Strange server crash bug possibly related to death by natural causes and balance teams vote.
bp2008
Join Date: 2012-11-28 Member: 173581Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold
Join Date: 2012-11-28 Member: 173581Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold
So...
Game ended normally.
New game had not begun yet, and I jumped into one of the death triggers surrounding crossroads as a skulk, moments before a balance teams vote succeeded.
I was dead when the balance teams vote passed.
I got switched to marines. At the same moment, this started appearing (see attached screenshot) at an incredible rate and the server began lagging horribly. Everyone else was seeing this too and asking "WTF"?
So I left the server hoping that would fix it. Nope.
I couldn't re-join. "Couldn't establish a connection with the server"
Now, more than an hour later, that server is still in a bad state. Still can't join.
Upon opening the server browser or pressing the Update button, the server shows 0/20 players and 30% perf. (this server almost always runs at 100% perf)
If I click the server in the browser, it updates the ping as normal, remains at 30% perf, but then starts showing 19/20 players. It remains showing 19/20 until I re-open server browser or click Update again, which causes it to show 0/20 again.
Very very strange.
Also, the server was pausing a lot at the end of games already, so it is possible that wasn't the only issue. Just figured I would report this on the offchance one of the NS2 devs pokes his head in here.
Game ended normally.
New game had not begun yet, and I jumped into one of the death triggers surrounding crossroads as a skulk, moments before a balance teams vote succeeded.
I was dead when the balance teams vote passed.
I got switched to marines. At the same moment, this started appearing (see attached screenshot) at an incredible rate and the server began lagging horribly. Everyone else was seeing this too and asking "WTF"?
So I left the server hoping that would fix it. Nope.
I couldn't re-join. "Couldn't establish a connection with the server"
Now, more than an hour later, that server is still in a bad state. Still can't join.
Upon opening the server browser or pressing the Update button, the server shows 0/20 players and 30% perf. (this server almost always runs at 100% perf)
If I click the server in the browser, it updates the ping as normal, remains at 30% perf, but then starts showing 19/20 players. It remains showing 19/20 until I re-open server browser or click Update again, which causes it to show 0/20 again.
Very very strange.
Also, the server was pausing a lot at the end of games already, so it is possible that wasn't the only issue. Just figured I would report this on the offchance one of the NS2 devs pokes his head in here.
Comments
I have disabled the "random vote" but the "force balanced team" vote is still enabled. The text kept rolling for 10-20 seconds before the server died completely.
Bug screenshot