Multiplayer basics

JohnnyEnglish · Unread post by **JohnnyEnglish** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:30 am

Hi,

this may've been already covered but here goes with some multiplayer questions.

What does ping mean - I got chucked off a map for high ping.
what do the symbols mean next to the servers list - I worked out that the padlock must mean locked for just the people playing but what are the others?

Any help would be appreciated.

J.

-ViTaMiHnM203- · Unread post by **-ViTaMiHnM203-** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:15 am

Well, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ping
You were kikked becuz your "round trip" time was to high...
This is the number you see next to your name on the scoreboard...
This is in miliseconds...

And the symbols, I have no clue about...
I never really bothered to look, I allways host my own server...
At 1024x768 they look like the male and female ends of a usb cable...
But that really means nuthing else to me...

JohnnyEnglish · Unread post by **JohnnyEnglish** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:32 pm

I get it. I was getting connection error messages beforehand so obviously my ping was increasing over the authorised level & I got kicked out.

One symbol looks like a microphone - do you think this is showing this capability between users? Does H&D multiplayer have this function?

Lars · Unread post by **Lars** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:00 pm

The symbols are:
microphone - when ingame voice is active
padlock - if the server use an password
networkcable - if the server is a dedicated one

JohnnyEnglish · Unread post by **JohnnyEnglish** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:08 pm

cheers Lars,

-ViTaMiHnM203- · Unread post by **-ViTaMiHnM203-** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:05 pm

Ofcourse, perfectly clear to me now...

Doesnt look like a mic tho...

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