Thread: Squad Bug and Restarting the Server

I was banned (2 hr type) the other night for making a statement on the server about suggested actions for server administration. Specifically, one of the problems was that I had just joined and the server had the Squad Bug for one side and the Admin on duty decided to Restart the Server. I made a suggestion on the server and that was part of the Ban (basically I was told to let Admins run the server without comment).

Well, tonight, after being online for about 2 hours, the Squad Bug showed it's ugly head again. The first time it happened (around 1:05 am CST) the on duty Admin again decided to restart the server, taking TTP from a relatively full server to 13 v. 11 or 24 players (10 minutes into the round).

While I respect the Admins on TTP and feel that they always mean well, why not try other options to a cold restart such as restarting the round, advancing to the next map or simply playing through the bug for 1 round and see if the server corrects the problem.

Every time TTP restarts the server, people disconnect and must reconnect manually. In most cases, especially late at night, we lose several (if not most) players. I know we are about team play and without squads we have no team format, but without players, we have no teams and if it dwindles low enough, without enough players we don't have a round to play.

I am not calling out any Admins or trying to question their Authority. Just want to see if other options can be employed to solve problems without a restart of the server.

Rob

Originally Posted by CBRob

Well, tonight, after being online for about 2 hours, the Squad Bug showed it's ugly head again. The first time it happened (around 1:05 am CST) ... taking TTP from a relatively full server to 13 v. 11 or 24 players (10 minutes into the round).

Of course, it must have been the restart that did it, not the fact that it was 1 AM. The server typically drops off around 3 AM anyway, and 24 players is still a rousing game (and an EXCELLENT time to try for some of those pesky awards because the round will last longer).

restarting the round

Doesn't work.

advancing to the next map

Doesn't work.

simply playing through the bug for 1 round and see if the server corrects the problem

Doesn't work. The bug will not stop and it will not correct itself until the server is restarted (it just "switches" sides because of our team swap, so that it is always the current US or MEC or PLA team that cannot make squads.

Every time TTP restarts the server, people disconnect and must reconnect manually.

And every time, they are warned several times in advance that it will be happening.

I know we are about team play and without squads we have no team format, but without players, we have no teams and if it dwindles low enough, without enough players we
don't have a round to play.

EA officially sanctions 64-man ranked rounds with as few as 8 people, and you're bitching about 24? TTP is about working together, and you cannot do that without squads. Ergo, the necessary steps should be taken to ensure that squads can always be formed.

Draco

SQUAD BUG!

SQUAD BUG!

"Why Do you mock me O GODS of WAR!" My Ammo is clean and packed tight... My Gun is well oiled and Dry! My Knife Sharp! My wit's are even about me! Please O Gods of War?!! Why the Squad bug....?"


Easy answer. EA hates you. So does God.. get a helmet and frag on private.

I would personally pay for a brand new game with no other changes than not having to watch all my squaddy's mates or others be in the game winning squad. However, we can go to mars, we can go go to hell. But the squad bug still makes us wiat for the next round.

Resseting a round to get one person into the squad of their choice will piss 63 other people off every time.

Dont on the Admin. Hate on the company that owns the original Dev's.

Originally Posted by D0ubl3 Tap

Resseting a round to get one person into the squad of their choice will piss 63 other people off every time.

I can't write for Rob but I'm pretty sure you wasn't referring to an individual. I've never seen TTPs server restarted for an individual's squad bug. Every restart I've experienced had one army where at least 75%-80% of players could not squad up.

I played for nearly 12 hours yeaterday, and didn't encounter the Squad bug Once.....

I think that when after players are switched to the other team, they go into the Squad menu too quickly.... sometimes you've got to wait a second or two for the server to actually finish changing sides. If you join or attempt to join a squad before the server is done switching, then you will encounter the Squd bug. If you be patient and let the server FULLY switch (you will hear the sound), then join a squad, you will not encounter the Squad bug.

My experience as of lately, is that the Squad bug affect individuals, not the server as a whole (unless everone joined Squads before the server was fully switched).

i really only see the squad bug every so often. Maybe im just lucky

Originally Posted by Burninator_PBN

i really only see the squad bug every so often. Maybe im just lucky

I used to get the bug quite often, but then I learned to be just a little patient and wait for the sounds of the server to switch. It's like a Beep or something. Wait for the BEEP, then select your squad.

Give it a try, what do you have to loose.