[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Shared vision overload loses server

[Raimar Falke <i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 02:36:30AM -0800, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> I'm using the Nov. 20 Windows .zip.  I played a game with 30 players.
> For the longest time I couldn't get out and about to see the world
> beyond my starting continent.  Then all of a sudden, due to Shared
> Vision agreements the entire world map was revealed to me at once.  I
> lost my server connection; I believe the all-at-once workload choked the
> machine.

If the client is dead (doesn't respond to ping) for "pingtimeout" s
(normally 60) it is cut by the server.

Most likely reason: the client (read the GUI output) is too slow.

        Raimar

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