#391 Re: BF1942 Discussion » Global BF1942 player numbers and graph » 2023-05-21 16:49:24

henk wrote:

- Is there a correction in your code for the artificial dip of player numbers in a server when a map changes (player numbers go back to 0 when a map changes, it's a weird glitch)
Well good point! First of all its very logical the server has 0 players, but its very ugly in the graph. And its also very ugly in my server list, since the server is not shown as populated during a mapchange. I changed it such that the playerNumber is shown of the previous map until the current round is out of its 'pre' phase (start timer). So now there are less drops in the graph. I think the drops are due to moongamers. They have a short pre phase. Not all players are joined before it ends.

- Are there any plans to add filters in the graph to display certain subsets of the data (for example, select global player numbers per mod)
Yes sir! Any ideas are welcome. Note that its something I will pick up at some point when I feel like it wink

- Eventually, it would be nice to see daily, weekly and monthly global player number data to check long term trends in global multiplayer player numbers. Are there any plans to display data for lower temporal resolutions, ie, long term data?
Yes. I save all data now. I'll have to come up with a plan to manage the size of data wink

Yeah Timezone is the first fix I'll make

Thanks for correcting the drops and your time on this project. I’m really eager to see how it will all pan out, including  being able to see the numbers filtered by mod so that event planners have a better idea on when to organize their events. Also, seeing the long term data will be really helpful in assessing the global health of the online community.

Yeah, I’m curious to know what the data requirements are for all this data. If this is a question of acquiring a server with larger storage capacities, I wouldn’t mind donating.

#392 Re: Feedback » SiMPLE is dying quickly now » 2023-05-21 02:31:51

MMO Interactive wrote:

We have a way of helping get the name out there but I can't find a current discord link to use. I own a gaming based radio/streaming station that would be more than happy to help advertise.

Good idea, let’s see if anyone bites.

#393 Re: BF1942 Discussion » Anyone Here Looking to Play Desert Combat? » 2023-05-19 16:52:57

BangBangOw wrote:

Have a custom maps event this Saturday Mamba, trying our best.

Also, Summer sees a decrease, as people can go out and about... rather than being cooped up inside all day.

So it'll pick up as the Summer nears an end.

Just spreading the word and doing what I can till then smile

Did you try to reach out to bf1942.pro? It seems they are looking for DC events to join and stuff.

#395 Re: BF1942 Discussion » Anyone Here Looking to Play Desert Combat? » 2023-05-18 16:26:28

Also I’ve made a bunch of small scale infantry only maps, and it would be nice to see if some players are interested in little competitive events (2v2, 3v3) on some of the maps, is that something you’re interested in?

#396 Re: BF1942 Discussion » Anyone Here Looking to Play Desert Combat? » 2023-05-18 13:44:14

Hi Bang,

DC is an excellent mod, some of its maps are masterpieces for infantry matches.

Sad to see its player numbers dwindle to such a low number.

The way to go now is to organize events, that’s pretty much the only way to fill up a server. I also encourage you to knock on doors, go ask in other big BF1942 communities if they want to join your events. You can even try doing crossover events between games like BF2 and BF1942.

Mamba

#397 Re: Feedback » SiMPLE is dying quickly now » 2023-05-17 19:19:33

Paul Baumer wrote:

Tuia has been running the servers for more than 10 years and I doubt anyone here has ever put as much effort in this whole thing as he did so we shall give that some damn respect. He also pays for all servers so he decides how to run them; you are welcome to criticize but if you do, try to propose something that can truly improve things instead of blaming servers owner. I actually think if everyone here did his part, this community and servers would have been doing great.

Yup. Maybe the time has come to create a donation system to keep the server running like with Moongamers.

Many positives could come out of such a system.

#398 BF1942 Discussion » Global BF1942 player numbers and graph » 2023-05-17 01:44:14

Black Mamba
Replies: 4

For those of you that didn't know, you can see the global number of online BF1942 players on Henk's website here:

http://bf1942.eu/

A graph was added recently to display the variation of the total number of online players for the last 12 hours. I am a big data nerd myself and love graphs, and this one looks nice. It looks like this:

JT0bd3k.png

From my observations, new data points are added to the graph every 4 minutes. The graph is interactive and you can hover over each individual data point to get the total number of players (Y Axis), and the time stamp associated with that number (X Axis).

For example, over the last 24 hours, the lowest number of players was 14 on May 16, 2023 at 4:01:16 AM (not sure what the time zone of the server is) while the highest player count was 135 on May 16th, 2023 at 5:46:01 PM.

