#3781 Re: News and Announcements » New server IP address » 2012-03-23 20:33:24

Server is running at the moment. Can any of you test the server? Please, join it at 188.165.170.241:14567. The server is not, yet, visible in Gamespy server list, you have to add the IP address, port and join it manually.
I have been testing it for some minutes, and I'm a bit reluctant. My connection had some packet drops for a few seconds while playing there.
Could you also ping the server and post your results here, with this command in DOS prompt (go to Start > Run and type cmd):
ping -n 300 -l 98 188.165.170.241 > pingtest.txt
This will ping the server every second for 300 times (5 minutes) with 98 bytes packets and create a pingtest.txt file with the results in the directory your DOS prompt initialized. Just paste your final results like this:

Ping statistics for 188.165.170.241:
Packets: Sent = 300, Received = 300, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 54ms, Maximum = 543ms, Average = 60ms

#3782 Re: News and Announcements » New server IP address » 2012-03-23 02:02:27

I don't think it's him. Whoever is crashing the servers, is really sad.

#3783 Re: News and Announcements » New server IP address » 2012-03-22 00:36:07

The server crashes are a totally different issue from the server lags/freezes and weird registration problems. Unfortunately, someone knows a method how to crash a BF1942 server, and it's using it before the new map loads, so the map gets repeated.
The registration and freezes problems are related to the CPU resources on the server. Whenever the host server is abused by other clients on the same host, the CPU resources get exhausted, since it's a fair share CPU usage policy.
I really hope that this new server, which has better specs, is much more stable.

#3784 Re: Feedback » Nazi names » 2012-03-22 00:22:07

Whenever someone uses a nazi name, first warn them, then kick them, if they still keep the nazi name after several warnings you are free to ban them for 1 day or 3 days, like, !bname3days .#. If we were to censor nazi names, when a player using a nazi name entered the server, he would be automatically kicked from the server, without ever knowing the reason.

#3785 Re: Feedback » Nazi names » 2012-03-21 01:24:42

This is a sensible topic, Denny. Well, EA didn't put Hitler name or any nazi propaganda in BF1942, because they would be called responsible for that. When a player uses a nazi nickname, it's their responsibility. EA could have coded in the game something to prevent people from choosing nazi names, but they didn't. As far as I know, no game censors using nazi nicknames.
I, myself, don't get offended if someone uses a Nazi name. Don't get me wrong, I don't support any extreme right-wing political movement. It's just my view. I understand that some people feel offended, but every nation in the World War II comitted atrocities, for example, Stalin and his infamous Gulags. That's why I think, It's a bit harsh censoring nazi names.

#3786 Re: News and Announcements » New server IP address » 2012-03-21 00:59:58

Sorry, I couldn't finish setting up the server today, as promised. I have a work to finish this week. When I have some spare time I'll make sure that the change is smooth and flawless. I'll do the switch this Friday.

#3787 Re: Feedback » Nazi names » 2012-03-20 00:27:12

At the moment, there are no banned words in the server, but that can be enabled if there is abuse of offensive language and nicknames. Banning nazi names, I believe it's a bit too harsh. After all, BF1942 is a World War II era game. I'd say you warn (!wname .#) that player about his nazi name, and if he doesn't change his player name, then kick him (!kname .#).

#3788 Re: News and Announcements » New server IP address » 2012-03-19 19:47:54

I don't think it will "die". You will be able to join from the previous IP address for at least 3 weeks, your traffic will be redirected automatically to the new server. Because of the redirection, if you join from the old IP address it will increase your ping by 1 ms. tongue
The ports of the server will be the default ones. Anyway, the server will be listed in Gamespy Master list and people will be able to see the new IP address.

#3789 News and Announcements » New server IP address » 2012-03-18 23:32:09

tuia
Replies: 20

Because of the frequent server lags due to degraded server perfomance, we've decided to move the BF1942 server to a new hosting company. This move implies we have to use another IP address: 188.165.170.241. The server will still be hosted on OVH datacenter in Roubaix, near the border of France with Belgium. So, you will have the same latency, as before. You will still be able to join the new server from the old IP address, 176.31.41.165, for some weeks, however it is better you join from the new address, to avoid traffic redirections.
The server will start running, most probably, tomorrow or on Tuesday, as I need to finish up some server settings and tests. I hope with this new server all lag problems can be sorted out. I'll inform when it's up and running.

#3790 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Video: Second night on public » 2012-03-18 21:27:11

Yes, x264 is one of the best H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video encoders, if not the best, and it is free. On the other hand, CoreAVC is probably the fastest H.264 decoder, but is not free. I use FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder, which is an opensource alternative.
I think it's a stupid move from Sony not to support the x264 codec in their latest Vegas version.

#3791 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Video: Second night on public » 2012-03-16 16:58:37

Dxtory needs the .NET framework to run. I dislike programs that need a runtime framework to load every time you use the program. Usually, they are inefficient and slow. I haven't tried, yet, Dxtory because my actual computer is too slow for today's standards. You should also test out MSI Afterburner Beta video capture, as Hiba wrote.

#3792 Re: Videos and Screenshots » High Scores » 2012-03-16 16:47:24

Impressive score, lots of kills and no deaths! Did you play as sniper? Or you were once again inside the allied boat bombing the shore? tongue
I tend to play with fake nicknames. You never know when I'm playing around.

#3793 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Video: Second night on public » 2012-03-15 16:47:56

I found out recently, that another good video capture program is Bandicam. Try those out and see what suits you best.

