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[VANILLA-L:964] Re: [VANILLA-L:963] Re: [VANILLA-L:961] metaserver is reborn
F Niessink wrote:
> My proposol: the three metaservers should all list as much
> servers as possible.
I agree.
People rapidly learn which machines are closer.
As I've already said, I'd like to have a UDP client to metaserver
protocol for requesting the listing. If the servers also had a UDP port
for clients to call to ask for player count, then the clients could also
display calculated lag to each server, then sort the total list in
descending order by lag.
Redundant information idea ... have the client send a UDP packet to the
metaservers indicating that it has started at a particular server. ;-)
Bob, Carlos, please adopt Frank's code now that you have it. You may
like to understand the differences, if any. My code was just to get you
started.
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James Cameron (james.cameron@digital.com)
Digital Equipment Corporation (Australia) Pty. Ltd. A.C.N. 000 446 800
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