ATTENTION SERVERS - DOUBLE OGRO FIX

by eihrul on 01/12/2004 05:48, 35 messages, last message: 04/14/2004 13:44, 10709 views, last view: 05/25/2024 02:40

I have made up some experimental servers that I *THINK* will fix the double ogro problem. These are protocol compatible with the current release.

I urge all current servers that are experiencing ogro duplication problems to try the following binaries out (for freebsd or linux):

http://tunes.org/~eihrul/freebsd_server
http://tunes.org/~eihrul/linux_server

Anybody running these experimental servers, please announce you are doing so and what IP/name you are, as I would also like players to ascertain whether they subsequently experience double ogro problems on said servers, and post results here!

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#1: Are there any?

by D.plomat on 01/13/2004 11:16

servers actually using those new servers so i can test them?

If not, i'll put one online for testing, but it's only a 512/128 DSL, already loaded with other protocols, and it's behind a NAT so i'll forward 28765/6 of my NAT box to my K6-300 server (file and database server).

So i think my configuration isn't very representative of what other servers are, but if that can help...

Also, many are saying that once they have this bug, they keep it whichever server they connect to, so must we state that ppl must connect to this server first for testing, or will the new binaries correct the problem for ppl that already had it if they connected to other server?

Just the last things: i can make a tcpdump capture of this server's Cube traffic and send it to you if you want.

If you prefer not having the NAT i can try to put the server binary directly on the NAT box, but it's a 486DX2/66 with ultra-minimalist Linux (no libc) and in this case i won't be able to make a tcpdump capture.

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#2: OOPS!

by eihrul on 01/13/2004 17:14

Sorry for the 403 errors, I forgot to make the files readable in my web directory. They should be downloadable now.

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#3: Re: Are there any?

by mumbo$jumbo on 01/13/2004 17:43, refers to #1

godzilla.uib.no runs this version (linux).
Big thanks to eihrul for fixing this issue (hopefully) and for making the files available.

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mumbo$jumbo

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#4: Re: Are there any?

by D.plomat on 01/14/2004 00:33, refers to #3

Played a lot on godzilla.uib.no, didn't had the bug so it appears to be ok with this new server binary :) :)

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#5: two more hours

by D.plomat on 01/15/2004 01:29

of intense cubing on godzilla.uib.no, up to 10ppl :)

No one experienced the bug so this appears to be fixed.
(on other servers i still have the bug)

I hope that other servers will also upgrade quickly...

Thanx eihrul for this fix, and in general for this awesome net library :)

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#6: twin bug fix

by pushplay on 01/15/2004 03:37

Eihrul: is the fix entirely within enet and do you intend to release the source for it?

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#7: Re: twin bug fix

by eihrul on 01/15/2004 19:07, refers to #6

We're going to rerelease once we work out all the bugs players are finding right now. And yeah, the bug is solely in the new version of ENet that was distributed with the latest release. But that ENet also happened to fix various sendmap bugs, so the new ENet for better or worse is necessary. :)

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#8: Re: twin bug fix

by pushplay on 01/16/2004 00:22, refers to #7

I noticed a problem in Spillway in that many of the bridges are not mapmodel 1 but mapmodel 2. One of them was mapmodel 198 or something like that. I must have been playing with lights at the time. The problem with that is that everything is fine until that jumppad model comes along (which maybe should be included with the game). I'd like to piggyback on your update by fixing that in the map.

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#9: me too

by hungerburg on 01/17/2004 13:45

hello,

may I hijack this thread? please let me continue:

1) if there is a new release, please eiruhl do the package, or aard do it on a linux box, with correct unix permissions (644 for data, 755 for executables) imagine linux users having the same comfort as their windows peers, just clicking the batch in the filemanager :)

2) may I ask, if there is a way to have the server info port not encrypted? (to allow local serverbrowsers, that is) for game security it should be enough to crypt the game port. (I think the "official" build does encryption in enet, so it maybe too complicated for soon)

thanx.

hungerburg

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#10: Eihrul or Aard

by pushplay on 01/18/2004 04:11

I fixed up the mapmodel 2 problem in Spillway:
http://www.cursesandepithets.com/cube/maps/spillway.zip
If you could include the fixed version in the update I'd appreciate it.

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#11: mmm

by Aardappel on 01/18/2004 23:34

is there an easy way I can set those permissions from windows?

Yes there will be a new release, but only once I have sorted out any other bugs with this release. The most vital (hah!) one being the invincibility bug. Haven't heard any reports of that lately, is it still happening, or did it go away with the enet fix? ;)

Yes feel free to hijack this thread for the purpose of discussing urgent fixes that need to go into this release. Feature requests still go elsewhere.

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#12: invincibility bug

by pushplay on 01/19/2004 04:46

I know that it seems like wishful thinking, but I've looked through all the logic related to damage myself and I can't find anything wrong with it. The problem is probably in enet and it's not inconceivable that it's already fixed. The problem is that it never was a common bug and you may never know for sure. ;)

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#13: Re: invincibility bug

by Aardappel on 01/19/2004 22:57, refers to #12

well I hope that fixed it, but I hate these kinds of potential bugs floating around. If anyone experiences this bug again, let me know asap, and remember which server it happened on (patched or not?) what gameplay mode, etc.

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#14: bump

by Aardappel on 01/22/2004 19:08

people, please install this.

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#15: yeap

by bierchen on 01/23/2004 21:29

i´ve installed the new server on the komischlila.de cube server. i just played about an hour and there were no double ogros around ;)

problem seems to be fixed!

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#16: Update

by snyke on 01/27/2004 15:44

gameserver.happypenguin.org updated now, too

thanks for this great game by the way ;-P

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#17: Re: Update

by kurtis84 on 02/01/2004 17:31, refers to #16

How about someone apply these changes to the win32 executable?

please

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#18: Re: Update

by Aardappel on 02/01/2004 21:32, refers to #17

do any of the permanent servers on the net run on win32?

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#19: Re: Update

by kurtis84 on 02/01/2004 23:57, refers to #18

If by permanent you mean someone like me that leaves one running 24/7 aside from rare reboots...then yes. And it would be nice to not worry about it when browsing the server list for a game.

I've taken mine down for the time being...as this bug shows up way too much.

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#20: Re: Update

by spentron-postcrash2 on 02/02/2004 05:59, refers to #19

>I've taken mine down for the time being

I wish more would do this if they're not going to fix it. MOST of the ones appearing in the browser are bad, I even see people playing and get on and can't play. Possibly aggravated by modem.
Bad servers I've found so far (partial names):
tiggerswelt.net
supports.game-monster.de
ny-dunkirk...adelphia.net
cindy.coldmoon (ping champ)
dak0r.de
66.214.199.???
Different cube protocol:
flits.rug.nl
scott.blazing.de

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