If I am disconnected, am I out of the game?

doctorfrog · Postby **doctorfrog** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:41 pm

(Did a search first for "disconnected" and "reconnected.")

I have a flaky ISP that disconnects me at random. Could be every five minutes, could be every five days. How does Defcon handle disconnects? Can I reconnect to a game and go right back to playing, does a bot pick up for me until I return, am I allowed to at least spectate while I watch my country get obliterated, etc.

xyzyxx · Postby **xyzyxx** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:46 pm

Hey guys, is the answer covered by NDA?

The Soviet Union · Postby **The Soviet Union** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:51 pm

I like sword of the stars cuz you could get disconnected from a server then AI just takes your place and you can jump right back in, not sure *edit* is this game has that feature *edit*.

Comassion · Postby **Comassion** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:57 pm

Good for SOTS- that's a fine way to handle disconnects. It would be a nice feature for Defcon (or any online game, really).

dakster · Postby **dakster** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:12 pm

Yeah, I'm curious about this myself. I asked on the steam forums, and the answer was someone *thought* it would allow you to reconnect, but I never heard a definitive answer. I want to play long office mode games while at work, but I'm on dialup and get disconnected every 4 hours. I was hoping for nice long all day games, and just have to reconnect every 4 hours. Can anyone answer this, or at least tell us you can't because of the NDA?

mehrdad · Postby **mehrdad** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:19 pm

well in some games you can D/C but...in this game im not sure.

TinFoil · Postby **TinFoil** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:57 pm

In my gaming experience, you just lag for a long time. I lagged for 2 minutes once, hopped to the other end of the map because I was walking in an open space in like... BF1942.

Zarkow · Postby **Zarkow** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:19 am

While trying to make sure I don't violate any NDA, let's just say: Don't worrie about this. This has been one of the things focused on from the start.

Montyphy · Postby **Montyphy** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:23 am

I seem to remember this being mentioned somewhere in the IV section of the forum but I can't remember the thread.

kosh · Postby **kosh** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:41 am

well I just disconnected from a game with a defcon.exe crash

so where's my magic "reconnect" button?

dishwasherlove · Postby **dishwasherlove** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:41 am

Old thread is old.... RISE FROM YOUR GWAVE!

Bas · Postby **Bas** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:43 am

Droppers are replaced by the CPU.

CyberMew · Postby **CyberMew** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:00 pm

kosh wrote:well I just disconnected from a game with a defcon.exe crash

so where's my magic "reconnect" button?

yes please i would like to know too. search is down atm.

GeneticFreak · Postby **GeneticFreak** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:05 pm

You can connect back to the server using same nick and same auth key.

However there are a few drawbacks as stated in these threads

http://forums.introversion.co.uk/defcon ... php?t=1990
http://forums.introversion.co.uk/defcon ... php?t=2005

The game will do a "Receiving" state, which replays everything from the start up to "this point" 2-3x faster, which in turn if the game is very far already, it will make by the time you're done Receiving game will be over...

kosh · Postby **kosh** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:44 pm

having it replaying is not too bad, because it usually crashes at the end of defcon 4. if it's stable into defcon3 it seems to stay up.

the problem is finding which server I was connected to!

by the time i've hunted through the list they'll already be into defcon 1 and I can forget it.

If I am disconnected, am I out of the game?

If I am disconnected, am I out of the game?

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