UT2004 Patch 3369 Beta Test

[Sir_Brizz (heh)]

This is bad.

In UT99 this means hillbugging, ducking behind crates=invisible, attackers see you before you see them.. etc. You do the math. Yes it optimizes the server but costs players relevancy.


mmm Thinking some more, this could also mean that the server does check for relevancy and not the clients. I hope so.

I don't feel like logging in.

Of course this is how it works! They would be stupid to remove the checking altogether. By not having the clients do it, the client doesn't have to transfer any data. This could potentially reduce the number of dud projectiles (when newnet is not used).

 

[Bleeder]

"Convert '|' to 'I' in player names."

Why??????

EPIC: "All your non alpha-num char's are belong to us"

:/

 

[Shambler[sixpack]]

The "|" character is used as a new-line character....for instance, add some | characters to your name and say something while viewing the mapvote menu chat screen.

 

[Bleeder]

So, instead of modifying the code to ignore a "new line" if it occurs in a player name, Epic does this??

I suppose that would be too much work when they are busy with UT2007...

 

[Shambler[sixpack]]

IIRC the new line character is also used out-of-game and no, we didn't ask I'm sure people can live without the | character it's not a big deal.

 

[Bleeder]

Well, a lot of clans will certainly be pissed, because that char is an oft-used char in clan tags. Epic has not been clan-friendly in that respect. No official colored-name support, limited alt/unicode-char support, and now this. Where's the rant forum, pfft...

 

[Shambler[sixpack]]

Well I don't want to antagonise, I'll just leave it at this: I'll deal with the inconveniancies brought about by those changes in exchange for the benefits brought by these patches.

 

[Bleeder]

Yeah, here's to hoping that 2k7 is more clan-friendly.

 

[Sir_Brizz]

Why does everything become about how clan-friendly it is? Ever think that maybe it's just not practical? What if it will take them 20 man hours to "fix" it as opposed to just doing a 5 minute workaround?

Also, of course they aren't removing line of sight checks on the server. All that removing them on the client is going to do is remove the amount of throughput required on the client, which theoretically could reduce the number of dud projectiles.

The only other thing I have to say is that there are enough optimizations in this patch at this point to make it worth patching now. I hope that server admins are foresightful enough to load it on.

 

[fuegerstef]

Yeah, here's to hoping that 2k7 is more clan-friendly.

If it doesn't mean it becomes less eye-friendly, I am fine with it.

 

[Bang_Doll]

Oh don't worry, your spoiled eyes won't weep.