Version mismatch irritant

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Am I the only one who gets irritated when some 40k file knocks me off a
server after downloading 50 meg of map files because of a version mismatch?

You have to exit UT, delete the offending file and start over...not a
very efficient way to handle this (game/map coders listen-up).

Why not have game code to ask for an overwrite (Y/N) rather than knock
you off a server when downloading?

Why don't writers of said files give them different names rather than
same-naming when they KNOW everyone will have to go thru at least one,
version mismatch episode, and probably more if they play many servers?

Mike

 

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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:35:55 -0600, Xiccarph <portw002@tc.umn.edu>
wrote:

>Am I the only one who gets irritated when some 40k file knocks me off a
>server after downloading 50 meg of map files because of a version mismatch?
>
>You have to exit UT, delete the offending file and start over...not a
>very efficient way to handle this (game/map coders listen-up).
>
>Why not have game code to ask for an overwrite (Y/N) rather than knock
>you off a server when downloading?
>
>Why don't writers of said files give them different names rather than
>same-naming when they KNOW everyone will have to go thru at least one,
>version mismatch episode, and probably more if they play many servers?
>
>Mike

A friend of mine says that is what Clans do to keep noobs out of their
game. If you have the "Common" version of a map, you'll get the
version mismatch and go to another server. Not sure how true this is,
but I can see people doing it.
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GTD wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:35:55 -0600, Xiccarph <portw002@tc.umn.edu>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Am I the only one who gets irritated when some 40k file knocks me off a
>>server after downloading 50 meg of map files because of a version mismatch?
>>
>>You have to exit UT, delete the offending file and start over...not a
>>very efficient way to handle this (game/map coders listen-up).
>>
>>Why not have game code to ask for an overwrite (Y/N) rather than knock
>>you off a server when downloading?
>>
>>Why don't writers of said files give them different names rather than
>>same-naming when they KNOW everyone will have to go thru at least one,
>>version mismatch episode, and probably more if they play many servers?
>>
>>Mike
>
>
> A friend of mine says that is what Clans do to keep noobs out of their
> game. If you have the "Common" version of a map, you'll get the
> version mismatch and go to another server. Not sure how true this is,
> but I can see people doing it.

I rarely see this with maps, but primarily with the small .u files used
for "security" checking in games. I think map makers may know a little
bit about "version" sufixes..if for no other reason than monitoring
their feedback on a map's evolution! Thus my extreme irritation of
downloading dozens of megs total for a map only to get sniped by a
stupid couple-dozen-k .u file. I suppose gaming noobs may not know how
to fix a version mismatch, but why make everyone suffer just to scare
off a few noobs? Besides, the "gaming noob" may be a "PC guru" that
knows exactly what to do, so whats the gain or point?
Oh well...back to fraggin'