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zybork

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Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« on: January 11, 2009, 01:27:37 am »
I guess we all experienced it - there are servers that just suck for whatever reason and you would like not to play there again. So it would be great to have an option like "disfavour this server", where it gets removed from your serverlist permanently, and thus prevents you to stumble into it again.

And please do not discuss why server xy is soo bad, I just liked to have such a feature. Thank you.
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Knowitall66

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2009, 01:42:44 am »
I would suggest you just build up a list of favorites and then you wont need to browse all servers.
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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2009, 04:18:42 am »
I believe he means more of a blacklist than a whitelist. No such feature exists yet, but if you pester the devs enough, who knows? ;)
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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2009, 05:19:18 am »
Get your own master server.
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zybork

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2009, 01:50:37 pm »
...or maybe I'll just hack the client and contribute the changes back to the project. But I'd have to dig into the source for that purpose, it is by far more efficient to ask a dev, for they can do it in 15min.
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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2009, 02:18:42 am »
Or 15 years...
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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2009, 12:38:50 pm »
If you can't remember the servers where you don't want to play, then the number of "bad" servers is too high.
And that is not a server-side problem, that is a problem with you.
Go populate your favorits or stop playing.
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zybork

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2009, 10:33:36 pm »
Cavemen: The number of servers I don't want to play is about half a dozen to a dozen maximum. If you call this "too much", then you should go try count the number of servers available, and you will realize that their number exceeds the number of actually shitty servers by far. So, next time:

Think before writing.
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I have retired from Tremulous. Definetely. If you play a game just because it has become a habit, but u'r only feeling like a kindergarten teacher - well, maybe I am just getting too old (hell, I was a teenager when DukeNukem3D was *new*) - it's probably not a bad idea to just let it be. And I do.

Don't take this personally. Have fun, guys.

Caveman

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2009, 11:45:21 pm »
nope, you think before writing.
The masterlist is nothing you have write-access to.
So either populate your favorits  or stop playing.

If the answer is not what you wanted to here, tough shit for you.
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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2009, 12:23:18 am »
Quote from: zybork on January 11, 2009, 01:27:37 am
I guess we all experienced it - there are servers that just suck for whatever reason and you would like not to play there again. So it would be great to have an option like "disfavour this server", where it gets removed from your serverlist permanently, and thus prevents you to stumble into it again.

And please do not discuss why server xy is soo bad, I just liked to have such a feature. Thank you.

Quote from: zybork on January 14, 2009, 10:33:36 pm
Cavemen: The number of servers I don't want to play is about half a dozen to a dozen maximum. If you call this "too much", then you should go try count the number of servers available, and you will realize that their number exceeds the number of actually shitty servers by far. So, next time:

Think before writing.
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Paradox

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2009, 01:43:24 am »
Caveman, did you take an asshole pill recently? Looking over your recent posts, it seems that all you do is troll now.
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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2009, 05:30:35 am »
Quote from: Paradox on January 15, 2009, 01:43:24 am
Caveman, did you take an asshole pill recently? Looking over your recent posts, it seems that all you do is troll now.

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2009, 06:53:01 am »
Not really, It's just that only shit questions pop up.
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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2009, 11:25:54 pm »
You'd all do well to follow Khalsa's advice regarding not replying to trolls.

zybork: somewhere on my todo list is changing servercache.dat into a human-readable and editable servers.conf which will sort out things like favourites, maybe passwords/admin auth, etc.
If you submit this to Bugzilla (set the severity to 'enhancement' please) then it may well get done if/when I get around to it.

the rest of you: giant who cares.
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zybork

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2009, 12:11:32 pm »
Okay, this means that there are other plans which means I do not have to take the effort to dig into a project written by somebody else  :)

Question: In which way are the favourites related to the servercache? If it just marks IPs or something, it should be not too hard to implement a blacklist.
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Don't take this personally. Have fun, guys.

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2009, 06:53:41 pm »
In the meantime you can always just block the IP's of the unwanted servers with your firewall.
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zybork

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2009, 08:03:54 pm »
Don't I get the list from the masterserver? I guess this would just make problems when trying to connect, but not prevent the entries from being shown. Maybe i'll try it out some time.
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I have retired from Tremulous. Definetely. If you play a game just because it has become a habit, but u'r only feeling like a kindergarten teacher - well, maybe I am just getting too old (hell, I was a teenager when DukeNukem3D was *new*) - it's probably not a bad idea to just let it be. And I do.

Don't take this personally. Have fun, guys.

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2009, 08:56:26 pm »
Quote from: zybork on January 16, 2009, 08:03:54 pm
Don't I get the list from the masterserver? I guess this would just make problems when trying to connect, but not prevent the entries from being shown. Maybe i'll try it out some time.
you get a list of ip:port 6-tuplets to query from the master, but the list is created by requesting the serverinfo of each server, those that don't respond won't be displayed*
*unless they're already in servercache.dat, then they will be displayed with somewhat strange information
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zybork

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2009, 09:05:45 pm »
So this is not a clean solution. Well, I think I'll skip it then.
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I have retired from Tremulous. Definetely. If you play a game just because it has become a habit, but u'r only feeling like a kindergarten teacher - well, maybe I am just getting too old (hell, I was a teenager when DukeNukem3D was *new*) - it's probably not a bad idea to just let it be. And I do.

Don't take this personally. Have fun, guys.

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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2009, 01:27:23 am »
I don't see why you would need to "ban" a server from your serverlist. If you don't like a server, don't connect to it.
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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2009, 01:40:06 am »
He wants to clear out the display of too many a shitty servers. I guess. And maybe the haxxed once popping up recently named: ---->HACKED<----
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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #21 on: January 18, 2009, 02:00:34 pm »
Quote from: zybork on January 16, 2009, 09:05:45 pm
So this is not a clean solution. Well, I think I'll skip it then.

I think it'll do fine so long as you get a new list after firewalling anything.
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Re: Need option to "ban servers" from serverlist
« Reply #22 on: January 28, 2009, 12:13:18 pm »
For an ugly solution that may cause you to break things and which I wouldn't recommend, block those server IPs at your firewall.  You're client can't communicate with them, you're client won't show them.

Again, this is a really F*cking stupid solution, so don't do it.  But if you're really that hard pressed...
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