Server Split

[ihateschool]

I am wondering why the server splits in warhammer 40k td on lvl 16 whenever someone clicks on a boss.Can someone please tell me why?

 

[GST_Nemisis]

proabably because the boss has so much hp that when he dies the code for it is so strong blows up the computer hosting the game....

 

[The_Taxidermist]

youll be pleased to know that my PC does not blow up when this happens

but I think Nemisis is correct otherwise.

 

[Ralle]

I have no idea. I think it is a blizzard bug.

 

[The_Taxidermist]

yea, lets blame blizzard

 

[Ralle]

yeah. Blizzard is stupid!.
No actually they aren't. They are very strategic. Think of it.
How popular would Wc3 be if blizzard didnt make the World Editor public?

 

[GST_Nemisis]

not popular at all

 

[ihateschool]

Thanx for telling me why.

 

[Ralle]

I have no idea. I think it is a blizzard bug.

Thanx for telling me why.

 

[dragonmage1703]

IDEA
If you remove the selection circle on the boss, nobody can click on it.
(change parameter to 0 or sumthin)

 

[Ralle]

IDEA
If you remove the selection circle on the boss, nobody can click on it.
(change parameter to 0 or sumthin)

Then abilities wont be able to cast. Like challenge, web etc..

 

[The_Taxidermist]

put them on autocast perhaps?

 

[Ralle]

put them on autocast perhaps?

Naah. Bad idea, cause you will also be unable to view the life of the boss..

 

[The_Taxidermist]

oh yea, I keep telling peple to mouse over the boss if they wanna see his health but nobody ever listens.

perhaps a message in BIG RED LETTERStelling people not to click on him at the beginning of the round would help.

 

[Ralle]

but it says stuff with red letters when people click on them.

 

[The_Taxidermist]

could be too late by then 8)

 

[timbudtwo]

Sorry for being a noob, but what is a server split?

 

[SCorinWC.]

It's not clicking that does it...

After much testing, I've found that it's not clicking on the boss that causes a server split. In the newest version, you can click on the 16 boss to your heart's content - if you block him, however, that will cause a split.

BTW, server splits are when something happens in the game to drop one or more players randomly. The dropped ones will either be dropped out of the map, or keep playing with their own version sans "non dropped" players - hence, the split.

 

[Ralle]

that's correct!

 

[SCorinWC.]

Do I get a cookie?

Good good good!

Is there something different about the level 16 boss' pathing code? *cough**cough* You can block all the other bosses...not that I...err...do that...often...or anything.

 

[SCorinWC.]

The reason I ask is because the split doesn't just happen if there's blocking - if the pathing is confused (by someone building weird mazes in the middle, for instance) then that causes a split too.

Thanks again!

 

[Ralle]

The reason I ask is because the split doesn't just happen if there's blocking - if the pathing is confused (by someone building weird mazes in the middle, for instance) then that causes a split too.

Thanks again!

The only difference is that a boss is targeted as an Ancient but that has only to do with the abilities that targets it.. else it's like a normal unit with lots of life.

 

[Chris]

Server Split: A server split is when a Warcraft III map splits into two seperate servers. On the 'original' server half of the people will be while the people dropped from the 'original' server will have their own little server with the other dropped people. These happen to large maps and it is unknown why these happen. There is no current way to fix server splits unless you rescript the whole game.

Way to prevent: On level 16 ONLY put the skills on auto cast and make it imposible to click the hero. Should be fairly simple to do and effective.

 

[Ralle]

Hmm.. Sometimes you can click on that hero.. It also sometimes happen without people click..

 

[SCorinWC.]

Yeah, it doesn't matter if you click the level 16 boss or not. It's when the pathing is blocked that the server splits.

Test it out, you'll find out the same thing.

 

[SCorinWC.]

The only difference is that a boss is targeted as an Ancient but that has only to do with the abilities that targets it.. else it's like a normal unit with lots of life.

Is it any different from the other bosses, though? Or is the coding for the level 16 mob any different from the levels 24, 30, or 32 mobs?

 

[Ralle]

there's no difference.. Maybe reducing their live and make a few more of them would help..

 

[SCorinWC.]

Maybe in the portion of the object that refers to its pathing? There's no difference there, either?

Don't mean to bug ya', just being thorough

Thanks!

 

[Ralle]

I'm quite sure that there isn't any difference..

 

[v3ck]

I have seen a server split a couple of times early on impossible (different levels before 5). Or maybe a couple of people left at exactly the same time on multiple occasions.