Author Topic: [done] svn-r3442 add a message why 1 player can't play on the headless serv.  (Read 787 times)

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In the latest svn (or something like that) it  was added a "block" to avoid that 1 player use one of the headless servers to play alone with the cpu and waste the efforts of those who run headless servers to improve the quality of the multiplayer experience on mg. I tried to play on a headless server 1vs1 (me vs a cpu) and the "block" works, the problem is that there is no messages that tells me why i can't play on that server in this way! If you click on "play now" nothing happens, this could cause confusion and/or false bug report about "it's impossible to play alone on the headless servers". I suggest to show a message when someone is alone on the headless server and clicks on "play now" that explains why he can't play alone keeping an headless server busy for a game that he could play in single player.

Something like " we are sorry but playing alone on an headless server damages the others player online experience because it doesnt allow other players to use it while you use it just to play alone vs the cpu" or something like that would be good imo :)
« Last Edit: 13 July 2012, 01:48:28 by softcoder »
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Actually it does place a text message in the chat area at the bottom saying:

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You must have at least %d player(s) connected to start this game!

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Ah ok, then i must have connect accidentally to the GIS headless server, because when i tried to play i saw no error, sorry for "false" report :)
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Pizza90, You are correct the GiSVN server is a couple of revisions behind, thanks for comming to the forums,il update it asap.
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