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Ships getting stuck

Ships getting stuck

I know that this is probably due to the unfinished patching in beta 3, but really had a few annoying run ins about that in a MP Game against Multianna.

Ships should really look a bit beforehand where they are going!
First i had a construction frig stuck in an asteorid after finishing the construction.
Didn´t notice until about 5 minutes later why nothing was getting done.
Had to scrap it and wait for it to rebuild to free it. (does scraping Levs gives money btw? )

Second incident lost me my capship, in our first larger fleetbattle. i managed to take out their sova with my two caps, my kol was still untouched my own sova had about 150 shields left, there were about 10-15 frigates on each side left.
But although as soon as his cap was destroyed i wanted to run, i didn´t get away because my sova ALSO ran head first into an asteorid and i didn´t even get it from that spot until it was destroyed (RIP lvl6 capship advatage)

Even later in the same game a Kol managed to lodge itself INTO a repairstation.
At first i thought it looked kinda cool, as it really looked as it was repaired at the station (with the current rage the station really needs to send out some drones or something like the hoshicruiser)
But then i found out that it coudn´t fly backwards.
It tried turning and i was actually expecting to see fly sparks and hear screeching noises so slowly it was.
5 minutes later it was finally turned about 90° and was able to fly out :/

Also while traversing the sun gravwell, all ships always fly directly towards the sun (geting incredibly slow) before looking a for a way around. I mean you really can´t miss that GIANT huge shining thing in your path can you?

While these things are not really gamebreaking, for me such an event can really make the thing totally frustrating.
I didn´t mind that i lost in the end, it was a great game and much fun, hated the layout though ^^, but these incidents really got on my nerve!
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Reply #26 Top
of course, and what about that time when your colony ships jumped back and forth from your asteroid before coming to steal my planet?

you were suffering command lag, it was obvious even to me.
Reply #27 Top
Eh, believe whatever you want then No point in arguing, I'll just be playing games with Multi as host and you can feel free to stay away from them.
Reply #28 Top
LOL multi! where have you been!

1) I've been that arrogant proamerican bastard for a while now
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LOL thats right plus more, but that list it too long

2) we invented the internet, our military uses it, we have people designing new internets every few minutes
of course we have better connections, its also why we have XHD cable companies based here.
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True the military might have the best in the world, but you dont see it for the citizens.
Are the avg US citizen getting speeds around 50Mbit anytime soon?
Already 15Mbit is quite commen in denmark by now, and soon we will see VDSL2 technology that will allow us to have 50Mbit.

To my experiance most in the US only have around 3Mbit to 8Mbit.



Eh, believe whatever you want then No point in arguing, I'll just be playing games with Multi as host and you can feel free to stay away from them.
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Thank you when ever Schem thinks his right, he will never (or even try to) see the truth
Reply #29 Top
Does anyone remember what their pings between themselves and the host are when this happens?
Reply #30 Top
No (how do you check the pings BTW?) With the few test games i had with my clan mates we seem to have similar issues. The pathfinding, and the command lag.

Pathfinding can easily be fixed by not having ships need to move forward to turn. They are SPACESHIPS, not boats in the water. They should be able to turn in place. I know this issue has been brought up before, but i think now it really needs to be addressed. Especially for MP games.

In my games with my clan some experienced up to 15 second lag. Push a button, count to 15. The average lag for me was between 5-10 seconds. Sometimes there was no lag at all, but others it got really bad. All of us run DSL connections so i doubt its our ISP's. We have no lag issues with other games.
Reply #31 Top
No (how do you check the pings BTW?) With the few test games i had with my clan mates we seem to have similar issues. The pathfinding, and the command lag.
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F3 brings up the ping screen, also lets you tell who the lagger is
Reply #32 Top
50Mbit anytime soon?
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multi you are describing a material not even used yet, dont start with that bs please.

I've compared our upload times, mine wins by a small fraction on a wifi connection, so pff off.
Does anyone remember what their pings between themselves and the host are when this happens?
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low, 100 out of most pings being 300,400 +
Thank you when ever Schem thinks his right, he will never (or even try to) see the truth
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oh multi, say as you do, not do as you say.
To my experiance most in the US only have around 3Mbit to 8Mbit.
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LOLZ, no...
Reply #33 Top
My ping can be as low as 140-200 with Multi when im getting command lag. However ive noticed it comes and goes , which leads me to believe that there can be something done about it. Sometimes or 2-3 minutes I dont have it , then ill have it for 10 minutes.
Reply #34 Top

Pathfinding can easily be fixed by not having ships need to move forward to turn. They are SPACESHIPS, not boats in the water. They should be able to turn in place. I know this issue has been brought up before, but i think now it really needs to be addressed. Especially for MP games.
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Um, no. That hardly "fixes" pathfinding. Its barely even a patch on the basic problem. Though it is needed.
Reply #35 Top
didnt we just change from the turn in place bs? I like it how it is, its much better when things dont stop and turn at a corner.
Reply #36 Top
and they always turn by accelerating forward, right into the enemy's guns...
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Ron nailed it. This is my single biggest complaint about the ship movement.

*sees 4 cobalts making a suicide run towards a cluster of gauss cannons, tells them to STOP long before they have reached the enemy's range, then issues them an order to go back the way they came, watches as they go full throttle through the center of the gauss cluster while making a big arc towards the ordered direction, slaps forehead as they all get blown to pieces*

Edit: and btw schem, they have always done this, even before they fixed that thing where they would stop in between waypoints.
Reply #37 Top
50Mbit anytime soon?
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multi you are describing a material not even used yet, dont start with that bs please.
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Well the technology IS in use as we speak just not available to normal ppl yet. Well atleast it is in denmark


I've compared our upload times, mine wins by a small fraction on a wifi connection, so pff off.
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compared to who's and what model?
Reply #38 Top
eets little test website, I clearly won by 30 kb/s   
Well the technology IS in use as we speak just not available to normal ppl yet. Well atleast it is in denmark
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again, you're making false claims

what is the internet percapita in denmark anyway?
Reply #39 Top
according to a danish articel:

denmark has 1Mbit avg
US has 1,9 Mbit avg
france has 17 Mbit avg
south korean has 45 Mbit
japanese has a 61Mbit avg

so the US is far from the best

The problem in denmark atm is the prices as a pay $77.18 per month for my 15Mbit


again, you're making false claims
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false claims? well unless a danish ISP is laying i dont think i am
Reply #40 Top
ok fine, the south koreans and Japanese win, for obvious reasons (theres a network hub every block) but that doesnt change that we clearly beat Europe.

doesnt change that you were making up figures (50 Mbit? my ass)
Reply #41 Top
we clearly beat Europe.
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Sure you do...

doesnt change that you were making up figures (50 Mbit? my ass)
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I know you cant read danish heres but heres the article and you should be able to find the words "50 Mbit/s" "VDSL2" and "1. juni" which means 1st of july this year.

Reply #42 Top
who's the manufacturer of this stuff, I bet they have parallel release plans for America

and that doesnt change that not everybody has that! or will have it! and I doubt its gonna affect your average of 1 Mb/s very much.
Reply #43 Top
I have 16Mbit in UK. Can dl at 1.5mb/sec from the fastest sites

I feel lucky.