the oobs 4th pitboss game (Warlords), 15 players

[da_Vinci]

I was just in the game and noticed that the timer in the upper right corner is counting down at half speed: it ticks off one second in two seconds of real time. Not sure what it means, but posting the observation for what it is worth.

Not sure if game 3 is doing that as well ... did not notice when I was there.

dV

 

[the oob]

I was just in the game and noticed that the timer in the upper right corner is counting down at half speed: it ticks off one second in two seconds of real time. Not sure what it means, but posting the observation for what it is worth.

Not sure if game 3 is doing that as well ... did not notice when I was there.

dV

Yep this has been known for a while, the timer runs slow in pitboss when someone is connected, hence why a '24 hour' turn ends up taking about 28 hours if the clock runs to the end. All pitboss games have this problem, not just mine, I don't mind the few extra hours though.

Or to put it in a more snarky way:

 

[da_Vinci]

I knew that the timer was slow (I wondered how a computer could fail to tell time however ... like that original pentium that could not do math ), but did not realize it is a lag during player linkage.

It would seem that an external clock could be used to override the lagging internal clock ... but then I am not a programmer ...

dV

 

[WarningU2]

My guess on the poor connectivity at times is your downloading of torrents. civstats is used in nearly all the games I play and there hasn't been an issue like this.

 

[oyzar]

he have blocked his connection from uploading more than 10 kbs at once. This is what causes the connection to the game to be so slow but it also what causes civstats to make the connection crash since it kept creating new connections instead of using the same one every time it sends something and hence can sometimes fill out the connection and then cause the connection to crash(i think, it might be better explained in the civstats thread) basically removing the upload limit or making it higher would probably solve the problem as well.

 

[the oob]

he have blocked his connection from uploading more than 10 kbs at once. This is what causes the connection to the game to be so slow but it also what causes civstats to make the connection crash since it kept creating new connections instead of using the same one every time it sends something and hence can sometimes fill out the connection and then cause the connection to crash(i think, it might be better explained in the civstats thread) basically removing the upload limit or making it higher would probably solve the problem as well.

The upload limit only applies to warlords itself, not to civstats (I can limit it on a per application basis). Unless I have a lot of torrents running it shouldn't take more than a minute or two to connect under normal circumstances... divide the size of a save file by 10 (the upload speed is capped at 10KB/s) and you should get the amount of seconds it takes to do the save transfer part of the connection.

 

[the oob]

My guess on the poor connectivity at times is your downloading of torrents. civstats is used in nearly all the games I play and there hasn't been an issue like this.

I think I've had the problem with no torrents running as well. I have one running right now but it's slow.

Bear in mind I'm not considering getting rid of civstats permanently, I'll just switch to an older version if I believe it's the cause.

 

[whiplash_CDC]

Game is down AGAIN! I must admit that I'm losing patience with this host.

 

[the oob]

May as well repeat my post from the other thread:

Game is down AGAIN! I must admit that I'm losing patience with this host.

ok, looks like it isn't civstats. Just to confirm: you did actually try connecting to the game, rather than looking at civstats and assuming it's down?

Yeah, you're not the only one losing patience... I'm the one who has to try to fix the problem!

 

[the oob]

ok it's back up now (along with civstats). Plan B: using wired instead of wireless, let's see how it goes.

 

[CB Droege]

The mesage I got at the begining of the war looked something like this:

"Nothing personal, just want to try out the Persia UU."

Hopefully MightyDwarf is happy with the Imortals' performance

Short game for me... I might as well not even have played to have been removed this early.

 

[classical_hero]

I know what it feels like being removed by Immortals. Where is Leonidas when you need him?

 

[oyzar]

game down.

 

[the oob]

It's supposed to be down, I sent out an email about it. Probably should have posted here as well, but it's been the MotD in the game for a while now so it should be obvious.

 

[the oob]

The games are back up.

 

[da_Vinci]

The games are back up.

Nothing lasts forever ... both games are timing out for me now.

dV

 

[the oob]

Seems to have fixed itself, Oyzar is able to get in to one of my servers.

 

[crazyjoe0813]

nothing to see here.

 

[oyzar]

mighty dwarf is mia? 4 turns missed now? (6 days ago)

 

[the oob]

mighty dwarf is mia? 4 turns missed now? (6 days ago)

I'll send him an email when I get home.