Ghost players #78

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opened 2021-09-28 13:33:06 +02:00 by unfa · 3 comments

unfa commented

2021-09-28 13:33:06 +02:00

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Maybe player scenes should ping home to make sure their network authority is still online, or to check if there are other player scenes and prune the stuck ones.

We've experienced this on the team meeting, and I have managed to reproduce it by running a few clients, stopping and starting the server, reconecting clients etc.

Werid things happen, we need to find a way to prevent that.

Maybe player scenes should ping home to make sure their network authority is still online, or to check if there are other player scenes and prune the stuck ones. We've experienced this on the team meeting, and I have managed to reproduce it by running a few clients, stopping and starting the server, reconecting clients etc. Werid things happen, we need to find a way to prevent that.

unfa commented

2021-10-01 22:32:47 +02:00

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I guess the simplest way to fix this would be to periodically check for player scenes under /Main/Players/ and se if they belong to any active peer. If not - delete them.

I guess the simplest way to fix this would be to periodically check for player scenes under `/Main/Players/` and se if they belong to any active peer. If not - delete them.

unfa commented

2021-10-02 16:05:27 +02:00

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I've managed to trigger this problem by connecting and suspending my computer while being connected.

When I resumed and saw that the server has disconnected, I have reconnected and saw my old body hanging where I left it.

I should investigate what's going on when a player disconnects.
Maybe these bodies are put into the respawn queue somehow?

I've managed to trigger this problem by connecting and suspending my computer while being connected. When I resumed and saw that the server has disconnected, I have reconnected and saw my old body hanging where I left it. I should investigate what's going on when a player disconnects. Maybe these bodies are put into the respawn queue somehow?

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label 2021-12-14 16:06:08 +01:00

unfa commented

2021-12-27 18:08:25 +01:00

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Check the nodes, make sure eaxh node matches a peer ID with an active connection. Whatever is left without a match should be pruned.

I think each player should generate and confirm with the server a random token thwt would let us distinguish the active and dead connections. Also we could do a garbage collection of dead player nodes when a new player joins and leaves to ensure game stare integrity. Check the nodes, make sure eaxh node matches a peer ID with an active connection. Whatever is left without a match should be pruned.