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Discontinuities....
I made a regular bug report under the same title, but also wanted to do this so I could see some feedback. Flying around in sec4, suddenly "blink" to another part of the sector drifting out of control, drifting through roids, etc. Usually blow up at some point (shot? Collision??). Respawn someplace outside the system, sometimes REALLY far away. Like 500,000m. "Drifting" no control, at over 5800mph, repeatedly through the system, from one side to the other.
Sometimes not a "blink" but a rapid "strobe" of images like the "spinning bug"
One time I spawned 16,000,000m out!! This situation always seems to result in the loss of ship (fully-equipped Valk or Maud, over 52,000 c each!!) It's happened about five times, this morning the most recent. I've got a Mac, dual G4 1Ghz, OSX 10.2.6. Any ideas???
Sometimes not a "blink" but a rapid "strobe" of images like the "spinning bug"
One time I spawned 16,000,000m out!! This situation always seems to result in the loss of ship (fully-equipped Valk or Maud, over 52,000 c each!!) It's happened about five times, this morning the most recent. I've got a Mac, dual G4 1Ghz, OSX 10.2.6. Any ideas???
Errrr.. are there dual 1Ghz G4s? I don't think so.
yes there are dual 1GHz G4s. We even had one on loan from Apple a while ago.
As for the bug, I dunno. massively bad lag maybe? If you find yourself going that fast, try turning on arcade mode and set your speed to zero and you should be able to slow down faster than with just brakes in physics mode.
When you spawned 16M m out, was it when you first logged in?
We have some pedantic check for when a ship goes too far out the server kills the connection. I think it's very far though and may be more than 16M m. Unfortunately when you log back in you're that far out. That needs to be reworked.
Going 5800 m/s is normally a cause of the collision response system going crazy.
However just flying around and then suddenly having these problems is unlikely. There's got to be something that's triggering it.
As for the bug, I dunno. massively bad lag maybe? If you find yourself going that fast, try turning on arcade mode and set your speed to zero and you should be able to slow down faster than with just brakes in physics mode.
When you spawned 16M m out, was it when you first logged in?
We have some pedantic check for when a ship goes too far out the server kills the connection. I think it's very far though and may be more than 16M m. Unfortunately when you log back in you're that far out. That needs to be reworked.
Going 5800 m/s is normally a cause of the collision response system going crazy.
However just flying around and then suddenly having these problems is unlikely. There's got to be something that's triggering it.
Maybe he "lagged out". If you "lag out" (pull teh plug), the server often respawns you in the middle of nowhere.
Maybe bad sync between client and server?
Nice to know the computer lurking under my desk is real. HeHe.
I always fly in Arcade Mode. When these events happen, I have no control over speed OR direction. When I spawned 16,000,000 m out,
I had been playing for over 30 min. Collision response?? Hmmmmm.
I crash very rarely. BUT, flying around watching for targets, enemies, etc, and reading chat at the same time, It could happen.
I will try to observe more carefully. Thanx Ray!!
I always fly in Arcade Mode. When these events happen, I have no control over speed OR direction. When I spawned 16,000,000 m out,
I had been playing for over 30 min. Collision response?? Hmmmmm.
I crash very rarely. BUT, flying around watching for targets, enemies, etc, and reading chat at the same time, It could happen.
I will try to observe more carefully. Thanx Ray!!
"We have some pedantic check for when a ship goes too far out the server kills the connection."
*whistles innocently*
I assume that was added AFTER I went 10 Mm out? :P
*whistles innocently*
I assume that was added AFTER I went 10 Mm out? :P