No Server traffic since patch............

[imported_drbopp]

I was just wondering if the rest of you who are running a CoD Server with the patch installed are experiencing the same DRASTIC decrease in Server traffic that we have. If so, what do you think has caused the decrease?

We are running a 32-player Realism Server which was packed 24/7 before the patch, now we rarely see anyone............. :(

Thanks in advance for your insight.

DR.


P.S. If you get a chance, please stop in and join us @ 216.86.32.201 - The Fighting 61st CoD Realism

[UnDead]

Well I think the biggest thing that caused this is when player upgraded to the patch all there old favorites they had saved were wiped out. So most likely a solid base of players that played on your server probably had you in there favorites. When they upgraded to the patch they lost there favorites and lost your server in the mix of 2,882 servers. I don't think the gameplay caused this as much as losing the favorites and the sheer increase in the amount of servers out now.

[toadzila]

Hey this is toad from the TDI clan, we have had the same problem with no clients on our server after the patch came out, it was full before though. Any way we have two servers if you want to play on our server 1 day and we will play on yours the next day we can get them up and running. I think we will be good compation for you we are #1 on 10v10 TDM and S&D in twl and 11/0 in S&D 6v6. So it will be good practice for both clans. Hope to hear from you soon.

[MPowell1944]

The real reason servers (ones running custom mods of any kind) are losing traffic is because when the 1.2 patch came out, it reset all client's AllowDownload to be ON by default. So, when they try to connect to your server (and your server has AllowDownload disabled), they get an error message stating that they can't connect to the server without the files that are on the server.

So, the only fix for this problem is to have all clients turn their AllowDownload OFF. The CVAR for AllowDownload on the client is cl_allowdownload. Simply set that to 0 to disable it.

[schultz]

The FUBAR clan runs 3 CoD servers and they went from 32 players each to 0 over night with the 1.2 patch. We are only beginning to see life on our CoD West 1 server, on the CoD West 2 server we added the Merciless blood mod. We do not expect a crowd to form on that server, it is just one of the best blood mod with realism. And our CoD West 3 server we use for matches now. We had three public servers and they all died. Many players did not like the change in the scope and the removal of the bunny hop. If you check, you will see that many of the servers running original versions are still busy. Also the fact that the game was hacked within 24 hours of release, left a lot of players looking for the dumpster to toss the game. This game has potential, IW should not have released the 1.2 patch, it hurt the game. They do need to release the 1.3 offical patch with punkbuster to get players back into the game and onto honest servers with players and clans ready for good scrimmages.