Serious questions about the servers

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by killerkiwijuice, September 3, 2014.

  1. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    I thought the lag was getting better, and it has, mostly because people don't play because of lag. So now i'm playing again and with this new build, the lag has evolved into literal game breaking problems.

    It has grown into random crashes, without any warning. "Connection to server lost" :mad:

    So i have some serious, but critical questions to Uber because this is honestly worrying me since release is 2 days from now.

    1). What is the reason for the terrible lag and why is it happening now?
    2). If the "server" gets released, will it really solve all of these problems?
    3). Since the servers are clearly not ready unless magic happens, why rush release?
    4). What is the meaning of life?
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  2. forrestthewoods

    forrestthewoods Uber Alumni

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    1. Too busy working on fix to explain details.
    2. It'd solve the issues we've had for the past week.
    3. It'll be fine by Friday.
    4. Friends and family.
  3. websterx01

    websterx01 Post Master General

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    This is the interesting question.

    Also interesting, though less so, is the fact that I've completed all of my matches so far, and while performance is rough, it is certainly playable.
  4. damnhippie

    damnhippie Active Member

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    I'd like to echo your concerns here. Playing this game is becoming painful due to the insane lag.
  5. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    i removed number 4 and changed it to something similar, lol ;)

    Anyway thanks for the, uber fast response, and that's great news.
  6. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    2 minutes reaction time till a red post happens... wow
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  7. Planktum

    Planktum Post Master General

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    We don't want playable, we want enjoyable!

    But it sounds like @forrestthewoods has everything under control anyway.
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  8. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    Actually there have been more "connection to server lost" scenarios recently.

    My first game on this patch it happened, and i know more people are saying it also.
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  9. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    Also, i found this
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  10. paulusss

    paulusss Active Member

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    Yeah i had the same thing, connection lost to server while being in the menu = freeze up of game, had to close it and restart. Lots of connection lost to server when making a game, and loading of systems takes way longer then it used to.
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  11. jendrykgaming

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    @forrestthewoods

    What's the timeframe on the server? More than a week after release?
  12. SolitaryCheese

    SolitaryCheese Post Master General

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    This? I mean... on the forum?

    It's next to the insert media button in a dropdown menu.

    Along with the new spoiler tags.
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  13. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    God speed.
  14. nickste88

    nickste88 Member

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    Lets haf some faith in uber :)
    I gues they are doing the best they can to make it a stable release.
    And for Uber if you guys cant make it , please extend your time frame and release the game a later date :)

    PS. but only if you cant make it :p
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  15. adoghost

    adoghost Active Member

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    friday is the launch day, we are playing before that day [​IMG] .
  16. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    Let us take time to post some of our most funny moments in PA.

    God Bless.
    [​IMG]
  17. Zaniaac

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    I just played a match against just one A.i and it began to lag really bad. I thought they had this fixed?
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  19. lucidus

    lucidus New Member

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    More serious questions... thinking about hosting private servers.

    1) What are the current Uber server hardware using for a CPU?
    2) How many game instances are supposed to be allocated per server?
    3) Is a game server a single-thread or multi-thread workload?
    4) What about memory per server instance?

    I couldn't find anything specific on these topics when searching through this forum.
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