This graph is a great way to quickly see hourly trends in the variation of global online BF1942 players. This would give players a great way to check the pulse of the multiplayer community and know when to connect to catch higher player numbers in a server.

Henk, a few questions:

- Is there a correction in your code for the artificial dip of player numbers in a server when a map changes (player numbers go back to 0 when a map changes, it's a weird glitch)
- Are there any plans to add filters in the graph to display certain subsets of the data (for example, select global player numbers per mod)
- Eventually, it would be nice to see daily, weekly and monthly global player number data to check long term trends in global multiplayer player numbers. Are there any plans to display data for lower temporal resolutions, ie, long term data?

Great work as usual bud smile

#399 Re: Feedback » SiMPLE is dying quickly now » 2023-05-06 19:52:44

Arkos, I really don’t know why you bother with these idiots.

The same people that were begging tuia to let them play on SiMPLE again for years, are now taking shots at him. Unreal.

Let’s not forget the contribution of Simon and deeko to the SiMPLE and BF1942 communities over the years:

- Crashing servers
- Cheating
- Sharing hacks to other players with the help of another well known hacker, S4E

We do not need advice on how to run a server from servers crashers and cheaters.

It is all a big game they are playing, trying so hard to be accepted by this community again by trying to catch other hackers or giving advice on how to run the server, when they themselves don’t have a clue on how server management works. As soon as time permits, they will stab everyone in the back and return to their old ways.

#400 Re: Feedback » SiMPLE is dying quickly now » 2023-05-01 14:17:13

LegioX.DoubTi/Mourits wrote:

The comment was a copy paste from one of Mambas great statements, not yours sorry. I know your not a troll, your a good zook pilot with high ping.

But now you are here often saying that Simple decrease in numbers is only due to admins being "being strict". Could you please enlighten me with some names who have been "unfairly treated and (temporarily) banned"? I guess you have a lot since it's the sole reason.

You don’t know the full story of what happened, so stay quiet you fool. This was definitely not a “minor incident”, as you put it. One of your clan members was in the server continuously insulting and harassing me, it involved 10 mins at least of trading insults and chat spam.

#401 Technical Help » Error installing the BF1942 SW Demo » 2023-04-29 19:57:30

Black Mamba
Replies: 1

Hi, when I run the installer to install the SW Demo I downloaded here: https://www.gamefront.com/files/battlef … o/download,

This happens:
TNXUHYV.png

Any idea what might be causing this?

#402 Re: Feedback » SiMPLE is dying quickly now » 2023-04-29 19:44:19

ABAS wrote:

7:20 a noobie colts hard trying Mamba big_smile

Didn't you see the other player emptying his Thompson clip into me right before? Come on ABAS you should be more observant than that, you are a pilot wink

#403 Re: Feedback » SiMPLE is dying quickly now » 2023-04-29 19:27:20

HappyFace wrote:

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I think, SIMPLE should cancel evade bans of old popular players who are increasing competitiveness in the server.



What do you think ?

Yup, and I would add, unban BFSoldier/000.

#404 Re: Feedback » SiMPLE is dying quickly now » 2023-04-29 19:26:02

Ferd Grapperhaus wrote:
Kevin wrote:
Paul Baumer wrote:

Damn, we assholes should've made you head admin for your precious contribution and let you run simple servers properly, just like bunch of trolls and cheaters ruined Ax server when it run out of active admins. Our biggest mistake was not letting people cheat and not letting trolls disrupt the game for others, If that makes us assholes in your eyes be my guest LOL

I called it before, if you guys keep banning people for frivolous stuff then they are gonna move to another server and thats whats happening now. It's not so much that people are leaving this old game, thats naturally the main factor but whats taking place at the moment is server mismanagement. Reason? just look at the swing in population between simple and moongamers the past 6 months, that thing never occured in the past 5 years or so for what i can recall. The closest thing to it was aX closing down and then its playerbase moving to different servers but thats a different story, simple and moongamers have always been running. Also don't assume im here to try to disrupt anything, its just slight frustration at the direction the server has taken since the previous head admin left. And yes (i said it before), cheaters, tkers, are rightly to be banned and always been so dont try to make it sound i don't agree with this. the only thing where i voice opposition is in players getting banned for slight chat banter because you have to look at the realities here: there is at most 100 active players at the moment and a ban at this point in the game is unaffordable unless with due cause (cheaters, tkers) and not because someone made a george floyd joke. besides, i never witnessed this in the previous administration, so thats where im coming from plus i also really believe thats what made the game more engaging. Oh and about aX, that server was without admin since 2016-2017, you are very wrong if you think it died because of lack of admins or trolls, actually ironically ax was founded on no admins and trolls lol. i was there when it died, and one of the main reasons it happened is because the auto admin that managed base attackers, team killers, taxi to plane, etc and their respective auto kicks and bans got disabled because the server was under constant attack and restarts. after that it became a jungle with no order and people stopped joining. i also heard people got caught in mass ban waves and couldn't connect to the server but i dont know if thats true.

