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tootee
09-06-2002, 22:09
Maybe the patch can address this issue (if it is yet addressed). It will be nice to be able to return to the main menu immediately, instead of waiting for the game to finish the logoff protocol with gamespy. It can be done in the background while the player is back at the main menu.

Thanks.

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Dionysus9
09-06-2002, 23:05
Yeah, it is annoying Goldie. I second his motion.

When are you going to open the MTW Academy? These Newbs could use it!
FasT
09-06-2002, 23:59
Yup take a while not sure never really counter the seconds/mins etc.
But about how long it takin?
If we post our times maybe they will improve it if possible?
Puzz3D
09-07-2002, 00:22
I can see players names remaining in the foyer listing for quite a while after they leave. I assume that the long logoff time is waiting for your name to actually be logged out by GameSpy. If the game immediately put you back at the logon screen, you wouldn't be able to logon because you wouldn't be logged out yet. I don't think the game is controlling this. Right now this is the only way to refresh the screen, and it does take a long time to go out and come back. GilJay is looking into the screen refresh problem.
FasT
09-07-2002, 00:26
About and around 30sec's for me?
Beelzebub
09-07-2002, 00:29
The real problem of course, is that the multiplayer game is POWERED BY GAMESPY roar!
tootee
09-07-2002, 03:20
yes on average it takes me about 30sec. at 1st I thought "what the h***" is MTW hanged? but I had the patience to wait a while longer and it return me to the main menu. But why should logging off gamespy takes so long?

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tootee the goldfish,
headmaster of Shogun-Academy (http://shogun-academy.tripod.com)
loyal roach of Clan S.G. (http://thesilvergazwa.tripod.com)
'Pa Si Buay Chao! Si Liao Ka Song!'
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JRock
09-07-2002, 03:22
Yeah it's lame that it takes so long. Logoff should be real quick.
Dionysus9
09-07-2002, 07:22
Refresh rates are the problem...it will probably be resolved if CA can. If its a Gamespy problem, we may be stuck with it.

Patience is a virtue, for generals and beggers alike.
GilJaysmith
09-08-2002, 06:16
I amn't really sure why it takes so long to log off. On the way in it's doing a lot more work.

Part of the irritation is undoubtedly that you have no feedback on whether the game is still working. If we can't speed up the process at all, I'll put up a "Logging off..." popup in the patch.

Gil ~ CA
tootee
09-08-2002, 06:44
Thanks Gil. Have got used to the 30sec logoff process, but newbies may thing the game has hanged, which isnt.

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tootee the goldfish,
headmaster of Shogun-Academy (http://shogun-academy.tripod.com)
loyal roach of Clan S.G. (http://thesilvergazwa.tripod.com)
'Pa Si Buay Chao! Si Liao Ka Song!'
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JRock
09-08-2002, 07:29
Ah, when you guys say "refresh rates" you mean the rate at which GameSpy refreshes or updates things such as players in the chatroom, games being hosted, logons and logoffs.

I was like what the heck does my monitor refresh rate have to do with anything. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/tongue.gif
GilJaysmith
09-08-2002, 10:57
Quote Originally posted by JRock:
I was like what the heck does my monitor refresh rate have to do with anything. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/tongue.gif[/QUOTE]

For a while there was a theory that your monitor refresh rate had something to do with reliability. Jury is still out... it might affect video card stability, after all.

But there is also the rate at which the game list refreshes... in the patch it should be slightly more frequent, with much less of a burp each time.

Gil ~ CA