Warzone 2100 unofficial stats

[vexed]

Looking over the amount of downloads, and the amount of games being hosted, the conclusion so far is something along these lines:

90+% of the players are NOT interested in anything but campaign or skirmish games.
Windows is, by far, the #1 platform we have, followed by linux, and way, way, way behind are mac users.

#1 crash issue for users of windows & intel based video platforms is the craptastic video drivers that intel has. Update them!
#1 issue for crashes is the result of a race condition (that we can't seem to find/fix, so, we might just have to de-thread the only thread we have).

We get ~300 unique hits a day on forums, and about ~500 on front page. Whoops, this was very wrong, this was only for a few hours, not a full day.
We average 1 new member a day (that isn't a spammer).
We have way too many MP games that violate the rules/policy of this site, and in turn, get banned.
We have way too many MP hosts that kick "noobs" for whatever reason.
We have way too many MP users who try to spoil games. (You know who you are.)

[Rman Virgil]

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Thanks for posting this. There are valuable insights to be drawn, I think. Some of these trendings remain unchanged from retail 1999... and all the years after, prior to source release the tail end of 2004.
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[Hesterax]

Looking over the amount of downloads, and the amount of games being hosted, the conclusion so far is something along these lines:

90+% of the players are NOT interested in anything but campaign or skirmish games.

Got a problem with that?

Windows is, by far, the #1 platform we have, followed by linux, and way, way, way behind are mac users.

#1 crash issue for users of windows & intel based video platforms is the craptastic video drivers that intel has. Update them!
#1 issue for crashes is the result of a race condition (that we can't seem to find/fix, so, we might just have to de-thread the only thread we have).

We get ~300 unique hits a day on forums, and about ~500 on front page.
We average 1 new member a day (that isn't a spammer).
We have way too many MP games that violate the rules/policy of this site, and in turn, get banned.

Should explain the sudden drop of members that I experienced a few weeks ago, a while after the members list hit 5000 members.

We have way too many MP hosts that kick "noobs" for whatever reason.
We have way too many MP users who try to spoil games. (You know who you are.)

Overall thanks for posting this anyway.

[Rommel]

We have way too many MP hosts that kick "noobs" for whatever reason.

Way too many MP players just up and quit when they realize one of their team is a "noob".

I can only host because for some reason I cannot join games, something I have never been able to resolve. Most of the time when hosting I need to wait on average around 5-10 minutes to get enough players to start an MP even with 2v2. With this 5-10 minute wait there is only so much patience one can have with noobs. My policy is to ask politely if the player is new and if so I direct them to play skirmish for some time and focus on fast production and orthodox research paths.

[vexed]

Looking over the amount of downloads, and the amount of games being hosted, the conclusion so far is something along these lines:

90+% of the players are NOT interested in anything but campaign or skirmish games.

Got a problem with that?

Now, why would you think that ? I was simply stating facts.

Windows is, by far, the #1 platform we have, followed by linux, and way, way, way behind are mac users.

#1 crash issue for users of windows & intel based video platforms is the craptastic video drivers that intel has. Update them!
#1 issue for crashes is the result of a race condition (that we can't seem to find/fix, so, we might just have to de-thread the only thread we have).

We get ~300 unique hits a day on forums, and about ~500 on front page.
We average 1 new member a day (that isn't a spammer).
We have way too many MP games that violate the rules/policy of this site, and in turn, get banned.

Should explain the sudden drop of members that I experienced a few weeks ago, a while after the members list hit 5000 members.

Huh ? What explains it ?

Way too many MP players just up and quit when they realize one of their team is a "noob".

Yeah, I have noticed that as well... we know who those people are. Those are the ones I list them under 'try to spoil games'.

I can only host because for some reason I cannot join games, something I have never been able to resolve. Most of the time when hosting I need to wait on average around 5-10 minutes to get enough players to start an MP even with 2v2. With this 5-10 minute wait there is only so much patience one can have with noobs.

That would be very, very odd.
I would need to see the output of --debug=net when you try to join a game

[Hesterax]

Looking over the amount of downloads, and the amount of games being hosted, the conclusion so far is something along these lines:

90+% of the players are NOT interested in anything but campaign or skirmish games.

Got a problem with that?

Now, why would you think that ? I was simply stating facts.

Oh, sorry, it just seemed like it form the way that you typed it.

Windows is, by far, the #1 platform we have, followed by linux, and way, way, way behind are mac users.

#1 crash issue for users of windows & intel based video platforms is the craptastic video drivers that intel has. Update them!
#1 issue for crashes is the result of a race condition (that we can't seem to find/fix, so, we might just have to de-thread the only thread we have).

We get ~300 unique hits a day on forums, and about ~500 on front page.
We average 1 new member a day (that isn't a spammer).
We have way too many MP games that violate the rules/policy of this site, and in turn, get banned.

Should explain the sudden drop of members that I experienced a few weeks ago, a while after the members list hit 5000 members.
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Huh ? What explains it ?

I don't know. I thought this could explain what happened a few days after the number of members in this forum dropped.

Way too many MP players just up and quit when they realize one of their team is a "noob".

Yeah, I have noticed that as well... we know who those people are. Those are the ones I list them under 'try to spoil games'.

I can only host because for some reason I cannot join games, something I have never been able to resolve. Most of the time when hosting I need to wait on average around 5-10 minutes to get enough players to start an MP even with 2v2. With this 5-10 minute wait there is only so much patience one can have with noobs.

That would be very, very odd.
I would need to see the output of --debug=net when you try to join a game

[Rommel]

I would need to see the output of --debug=net when you try to join a game

I am in the small majority that use Mac... is there something different I need to do to get this debug output? Even if I used windows I would be unsure of what you mean by this, but thanks anyway!

[vexed]

I would need to see the output of --debug=net when you try to join a game

I am in the small majority that use Mac... is there something different I need to do to get this debug output? Even if I used windows I would be unsure of what you mean by this, but thanks anyway!

I guess you open a terminal/shell on the mac, then run the game with the added parameter of --debug=net.
Then you would open your log files and see what it says.
On windows, you and append --debug=net on the shortcut and then check your logs.


BTW, the stats I posted were wrong, that wasn't for a day, that was only for a ~6 hours.

[themac]

After a long pause I started an online match shortly. My member first said: "please do not to abbort the game". I promised not to leave until the end. But then, I realized what he meant. Warzone seems to loose the connection to players after some time. I am sure my internet connection is pretty good. Maybe his ones was not. Or the Warzone server has a bug. Or the game itself. I did not leave the match. I am so sorry.

[vexed]

After a long pause I started an online match shortly. My member first said: "please do not to abbort the game". I promised not to leave until the end. But then, I realized what he meant. Warzone seems to loose the connection to players after some time. I am sure my internet connection is pretty good. Maybe his ones was not. Or the Warzone server has a bug. Or the game itself. I did not leave the match. I am so sorry.

Hmm, what do your logs show ?
They usually tell you why you got disconnected.

[themac]

He got disconnected, not me. I was the host of the game. I have no idea where to look for the log file on the Macintosh.