Some new account with a name I have never seen before comes to the Simple forum to say that the server will be empty. No, it won't be empty. The covid-era is done (we saw a grow in our population in those years), there are server crashes and it's spring outside. Furthermore, it's a game released years and years ago, people move on after a certain amount of time.
Those who have been removed from the game permanently deserved it and it was not a big amount of players. Do you really think the majority of people leave because people get kicked or banned because of chat bullshit and insults? It's always the same small group of people doing this. Like Paul said, we will be fine smile

Do you really think it is different at Moongamers? I think they are even harder with chat abuse and insults. And why is it mostly the same guys receiving bans there too?  It's mostly the same small group of known guys. The only difference there is they plead guilty because they know there is zero tolerance. Some great examples @ Moongamers:

https://i.postimg.cc/k5DD3Gsg/thumbnail-IMG-3581.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/dQnxx0hf/blackmamba.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/kMxbJVQj/IMG-3588.jpg


Enjoy both Simple and Moongamers and be thankful to those who keep it alive, both admin-teams and players.
Feedback about game-play is always welcome and thank you for that!

Could you perhaps not take screenshots of random conversations on Discord? That's kind of creepy.

#405 Re: Feedback » SiMPLE is dying quickly now » 2023-04-28 20:02:32

That’s why we need to enact a great revival plan to save this game we all love, ain’t that right razor ?

#406 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Conquer. recordings » 2023-04-27 01:33:45

simon wrote:

why would the best player leave? xd oh yea the muslim had to pack up his shit and leave denmark back to pakistan caves lol
plus he was only good at stalingrad and berlin camping. we took it a lot further since then

He left because he did everything and had nothing else to prove. You and your brother should bring him back, isn’t he your friend in Discord?

#407 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Conquer. recordings » 2023-04-27 01:00:59

simon wrote:

Lol you wanna play against deeko who mastered infantry and whose aim was called "aimbot flicking hack" by the second best infantry player in bf42 who left the game
https://team-simple.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5282
Good luck, mamba xd

It seems deeko’s ego got inflated a lot since lache left. You can’t claim to be the best infantry player in the game if the best player left… you’re still second best.

Something tells me that if he came back, he would still win deeko with sufficient training.

#408 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Conquer. recordings » 2023-04-27 00:17:56

Deeko wrote:

Just to rattle that cage of yours a bit more. You hung the gloves but seem to be itching for a fight. We'll be waiting for that raised fist clan

I have a better idea. Let’s do a 1v1, infantry. 2 rounds on an EU server, 2 rounds on an American server. If I win, you have to leave conquer. and join rfc. If I lose, then I shall leave the game and disappear in a cloud of smoke.

#409 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Conquer. recordings » 2023-04-26 23:01:38

Lol some old, random pics of when I used to play on my crappy laptop with crappy internet, and they’re not even yours. Is that the best you can do?

#410 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Conquer. recordings » 2023-04-26 22:56:06

NuBian wrote:
Black Mamba wrote:

I know how it works, you don’t need to explain it to me.

This is what you get for sharing you recordings: Crazy defamations and salty comments.

If you wanna criticize the bf-league you are definitely adressing the wrong person and platform.

I really doubt you know these two particular maps well, they are not better or worse than some map like bocage.

Not taking aim at you NuBian. I know you are an honest player and don’t have a problem with you at all. Too bad I can’t say the same about the rest of your clan.

#411 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Conquer. recordings » 2023-04-26 22:42:46

LegioX.DoubTi/Mourits wrote:

Bf-league is full of well known caught cheaters, server crashers and lots of buggers, so what better place to be.

Yeah, most of which are in your clan.

LegioX.DoubTi/Mourits wrote:

The drop in activity level got nothing to do about the maps being played, but a character like you won't ever understand that.

It has a lot to do with it, and you know it. I don't know if you are just blind, but the custom maps in the current season pool aren't good at all. It's like they were randomly picked.

