Patch: May 3rd, miscellaneous additions + bug fixes

lamster · #1 05-03-2011, 10:43 PM

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May 3rd, 2011

Hangar Deck -> Stats has a new row, "Total"

New console command "serverRequestPlayerChangeServer <player> <IP:port> <secretCode>" -- moves a player to a different server

Windowed mode, visible but unfocused: mouse events no longer register (fixes issue: accidental spawn when clicking to restore focus)
Windowed mode, visible but unfocused: frame rate no longer capped to 5 (fixes issue: poor framerate when Altitude is in the background)

Adjusted network code for big bomb collisions; long lobs from laggers should be easier to intercept

Fixed a network issue that allowed desynchronized views of the ball's position in rare circumstances involving wall powerups and high latency
Fixed a bug that allowed players to rejoin a server after being banned
Fixed a bug where end of round votes were called prematurely for roundLimit > 1

Pieface · #2 05-03-2011, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by lamster

Adjusted network code for big bomb collisions; long lobs from laggers should be easier to intercept

Can you expand a little on what you changed? Thanks!

Clapon · #3 05-03-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by lamster

fixed a network issue that allowed desynchronized views of the ball's position in rare circumstances involving wall powerups and high latency

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah

number 3 · #4 05-03-2011, 10:49 PM

one of the best updates in a while. it will works so well for ladder if its full. a admin change switch players over

Demuyt · #5 05-03-2011, 10:55 PM

Thanks for the total kills row !

Pieface · #6 05-03-2011, 10:55 PM

/serverRequestPlayerChangeServer isn't requesting, just moving people. If this is what it's supposed to do (which would be good), maybe change the name of the command and make it only available via the command.txt file?

XX1 · #7 05-03-2011, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by lamster

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May 3rd, 2011
Adjusted network code for big bomb collisions; long lobs from laggers should be easier to intercept

FLIGHT!!! NOOOOO

less lag bombs to deal with are always nice tho, Good update guys!!

trendy11one · #8 05-03-2011, 11:13 PM

Pretty nice update.
But still missing normal friend list.

SnipErlite · #9 05-03-2011, 11:15 PM

Looking good (Y)

nobodyhome · #10 05-03-2011, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Pieface

/serverRequestPlayerChangeServer isn't requesting, just moving people. If this is what it's supposed to do (which would be good), maybe change the name of the command and make it only available via the command.txt file?

There is no distinction between between command.txt commands and those inputted by admins. The command.txt file is simply an admin with a vaporid of 000-00000-0000000000-00 that has admin access in every server. This is why many of the ladder commands that you'd think shouldn't be available to admins (like forcing a start ladder, doing assignteam, doing starttournament) are still available, as I cannot disable these commands for real-people-admins and keep them available for use through command.txt. (If I may ask here, I'd like to request this feature! This is a relatively minor and unimportant one though).

Greekjr14 · #11 05-03-2011, 11:32 PM

no HC buff??? QQ *sniff* jk haha thx for more updates Karlam!

Urpee · #12 05-04-2011, 12:26 AM

Is it just me or is the update server down?

Pieface · #13 05-04-2011, 12:34 AM

I've been getting a bug since the update where every couple games I try to join where everything freezes - the planes and chat still move but I'm not able to join a team or open up the chat box. Several other people have also reported this.

Edit: also just unexpectedly quit on me for the first time ever when trying to go to windowed mode.

undertheinfluence · #14 05-04-2011, 12:49 AM

after this update most of the servers do not show up on the list. this includes all ladder servers... i cannot join through friends either and it says that they are in server 6.68.5584.442349 (For example). any ideas? im sure this has been brought up before but i cant find anything on it

WickedShell · #15 05-04-2011, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by lamster

Windowed mode, visible but unfocused: frame rate no longer capped to 5 (fixes issue: poor framerate when Altitude is in the background)

Could this be a toggleable option? I liked the low framerate when altitude was unfocused.

undertheinfluence · #16 05-04-2011, 01:15 AM

1. Many servers are not showing up for me.
2. Me along with a few others were playing in a server when at the end of our round, we could not type. Other functions worked but typing didn't. Later after the next round, both of our altitudes crashed (which has never happened before for either of us).
3. Also, two of us noticed that with our ping remaining at consistent 60ms (about), and consistent frame rate, our planes were jumping around the map everywhere.

Ribilla · #17 05-04-2011, 01:22 AM

I have been crashing and have just got a message from steam every time I open the game which tells me my alti file is corrupt and asks me to reinstall.

On the bright side, amazing job on removing lag, it really works.

Mudokon4Hire · #18 05-04-2011, 01:29 AM

Suddenly can't log on at all. I can't seem to download the update. The error suggests that I may need to allow full access to altitudeupdate.com in my firewall. I've looked at my exceptions and altitude has full access. I do not however, see anything that says "altitudeupdate" specifically. I've never had any trouble logging on. Just in case, I rebooted my system - but it didn't help. Any suggestions?

