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Seamus Donohue
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.07.13 03:00:00 -
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Very often, if the EVE client loses contact with Tranquility, the client will start making silent assumptions and keep going as though absolutely nothing were wrong. Very often, this is not desirable behavior because the lack of contact is not due to a temporary hiccup in the data stream, but a more serious interruption that would force the player to quit/kill the EVE client and log in all over again in any event. In any event, the death penalty in EVE Online is very high, so the player should be made explicitly aware (sooner rather than later) if the client can't talk to the server.
I propose some kind of visual indicator that appears on screen whenever the EVE client has gone on without contact from the server for an inordinately long period of time, such as 10 seconds. An example of the sort of message that should appear is:
"No data packets have been received from [server name] in the past [number] seconds. What you see on screen is based upon various assumptions made by the client program in the absence of data from [server name]. Your commands will have no effect upon the game until contact is reestablished.
You can wait for the client to reestablish contact with the server. Once contact is reestablished, this message will automatically disappear. Alternatively, you may quit the game by clicking the button below.
The default span of time without server contact that causes this message to appear is 10 seconds. You may change this in the ESCAPE menu." __________________________________________________ Survivor of Teskanen, fan of John Rourke. |
AtheistOfDoom
Invicta. Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2010.07.13 03:12:00 -
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How about it just says "Connection Lost".
Originally by: CCP Charlie
You just made me facepalm so hard...
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CompactDisc7227
MultiStar Protectorate Militia
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Posted - 2010.07.13 04:36:00 -
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Originally by: AtheistOfDoom How about it just says "Connection Lost".
Hah, this ^^
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Herschel Yamamoto
Agent-Orange Nabaal Syndicate
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Posted - 2010.07.13 05:10:00 -
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Originally by: CompactDisc7227
Originally by: AtheistOfDoom How about it just says "Connection Lost".
Hah, this ^^
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JDawg1290
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Posted - 2010.07.13 05:24:00 -
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Because Connection Lost is reserved for when the server has asserted that a connection will not be reestablished.
Asheron's call used to have alittle icon that indicated connection status, maybe CCP could implement something similar? |
Batolemaeus
Vauryndar Dalharil
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Posted - 2010.07.13 05:31:00 -
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Lykouleon
Trust Doesn't Rust
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Posted - 2010.07.13 09:07:00 -
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Originally by: JDawg1290 Asheron's call used to have alittle icon that indicated connection status, maybe CCP could implement something similar?
I miss that game
but agreed, there needs to be some form of visual cue as to server connectivity.
Quote: CCP Mindstar > Sorry - I've completely messed all that up. lets try again
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Laina Delapore
Red Sun Industries
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Posted - 2010.07.13 11:01:00 -
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Supported.
I hate jumping into a system and waiting and waiting and waiting before I finally get a "Connection Lost" message and then log back in find myself in the clone vat. Or even just back in the belt/plex/mission with no drones. |
Ebisu Kami
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Posted - 2010.07.13 11:08:00 -
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Originally by: Lykouleon
Originally by: JDawg1290 Asheron's call used to have alittle icon that indicated connection status, maybe CCP could implement something similar?
I miss that game
but agreed, there needs to be some form of visual cue as to server connectivity.
You mean like a little circle let's say... Next to the EVE-date/-clock, which tells it by colour? Green = All Clear Yellow = Bad Connection Red = Connection Lost
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Heroldyn Yhamad
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Posted - 2010.07.13 12:12:00 -
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Fettered Soul
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Posted - 2010.07.13 23:59:00 -
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Originally by: Laina Delapore
...just back in the belt/plex/mission with no drones...
2010.07.09 04:05:00
Victim: Fettered Soul Corp: Nuclear 358 Alliance: Unknown Faction: Unknown Destroyed: Megathron Navy Issue System: Gelfiven Security: 0.6 Damage Taken: 100155
Involved parties:
Name: Arch Gistii Thug / Angel Cartel (laid the final blow) Damage Done: 100155
Destroyed items:
Shadow Serpentis Armor Kinetic Hardener, Qty: 2 Bouncer II, Qty: 3 (Drone Bay) Shadow Serpentis Magnetic Field Stabilizer, Qty: 2 Optimal Range, Qty: 2 (Cargo) Shadow Serpentis Armor Thermic Hardener, Qty: 2 (Cargo) Shadow Serpentis Tracking Computer Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I, Qty: 2 Federation Navy Plutonium Charge L (Cargo) Cap Recharger II Imperial Navy Large Armor Repairer Cap Recharger II (Cargo) Large Capacitor Control Circuit II Federation Navy Plutonium Charge L, Qty: 60 Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Qty: 5 Defender I, Qty: 520 (Cargo)
There was only 1 tiny scrambler and many HACs. I could not shoot him in time without lost small drones after disconnect.
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Aineko Macx
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Posted - 2010.07.14 10:24:00 -
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Yep, pretty standard functionality that's missing.
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Laina Delapore
Caldari Red Sun Industries
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Posted - 2010.07.14 12:49:00 -
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Originally by: Fettered Soul
Originally by: Laina Delapore
...just back in the belt/plex/mission with no drones...
2010.07.09 04:05:00
Victim: Fettered Soul Corp: Nuclear 358 Alliance: Unknown Faction: Unknown Destroyed: Megathron Navy Issue
There was only 1 tiny scrambler and many HACs. I could not shoot him in time without lost small drones after disconnect.
Ouch. Similar thing happened to a friend of mine in his Golem once. And a corpmate once warped out to our POS in 0.0, ejected, boarded a new ship, THEN dc'd and logged back back in to find his Domi had been destroyed in the belt he warped out of.
Of course, the logs showed nothing.
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Mashie Saldana
BFG Tech
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Posted - 2010.07.14 13:57:00 -
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Originally by: Fettered Soul There was only 1 tiny scrambler and many HACs. I could not shoot him in time without lost small drones after disconnect.
Next time in that situation, ctrl-q. Log back in, warp out before the frig has locked you again.
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