At least if you are going to do a custom maps season, pick quality maps (Forager, Faid Pass, Remagen), not KoH Pro. It's an insult to the clans and their players who are taking time out of their busy schedule to participate in the league.

LegioX.DoubTi/Mourits wrote:

And I can assure you if the league forced rtr/sw to be played it would just be PHX looking at Flettnerman and his chopper in that season.

I've noticed a pattern of you taking random shots at Flettnerman/PHX in your posts. Why?

Also, there is no way the players would feel forced. I think most would welcome the idea of a RTR/SW event. You could actually poll the league players right now and ask them if they want a RTR/SW season, and I am sure that most would say yes.

LegioX.DoubTi/Mourits wrote:

Now get the fuck out of my thread jelly american who achieved nothing else than a relationship with Battlecraft. Please.

Wow dude, for the second time, I am NOT American. Can you shut the hell up about that already? Thanks.

It's funny that you mention my map because I received a lot of positive feedback from it. It took me a long time to make it too. Is it wrong for me to expect the same level of quality for BF-League's custom maps?

And you're right, I didn't achieve anything in this game, I've only:

- Helped create new clans, some of which play/played in BF-League
- Brought new players to the game
- Advertised BF-League and tried to encourage cross-overs from various BF titles to BF1942
- Hosted many events to make the game interesting
- Made mods and maps, some which were used in BF-League

In all, I have dedicated far more time to this game than you ever will, so you can keep your comment to yourself.

Have a nice day smile

#412 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Conquer. recordings » 2023-04-23 23:48:37

LegioX.DoubTi/Mourits wrote:

Your really a special character, Mamba

I could try to explain a lot to you about maps or why we don't play other mods/expansions, but it would just be a waste of time.
Instead I'll just say that representatives from every team and so on influence and decide which maps that's gonna be in the map pool.

And I'm 99.99% sure that the most played map in clan history is Bocage. Very balanced, very beutiful map… Think about that, Maj.Mamba, like the reason to why no one bothers to listen to you.

I know how it works, you don’t need to explain it to me.

I think you are seriously delusional Doubti. The drop in activity in BF League can mostly be attributed to the same cycle of custom and vanilla maps being fed year after year to the contestants. Players are just fed up.

I and many players in this community have tested many of the expansion maps in clan wars. They are well balanced and play well. Why can’t BF League at least try an experimental event or season during the summer to try out the maps? It won’t kill anyone and I’m sure a lot would be interested by the maps.

But no, let’s just use the same lazy approach each season because it’s easy.

Do you know how many special characters your clan has you retarded prick?
- 2 server crashers
- 1 cheater
- 1 prone bugger

Despite this you can’t event beat bmc. I’d uninstall sad

#413 Re: Report Abuse » why did they turn off the voting on the simple » 2023-04-20 00:21:29

simon wrote:

That's only partly true. Try and have a game at Moongamers, the more skilled players can tell the difference.
Gameplay on simple is like sped up, not enjoyable. Very strange deaths and kills, it's not normal. Best indicator of hitreg problems on simple is that server populations goes down more than 50% on infantry maps. No such problem on Moon even with european high ping the game is more relaxed

Anything is more relaxed when you’re playing vs bots

#414 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Conquer. recordings » 2023-04-19 13:54:31

KarlsoN wrote:
Black Mamba wrote:

bla bla bla

as i remember, you left this and community?

Nothing useful to contribute as usual huh Karlson?

#415 Re: BF1942 Discussion » REF BOTS IN GAME » 2023-04-19 00:43:46

Arkos wrote:

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Wow, ... that BFI Mod Beta 2 is really good.

I played a round Mimoyecques as allies, Allies/Axis 2:5. It was just great!


Not  one bot remained in allies base.

> If the Bots have no place in the C47 at the beginning, they jump in a boat and reach the Battlefield between 1 minute.

(Later in the Game, they spawn only in C47, if allies have no flag, or directly in a other plane).

> They attack with everything they have. If you fire with a Pak, they shoot at you with the FlakPanzer, V2 or the Planes.

> If you come with a tank, half of them spawn with Bazookas in the next wave.

> If you think, you can hide on special places to get a flag, you're wrong. They come for you and hunt you down tongue

> If you come with a Tank from top Flag and they crossed meanwhile the bridge with tank and per pedes, the Moment you spot the tank, you have time to shot once, but then the tanks attack you. Not like in original Game, when they turn back and show you the side or the Ass. Even with FlakPanzer they attack you in this moment.

