Server Splits ? What can causes them ?

[Spoontoobig]

Hello,

Maybe some one know what triggers or functioncalls could cause server splits ?

~Spoontoobig

 

[Berb]

if GetLocalPlayer()==Player(0) then
    call CreateUnit( Player(0), 'hfoo', 0, 0, 0 )
endif

There are tons of situations that cause server splits, its not like its just a function call that disconnects half the game. Why would blizzard include a function that does that? Its the combination of many functions that can disconnect the game.

 

[Element of Water]

There are certain functions which disconnect Macs only, I don't remember which they are...

 

[Berb]

Oh, well if you do:

TriggerRegisterPlayerUnitEvent( yourTrig, somePlayer, EVENT_PLAYER_WHATEVER, null )

The boolean expression being null I believe will crash the game for macs. I'm not sure. I really don't know many of them.

 

[PurgeandFire]

There are certain functions which disconnect Macs only, I don't remember which they are...

I think also UnitDamagePoint().

globals
    group UDAgroupx = CreateGroup()
endglobals
function UnitDamageArea takes unit u, real x, real y, real radius, real damage, attacktype at, damagetype dt, weapontype wt, boolexpr boo returns nothing
    local unit dum    
    call GroupEnumUnitsInRange(UDAgroupx,x,y,radius,boo)    
    loop
        set dum = FirstOfGroup(UDAgroupx)
        exitwhen dum == null
        call UnitDamageTarget(u,dum,damage,true,false,at,dt,wt)
        call GroupRemoveUnit(UDAgroupx,dum)
    endloop
    call GroupClear(UDAgroupx)
endfunction 
function UnitDamageAreaLoc takes unit u, location l, real radius, real damage, attacktype at, damagetype dt, weapontype wt, boolexpr boo returns nothing
    call UnitDamageArea(u,GetLocationX(l),GetLocationY(l),radius,damage,at,dt,wt,boo)
endfunction

Is basically the work around. (Just an example, too lazy to assign all the globals for a proper ForGroup())

Anyway, more to the point, there are many things that cause desyncs. Most of them are assosciated with GetLocalPlayer(). For more info, you can visit:
http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=89207
http://wiki.thehelper.net/wc3/jass/common.j/GetLocalPlayer

 

[WOWWARS]

i remeber bilzz used to sever split alot

 

[Element of Water]

Blizz as in the Archmage's spell 'Blizzard'?

 

[Tiche3]

Leaks, leaks causes this

 

[Element of Water]

Leaks can only cause it in extreme cases, where there are a high amount of leaks and some players have computers with enough RAM to take them, while others don't, resulting in the game crashing, or just lagging too much to continue, for certain players.

 

[Tiche3]

Leaks can only cause it in extreme cases, where there are a high amount of leaks and some players have computers with enough RAM to take them, while others don't, resulting in the game crashing, or just lagging too much to continue, for certain players.

Still, as i said Leaks and leaks

 

[Spoontoobig]

So maybe some one could help me fix the leaks ? ;>

 

[Berb]

\Blizz as in the Archmage's spell 'Blizzard'?

Haha, no he means Blizzard Entertainment, the company. Not the spell

 

[Element of Water]

"I remember Blizzard(r) used to server split a lot" doesn't make sense. A company doesn't server split...

 

[Berb]

You're right, it makes no sense. It is in fact the spell that splits the server. That means that when a player first plays online and randoms the Human race and gets an Arch Mage all mac users are disconnected from the game.

i remeber bilzz used to sever split alot

What he means is that there used to be a lot of Blizzard-made things that would cause server splits.

 

[Element of Water]

I guess that's sarcasm. Whatever. Maybe the spell Blizzard did cause server splits in certain situations, but they patched and fixed it.

What he means is that there used to be a lot of Blizzard-made things that would cause server splits.

Everything in wc3 is Blizzard-made, so does that mean a lot of things in wc3 cause server splits?

Anyway, let's get back on topic here...

 

[Spoontoobig]

Anyway... MAYBE someone could help me fix leaks ??? :/

 

[Teelo]

Do you actually have problems with server splits or are you just trying to prevent that from happening?

 

[Spoontoobig]

Yes I have problems with server split and I don't know what it cause...

 

[Teelo]

Incorrect usage of GetLocalPlayer, usually.

 

[ChaosKnight]

There are certain functions which disconnect Macs only, I don't remember which they are...

Yes one is to create 25 units in one time. Like dummies.. Thats **** stupid

 

[Element of Water]

Ermm, creating 25 at one time isn't very taxing on the system at all (unless done repeatedly every, for example, 0.1 seconds), so it's not "fuck" stupid (I assume that's what the **** means), and there's no reason why it should have any effect on Macs in particular whatsoever.

 

[Berb]

Well Mac users used to disconnect when certain functions were used "improperly", which would be included in the category of "blizzard-made" --and yes they occur in enough scenarios that it could more or less be called common.

The thread is actually subjected to discussion such as this, since it involves things that cause server splits in multiplayer games. If you are asking these questions, chances are someone else may as well.

 

[M0RT]

If you are using GUI, there are two, so far I know, actions that cause server split: "Pan camera as necessary" and (Target of current camera view)"
Try narrowing down which part of the script causes split and post it here, or post the map, otherwise you can't get much help
If you are using GetLocalPlayer(), don't forget about string tables, they can cause splits too.
EDIT: Also changing random seed will cause split (seed basically changes every time you generate random number)

 

[WOWWARS]

its ethier map/host/patch crap.

 

[Element of Water]

its ethier map/host/patch crap.

A) Don't revive month-old threads
B) Your answer didn't contribute anything that hadn't already been said, so there was no point in answering anyway.

 

[Spoontoobig]

Necroposting necroposting... bad bad...

 

[swipe5weep]

I believe that GetLocalPlayer() causes game desync or server split when not used in the right way. check you triggers containing GetLocalPlayer()
If you dont have GetLocalPlayer() thingy then you may post some of your functions that you think causes the server split.

 

[Spoontoobig]

STOP NECROPOSTING!. This thread is dead and problem solved...