Mudo

lamster · #19 05-04-2011, 01:31 AM

Looking into bug reports -- hope to have a fix and a new patch for Steam soon (though Steam _should_ be working now for most people -- try reinstalling if not).

banana · #20 05-04-2011, 01:32 AM

Just posting to say that every time I finished a ladder game, afterwards in the lobby as soon as i pressed a key the game immediately crashed. Has happened 3 times so far without fail.
Submitted bug reports so this post is probably not useful and irrelevant but meh.

dr. carbon · #21 05-04-2011, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by undertheinfluence

after this update most of the servers do not show up on the list. this includes all ladder servers... i cannot join through friends either and it says that they are in server 6.68.5584.442349 (For example). any ideas? im sure this has been brought up before but i cant find anything on it

Same with me, I can't join any ladder servers. And I see the server address also through friends. plzplzplzplzplzplz help.

Pieface · #22 05-04-2011, 01:36 AM

Think I figured out the freeze bug - every time a vote is called from ladderlobby you aren't able to click any keys (including F, T, and chat) until you vote (by pressing 1, 2, or 5). Once you vote you can do stuff fine.

undertheinfluence · #23 05-04-2011, 01:40 AM

yea and in all other servers there is the that box where you vote for your preferred map so you cant press any keys in those either and that lasts for the full time.

Urpee · #24 05-04-2011, 01:43 AM

Still cannot connect to update server. The downloading update window times out and gives me an error that http://update.altitudegame.com/0.0.3...urceconfig.xml is inaccessible with the suggestion that a firewall may prevent http traffic, but there is no such firewall in my case.

I tried to ping update.altitudegame.com and the ping times out too.

lamster · #25 05-04-2011, 01:49 AM

Are you sure that's not
http://update.altitudegame.com/0.0.3...rce-config.xml
(note the dash between resource and config)
?

If you try to visit that URL in your browser what do you see?

Urpee · #26 05-04-2011, 01:53 AM

Sorry the omission of the dash is a typo. The dash is there. If I use the web browser I get server not found.

I tried google DNS but it doesn't seem to be a DNS issue.

rojo · #27 05-04-2011, 02:11 AM

Hey guys,
Like the new update, one small problem I'm encountering.
Four times today alti crashed on me during the map voting phase. This has never happened before.

lamster · #28 05-04-2011, 02:13 AM

New patch:

1) Fixed the input/crash bug related to voting

2) Updated ball_ice (thanks Nikon!)

3) Prevented another loss for Pieface on ladder

undertheinfluence · #29 05-04-2011, 02:14 AM

yea rojo we are all having these problems too. i have never crashed before either.

Mudokon4Hire · #30 05-04-2011, 02:14 AM

This is the same error I am getting. Cannot connect to update server. I uninstalled and reinstalled Altitude as suggested. Entering the url that you provide lamster, I get - Chrome could not find update.altitude.com. Thanks for your quick replies.

Sorry I forgot to quote. To clarify, I'm getting the same issue as Urpee.

lamster · #31 05-04-2011, 02:18 AM

Looks like several of you are having trouble connecting to the update server, which is hosted on Amazon's cloud (unlike the lobby server which is hosted on a box in Chicago).

I'm hoping this issue will automatically resolve itself soon [Amazon cloud has been very good in general], but I'll start uploading an installer to another server so those of you affected by this network blip can download the files manually from there. In the meantime apologies for the inconvenience.

Urpee · #32 05-04-2011, 02:19 AM

Seems to me I'm subject to a routing issue:

> pathping update.altitudegame.com

Tracing route to d53jw2gv2diqt.cloudfront.net [216.137.39.90]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
7 * * *

I'll just give it a few hours and hope it rectifies itself. It's odd though because everything else I go to works swell. Is there perhaps an alternative location to get the patch?

Edit: Too slow, I see you found the issue already. Much appreciated.

undertheinfluence · #33 05-04-2011, 02:26 AM

ladder servers still dont show up on list along with others. any help there? if i try to join through my friends it simply says "connecting" and does not change until i close that box.

Mudokon4Hire · #34 05-04-2011, 02:28 AM

No worries lamster.

I appreciate your efforts. Wont mind a manual download. But I can also be patient for the Amazon cloud... (he he) to clears up soon.

Pieface · #35 05-04-2011, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by lamster

3) Prevented another loss for Pieface on ladder

YESSSS SCORE I needed that - if you don't believe me, check my ball rating. Also forgot to mention it earlier, but the netcode change is awesome. Congrats, makes games a lot nicer without everyone always screaming about lag.

Urpee · #36 05-04-2011, 03:28 AM

FYI, the routing issue to the Amazon cloud is resolved now at least from my end/ISP. Thanks!

Flight 666 · #37 05-04-2011, 03:35 AM

I would like to know if the lag fix is only when the bomb is on the way or is about your position in the map.
couse i noted some things different today.

Mudokon4Hire · #38 05-04-2011, 03:44 AM

Huzzah! Update complete. Thanks.

yankinlk · #39 05-04-2011, 09:14 AM

my controls went all funneh after i was patched mid game last night - had to reinstall to fix. But agree it seemed like a lot of my lag issues were improved...

leggomyeggo · #40 05-04-2011, 11:45 PM

Sick patch, very well done. I can definitely notice a different in lag bombs.