This SP Rund made much more fun, then a round on Simple RtR Server with ~30% Humans  smile

> They also do not jump always in Vehicles. You have enough time to get it and they follow commands.

> If you use a tank and around you are friendly Bots, you can get out to repair it and no one takes your tank. If you have a Gunner, he stays where he is and shoot, while you repair the tank.

On the other side mostly you can take over a Bot Vehicle.

I captured the entire map. I will upload it tonight. It's fun to watch.

And it seemse, they have no fix spawnplaces. It feels like they spawn 100 meters in front of you or something like that.

...

So, the bots are actually smart?

#416 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Conquer. recordings » 2023-04-19 00:19:21

LegioX.DoubTi/Mourits wrote:

I don't understand your "question"/ statement. Do the league need to shut down because you think their choice of custom maps doesn't live up to your own standards, Mamba? What makes u think they are bad? Just because they don't look like your map (can't remember the name of it) doesn't mean they ain't a good experience - I mean you "you can't judge a book by its cover". Smells a bit like a jelly american talking...

I don't know how the next season will look like, and I don't know how you would do it differently in such an old game with so few people. As long as people still enjoy playing (these) clanwars why stop?

Imo. the biggest downside in the league is the skill gap among teams and how they approach maps and wars differently. Not the maps, not the amount of teams nor the rematches.

Its simple really - stop playing crappy custom maps and go back to the vanilla maps or play the RTR or SW maps. Thats how I would do it. And ive been saying this for the last two years but nobody listens.

I just told you why they are bad. Most arent balanced properly, poorly made with no effort and just dont make any sense strategically. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure that out.

Yes I like quality (who doesnt) and I do believe league players deserve to play on good maps considering all the time that is needed by clans to train and play the league wars, that is the least they deserve. Not playing koh pro or w/e the f**k its called twice in a season.

Oh and one last thing, I’m not American you idiot lol

#417 Re: Videos and Screenshots » Conquer. recordings » 2023-04-18 22:47:37

LegioX.DoubTi/Mourits wrote:

Our last Ligawar vs PHX from my POV.

This BF-league season consist of pure custom maps, and with clan activity being on the brink of extinction we are mostly going in blindfolded. The maps have mostly been a good experience (all things Considered / past experience with custom maps) This is how it went down this time.

PS: as you notice we, Conquer, only play with 7 players and we could need some reinforcement.
PPS: By mistake I play on a wireless connection and thats why you might notice a bit of stuttering. And I'm playing 1980 which isn't the native res. for my screen if u wonder why it looks a bit meh.

1. Koh_pro allied: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkTqav- … tralisBF42
2. Koh_pro axis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4krC7b … tralisBF42

3. Titan Pass allied: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZqCOsJ … tralisBF42
4. Titan Pass axis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPuzQvH … tralisBF42

I dont understand why the league just doesn’t close instead of hosting these crappy custom maps seasons, most of which arent optimized for 7v7 and just look outrageously bad.

Also 5 clans with rematches in a 3 months season is a joke, what are you guys gonna do next have a season with 2 clans that lasts a year? So retarded

#418 Re: Off-Topic » Tja... » 2023-04-03 15:40:07

dary wrote:

The tool checks mouse movement and screen right? In BF42 you don't have a spec mode where you can spec the first person view. The tool would need this info tho. Don't think it will work with BF42. But what do I know.

There is one, but it’s kind of underground lol

#419 Re: BF1942 Discussion » Bf 42 still has active players left (only 17-21PM CET) lol » 2023-03-21 00:04:32

simon wrote:

A joke from Moongamers server

''my planes ammo doen't reload flying over the airfield. why?''
admin: ''to stop plane ownage''

the cancer has spread to what's left of the game
https://i.gyazo.com/9dae32b3232fba8330f … 72e6b3.png

Those who know, know
it is finally leveled, the ownage has been stopped! good work modders and other jews. It is not even worth mentioning what kind of reg manipulating and game killing mods are in place on simple and pretty much all servers. Now disable all weapons entirely as a final touch.
maybe bud, henk, vertigo, tuia or russ can finally now join the server without anyone hurting them big_smile
ciao

Lol, are you high when you write your posts? If you had any idea on how server management works, you would know that certain changes are needed to keep the server active. Don't like it? Play elsewhere.

Shitting on tuia when this man, despite his racist ideas, has more integrity in his pinky finger than you will ever have. If it wasn't for the collective efforts of tuia, henk, Mitch and others, the game would have died years ago.

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