Linkdead issue?

Posted by Zeno on Sat 11 Dec 2004 12:51 AM — 3 posts, 9,671 views.

Zeno USA Sat 11 Dec 2004 12:51 AM #0

Well here's the problem. Attacking a (helpless) linkdead player is illegal. But when (I tested this out, or had someone test it for me) a user one dialup goes linkdead, then are not shown with the linkdead flag, and are not even marked linkdead.

The test player d/c his dialup at 8:45pm.
At 8:48pm, he reconnected and this happened:

Quote:
Drin has lost his link.
Drin has reconnected, kicking off old link.

So I'm wondering, is it impossible for the MUD to detect its connection?

David Haley USA Sat 11 Dec 2004 01:11 AM #1

The MUD only detects "link-deadedness" when the connection is severed. The problem is that it doesn't always detect that it was severed - a connection can time out but still appear alive. This is often the case with dialup connections.

I don't think there is much of a way around this. When the player reconnected, the MUD doesn't "detect" that the player lost their link - rather, the MUD assumes that that must be why they're reconnecting and the other player is still online.

Zeno USA Sat 11 Dec 2004 01:27 AM #2

I figured as much. I'll just have to leave the players responsible for their connection.