:04 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I tried to play with a friend yesterday and today. It is lagging really bad in the chat and game (Entrenchment). Impossible to play.

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master1a
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June 5, 2011 5:47:52 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Since the latest patch I haven't noticed any significant ICO based lag will post again if that changes.

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Mecha-Lenin
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June 5, 2011 6:02:03 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Played several games since patch,  no lag so far.

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June 5, 2011 10:36:24 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I think the changes were made to Diplomacy only.  Diplomacy has been flawless.

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