Notes on server names.

Post by **epsy** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:48 pm

0.3.1 will introduce major changes in server name sorting. Server sorting by name will feel more natural by then.

More natural means server names you pronounce "AAAAAAAAA" will be shown at the beginning and server names you pronounce "Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z" will be shown at the end

This means admins who prefixed their server name with <Some color><spaces> won't be shown on the top anymore. Good news is also that the raw IPs that separated them from correctly-named servers are gone to the bottom of the list.

For those interested, what the new sorting algorithm does is filter every character but letters, and puts it in lowercase. Of course, color codes are removed first. Some other characters are interpreted as letters, too.

Some examples:

Original name -> Name used for sorting
Z-Man's Ladle Server -> zmansladleserver
0xff7722 Wild West =0xff3300Capture The Flag0xff7722= 0xff7722California -> wildwestcapturetheflagcalifornia
0x88aa88~|DS|~DarkSyndicate's 0x998888Arena -> dsdarksyndicatesarena

This would be how it would be sorted:

0x88aa88~|DS|~DarkSyndicate's 0x998888Arena
0xff7722 Wild West =0xff3300Capture The Flag0xff7722= 0xff7722California
Z-Man's Ladle Server

Servers that have an empty sort name will NOT be shown.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:11 pm

epsy wrote:Servers that have an empty sort name will NOT be shown.

Are there such servers? It would be nice to inform them then

Post by **epsy** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:12 pm

There was one, otherwise I wouldn't even have thought about it. It's canonical name was empty, so I don't know who it belongs to.

KamP · Post by **KamP** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:28 am

So server names beginning with colors would come first? That doesn't seem correct, I have to say. Is there any way to ignore colors when sorting?

Luke-Jr · Post by **Luke-Jr** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:33 am

Great, now we get:

A Ladle Server hosted by Z-Man
An Amazing Wild West Fortress Server
An Amazing Wild West CTF Server in Cali
An Arena of DarkSyndicate

KamP · Post by **KamP** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:00 am

Oh wait, I get it now.
I'm dumb

Concord · Post by **Concord** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:16 am

epsy, thanks

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:22 am

AA: A brilliant server named Fortress Café

Post by **Lucifer** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:35 am

Default sorting is still server score, don't worry.

So there's no point in trying to change your server name to show up first. Or rather, if you want your server listed first, improve its ping or get a lot of players to play on it all the time.

This will just make it easier to find specific servers when you sort by name.

Thanks, epsy!

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:14 am

Lucifer wrote:get a lot of players to play on it all the time.

Or get it to pretend to always have 4 or 5 players

No, really, the difficulty in finding a particular server has always annoyed me, that's one of the reasons I usually just use a server feed and --connect.

sinewav · Post by **sinewav** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:59 pm

I think the best part is getting those raw IPs sent to the bottom. That alone is worth the rewrite.

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