Master server outage

[XzL.Smart]

sometimes when i try to connect it says that like my internet couldn't connect but if i hit a key it takes meh to the master list and i can connect to servers

That is what happens to me, but I can only see 6 servers with people in them, even during the high points of the day.
Here's the error it gives me.

[Meh=-~]

yea that is the message that i get

[Phytotron]

Yep, I've been experiencing the same. Took a screenshot the other night to post it, but there it is above.

Possibly related, or not, I've also had a handful of instances of servers freezing up on me, as described here: http://forums3.armagetronad.net/viewtop ... 39#p211539. But now not solely that guy's servers.


Loading the server list has been very slow ever since I've "been back," but I attributed that to there being so many dang servers listed nowadays. What the hell is up with that, anyway? And don't tell me they're all being used either. Looks like any fool who gets some little idea is wanting to put up not only one, but several servers. Many associated with all the latest crowd of pointless, dumbass clans; some gimmicky, zone-oriented game modes; useless maps and/or multi-axes; and/or stupid, stupid, fascistic, made-up gameplay rules. Most never played. But hey, "I got my own server now! YAY! Look, it even has a lot of colors in the title! I'm awesome! And so is my clan!"

[Meh=-~]

u cant really say that clan servers are useless they are very helpful if u want to have a clan war or any other clan based activities

[Phytotron]

You really must work on your reading comprehension. While you're at it: basic grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.

[Meh=-~]

Many associated with all the latest crowd of pointless, dumbass clans;"

Hmm not criticizing clan servers? Sorry i guess im not that smart but that is what i take out of reading this and idc about my grammar and stuff on a dumb ass forum I have English class for that im not going to waste my time using good sentence structure for some no reason.

[Word]

sometimes when i try to connect it says that like my internet couldn't connect but if i hit a key it takes meh to the master list and i can connect to servers

That is what happens to me, but I can only see 6 servers with people in them, even during the high points of the day.
Here's the error it gives me.

yes, that's the problem we get

[Z-Man]

idc about my grammar and stuff on a dumb ass forum

Get rid of that attitude, please. Quickly. Writing properly is a sign that you respect your readers, consequently not writing properly is a sign of your disrespect. Why would anyone listen to you if you show how little you care?

On the issue, it seems like the client failsafe system isn't working properly. It only tries ONE other master instead of all of them. Workaround: leave the server browser and try again. For about 60 seconds, non-working masters are not polled again. 'Course, I'll do a proper fix for 0.2.8.3.

On the proper datacenter hosting: I think tank's servers are running that way already. It doesn't really help I know that I'd notice a total outage of my home server hosting my master much sooner than I'd notice the outage of my rented VPS. And no, there's no hardcoded master count limit.

Regarding the slowness, yeah, it's the many servers. There's also the fact that they all get pinged in arbitrary order. I have the code here for 0.2.8 that can make servers that had a higher score last time get pinged first, I just need to extract it from some unrelated change. I think it would help make the popular servers visible more quickly (and if you like an unpopular server, you can always give it a score bias) and bury "Unnamed Server 15". Also, we're already thinking about a better browser structure for trunk versions. A flat list was fine for 20 servers, but not so any more.

[Tank Program]

master1 is currently suffering from a partial drive failure and so is offline. The replacement server (complete drop in replacement, just swap ethernet cables) is just in. I've not got the server software running again yet. master3 should be online. master5 is offline.

[Meh=-~]

Get rid of that attitude, please. Quickly.

lol i love how u come after meh when some guy is on a pmsing rant. As far as my attitude im smiling and honestly i dont respect anyone i dont know

[MrsKsr]

Ditto to everything everyone else said above... I was wondering if my laptop was just being lame..
ty for the info

[compguygene]

Thank you for clarifying the real issues of how the master servers and clients function together. Your explanation of how the code functions, really clears things up!

[Word]

i deleted my master.srv cause some servers didn't show properly. Now my server list is completely empty (i use 0.3, the experiemental version). it is easy for me to get a new master.srv from someone else of course, but my client is unable to create one - which means everyone who downloads Armagetron now for the first time won't see any servers at all.

[epsy]

master.srv is the list of master servers
frommaster.srv is the list of servers that were fetched from the masters

[Word]

ok, i also deleted that one xD

edit: it works again