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General => Feedback => Topic started by: Survivor on July 03, 2006, 11:11:43 pm

Title: Dot inside name.
Post by: Survivor on July 03, 2006, 11:11:43 pm

Remembering what I read

Quote from: "CoD"

I noticed that when a username begins with a dot (or maybe even if there's a dot inside the name, I don't know) you have the evolution window opening every time a message involving that user is displayed

I have come across this problem as well although it seems to be in a different form. When a player joined with a dot in his name the game would seemingly lag for both humans and aliens. This also seemed to be the case when this player was using the armory in some way.

Can anyone else confirm my suspicion that this is a bug that can be used to disturb the game?

Title: Dot inside name.
Post by: Lava Croft on July 04, 2006, 12:34:07 am

No.

Title: Dot inside name.
Post by: Survivor on July 04, 2006, 09:58:10 am

My oh my. Taking all the trouble of making it red and somewhat larger only to type no. Confirm or deny it and give reasons, don't simply state no.

Title: Dot inside name.
Post by: Stof on July 04, 2006, 10:09:56 am

It is a known bug. It has been in the bug tracker for quite some time already. The dot isn't a really dot, it's just what the engine uses to display something it cannot display.

Judging by the number of times people use that bug, I doubt there's much point in keeping it secret. It seems only a few honest players don't know about that yet.

Title: Dot inside name.
Post by: Survivor on July 04, 2006, 10:33:14 am

Good, all I was asking. Thanks stof.

Title: Dot inside name.
Post by: Chojin on July 04, 2006, 11:15:08 am

If I am informed correctly TJW's and R1CH's code have this bug fixed. At least TJW's has it fixed, because I have never seen that behaviour on the server I am running.

Title: Dot inside name.
Post by: Lava Croft on July 04, 2006, 04:46:34 pm

If we keep on happily discussing every bug found in Tremulous here, we might have an unpleasant period ahead of us until the next release. Who and Norfenstein were correct when they said there are other channels this.