[DE]Glen 9,222 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Earlier today RedText invited people to add me to their friends list. This wasn't a prank (although if it was it would have been a pretty funny one); this actually help fix several bugs. Since then I've gotten many PMs asking me what I was fixing: since it's pretty impractical to answer them each in turn I figured I'd better post something quickly to explain. The core bug I was fixing was the bogus "Failed to send game invitation" error you'd get when trying to get someone into your mission from your friends list or recent players list. It turns out this was related to having both enough friends on your contact list in missions and those friends being far enough away from you that their ping is bad. When our local guys tried to reproduce this problem they had a difficult time because the lab is all on a LAN and they aren't often simulating network problems while in the menus (they also tend to have only a small number of active sessions running at once). It turned out that the "rich presence" queries your friends-list runs to show you what your friends are doing was interfering with your ability to send invitations; the more active sessions, the higher ping, the longer this interference would last. As players from around the world started showing up on my contact list in varying states of play and with varying pings this bug became easy to reproduce and fixing it was easy; the presence queries no longer interfere with your invitation and as a bonus some aspects of your session state should replicate to your friends faster now. So if you responded to RedText's call for assistance you probably contributed to fixing this bug (thank you!). Finally: while I appreciate the love, please don't be offended if I don't respond to PMs or accept your invitation to play -- I'm currently getting a fire-hose of these and there's no way I can keep up. On the weekends and evenings I often do play, though, so if you see me online feel free to jump into my session (no need to ask, just join). Link to post Share on other sites
TheImmortalHotDog 2,114 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Yay! Always hated that bug o3o Link to post Share on other sites
--FORMA-- 2,381 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Redtext is love Redtext is life Link to post Share on other sites
TheErebus. 24,658 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Oh Glen, you are the best. Gimme a bro hug! Link to post Share on other sites
RejectionOfFate 2,734 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Very nicely done Glen. (\ Link to post Share on other sites
Lord-Taco-the-Great 4,952 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Oh Glen, you are best pony. Fixed that for you. Link to post Share on other sites
Brahmastra 4,603 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 b-broh-hoof Link to post Share on other sites
TheErebus. 24,658 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Fixed that for you. Danke Link to post Share on other sites
taiiat 28,469 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 :D another old bug squashed under the weight of a million friend requests. Link to post Share on other sites
Lord-Taco-the-Great 4,952 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 (edited) Danke Bitte Edited July 16, 2014 by Lord-Taco-the-Great Link to post Share on other sites
Bobsplosion 3,738 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Can I be your friend anyways? Link to post Share on other sites
-FrostByte- 2,695 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 lets be friends! Link to post Share on other sites
MrA1 170 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Can I be your friend anyways? ^ xD Link to post Share on other sites
Zaamel 78 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 /) 'Nuff said. Link to post Share on other sites
SamanthaPrime 316 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 But Glen... I thought we had something! Link to post Share on other sites
grillv20 1,069 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 yeah, whatever Glen you were just looking for friends Link to post Share on other sites
Quill.Onkko 364 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 bromance Link to post Share on other sites
Mattac0n 97 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Would this discovery also help relieve the issue of trying to join fellow Clan/Alliance Members? (Especially in very large ones.)While I hadn't been able to contribute, I fully appreciate this effort and have hope that it only improves the social experience. Much love. :3 Link to post Share on other sites
DietEbolaCola 2,118 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Hooray for bug slaying Glen! Link to post Share on other sites
Arlayn 7,135 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 yeah, whatever Glen you were just looking for friends Friendship is magic! Link to post Share on other sites
H0PE 683 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Thank you kindly for the info. I'm also experiencing this frustrating bug many times, hope you can crunch it out! Link to post Share on other sites
CaiusVrixen 14 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Loving the 'Excalibrony' pic ^^ Link to post Share on other sites
kimahn 599 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 i'll do that sir Glen. i hope you are ready for the u14 tremor Link to post Share on other sites
unknow99 10,929 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Always nice to have an insight in D.E.'s work. MOAR! Link to post Share on other sites
[DE]Glen 9,222 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Friendship is magic! badumtss! Link to post Share on other sites
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