[DE]Glen 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheImmortalHotDog Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Yay! Always hated that bug o3o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--FORMA-- Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Redtext is love Redtext is life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheErebus. Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Oh Glen, you are the best. Gimme a bro hug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RejectionOfFate Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Very nicely done Glen. (\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord-Taco-the-Great Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Oh Glen, you are best pony. Fixed that for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brahmastra Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 b-broh-hoof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheErebus. Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Fixed that for you. Danke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiiat Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 :D another old bug squashed under the weight of a million friend requests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord-Taco-the-Great Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 (edited) Danke Bitte Edited July 16, 2014 by Lord-Taco-the-Great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobsplosion Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Can I be your friend anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-FrostByte- Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 lets be friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA1 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Can I be your friend anyways? ^ xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaamel Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 /) 'Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamanthaPrime Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 But Glen... I thought we had something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grillv20 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 yeah, whatever Glen you were just looking for friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill.Onkko Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 bromance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattac0n 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DietEbolaCola Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Hooray for bug slaying Glen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlayn Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 yeah, whatever Glen you were just looking for friends Friendship is magic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H0PE 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaiusVrixen Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Loving the 'Excalibrony' pic ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimahn 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknow99 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Always nice to have an insight in D.E.'s work. MOAR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[DE]Glen Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Friendship is magic! badumtss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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