#3794 Re: Videos and Screenshots » High Scores » 2012-03-15 16:44:26

Have just formatted the disk and installed BF1942. I played one round of good old Stalingrad map. Here is my high score:
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Got the gold medal! wink Most kills were with StG 44 and grenade tossing, I didn't use the Panzer IV.

#3795 Re: Feedback » Some comments » 2012-03-11 14:59:16

Done. Now Market Garden Axis planes resupply on the runway, however no ammo icon shows up.

#3796 Re: News and Announcements » Server Lags » 2012-03-11 12:20:32

Although, I've placed some firewall rules that should block any packet flood on gameport, now, the server freezes/lags still happen at some random times of the day. It's most certainly a problem with the CPU resources on the server, some other clients on the same hardware node are abusing it. The hosting company has terrible support, they don't answer and just close my tickets. I've asked them for an upgrade of the server and they simply ignore it.

#3797 News and Announcements » Coral Sea, Kharkov and Kursk maps updated » 2012-03-11 11:41:31

tuia
Replies: 0

Kharkov and Kusrk had fast spawn times on the jeeps, now they are back to normal. Also, one Ilyushin/Stuka spawns now instead of two.
At Coral Sea the 2 carriers from each side were brought together, 2 defguns were removed and slightly increased the spawn time of defguns and AA guns.

#3798 Re: Videos and Screenshots » High Scores » 2012-03-11 11:35:19

Nice score. I can't believe you made all those kills in one minute, that's around one kill per second. smile

#3799 Re: News and Announcements » Server Lags » 2012-03-08 18:03:34

A brief update: the server lags still occasionally happen, but much less frequent. I don't know exactly what is the cause of it, since the hosting company said that everything was fine on their side. However, noticed yesterday a large amount of packets on gameport 14567. Maybe, someone is packet flooding the server, causing the lags. I'll monitor the traffic, now.

#3800 Re: Feedback » Some comments » 2012-03-07 20:51:33

Ok, i will try to add it.

#3801 Re: News and Announcements » Server Lags » 2012-03-07 20:27:02

Thank you for the information. It seems the lag problems stopped today at around 09:00 CET. At least, the players stopped complaining about it at that time. I entered the server some minutes ago and it was much better. I can't guarantee that the issue is over, because I had no reply, yet, from the hosting company.

#3802 Re: Feedback » Some comments » 2012-03-07 20:16:20

Tobruk map only has one Tiger and one M10 for each side. I double checked it, now. Then, Axis have 6 Panzers instead of the usual 3. I tried to balance the numbers adding one extra Sherman on the first line and second line bases. Also, 2 more Shermans were added to British base. Those were the main changes.
You can discuss anything about the mods, post a new topic in this Feedback section and I'll try to reply.

#3803 Re: BF1942 Discussion » List of admins » 2012-03-07 20:03:40

Hi Frenemy,

I'll create a topic with the list of the admins. I'll give you now map access.

#3804 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Video: Second night on public » 2012-03-07 00:42:25

Ah... it was produced by one of the Daft Punk members. It reminded me of their music. Really nice music, it's strange but it's pleasant to hear.

#3805 Re: News and Announcements » SiMPLE | BF1942 [FRA] is on BF Tracks » 2012-03-06 20:41:24

Hi Qlimax,

I agree, it's a nice and detailed ranking system, however we have, yet, not tried to use it, because it's not one of our top priorities. Besides, this would mean the server had to log all game events and that would cause even more stress, writing all logs to the disk. I don't know if this would impact on the server's performance, only by testing it. Right now, we're trying to fix the server lags and frequent crashes and also finishing up some maps.

#3806 Re: News and Announcements » Server Lags » 2012-03-06 20:28:46

I've already contacted the hosting company and they said they would do something about it. As it is now, the server is shitty. Really sorry about that, i know it's annoying playing with constant freezes.

#3807 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Video: Second night on public » 2012-03-06 20:26:45

Nice video with impressive kills, high altitude bomb dropping and busting planes with tank shots. Enjoyed it very much, especially the ending. I also liked the music selection, what is name of the first song?

#3808 Re: News and Announcements » SiMPLE | BF1942 [FRA] is on BF Tracks » 2012-03-05 00:33:00

We've decided not to have the server listed on bfkhdb.selaron.de, mainly because of privacy reasons. If anyone wants to play anonymously in our server, with a different nickname than his usual, he should be free to do so and not have a public website tracking him by his keyhash. In my opinion, bfkhdb.selaron.de does more harm than good. I don't find any good reason, to have the server tracked on bfkhdb.selaron.de.

#3809 News and Announcements » SiMPLE | BF1942 [FRA] is on BF Tracks » 2012-03-04 12:36:17

tuia
Replies: 9

Our server is now being tracked on http://bftracks.net. You can now check your highest score, best maps, and lots of other statistics.
BF Tracks is a really cool website, it provides nearly real-time and historical gameplay statistics for almost all public Battlefield 1942 servers (including servers running modifications). All such servers are continuously monitored and statistics from games played on each server are recorded in a database. Each player seen playing online is individually recognized within the database and players are ranked according to their "skill" based on a formula that incorporates various parameters of the player's performance during gameplay. The BF Tracks website provides a searchable interface to the database where players can view their statistics and see how they compare to every other player in the database. This is all performed automatically without the player needing to register themselves with the service.
Note, that if you change your player nickname, BF Tracks will collect that data as from a new player, and your old statistics won't be updated, even though you're playing with the same CD-key.

#3810 News and Announcements » Server Lags » 2012-03-04 12:33:12

tuia
Replies: 8

Since Friday the BF1942 server has been laggy, most players having jerky play at some times. This is happening, because the server is undergoing a RAID building at the moment. Hopefully, the server will be back to normal by tomorrow.

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