Testing potential Warpath fixes

[Plinko]

ON Saturday, Sept. 15, we will be running a stress test of a different version of the warpath map on TV8 at 8PM VST (U.S. Central Standard Time).

The purpose of this test is to see if this version solves any or all of the lagging issues that have plagued TV8. As I understand it, there are some very minor fixes to other map flaws that have been made to this version. The changes are extremely minor overall but should fix some of the bigger problems with the map.

The map file is on the fast dl server and can be downloaded upon connection pretty quickly since the map file is small. If I can get you a link to the map download, I will post it in the thread for convenience.

If you are or have been a warpath fan, I would appreciate if you could try to join us for the test so we can get feedback from players who know the map and see if we can replicate the conditions that have historically caused the biggest lag issues (sentry placements, wrangling, multiple ubers at the fence, having somedude on the other team) to see if there are real improvements.

We'd also like your feedback if any fixes have caused other problems that you notice.

Please feel free to notify any of your Warpathian friends that don't visit the forums much to swing by and help with the test.

[black_and_blue]

Isn't that at the same time as Randomiser night?

[OldMan]

Warpath server test is on Saturday, the Randomizer night is the next night on Sunday, no conflict, lotsa fun!

[The Domer]

I'll try to be there, but I might have a pretty significant conflict of interest. Also, my internet has been awful lately (tried playing last night, had pings in the 600s) so I don't know if I'd be that useful anyway.

[black_and_blue]

Oh, good! That means I definitely won't miss the randomiser night.

As for Warpath, I'll probably be late (not sure by how much, anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours), so hopefully this will go on long enough for me to participate.

[Masakari]

http://fastdl.thevilluns.org/tf2/maps/c ... 7a.bsp.bz2

[somedude]

So what was the result on this for everyone? Personally I did not notice any difference. I *think* one of the intended fixes was supposed to reduce the lag around the fence area, but it seemed like every time there was one or especially two simultaneous ubers any where on the map that the lag got bad, so it was hard to tell if that was resolved. I'm not sure what this issue is with the monster lag when ubers get kicked off? It's been happening for quite a while now, and unfortunately this newer version did not resolve that

[Plinko]

That's funny, I did not notice any lag at the fence during our test. What I did notice was a lot of lag in the middle that I don't normally see on warpath2 - I didn't see any major slideshows lasting 10+ seconds like we often do at the fence, but a bunch of 1-2 second lag moments.

If anyone else can share their feedback, we'd appreciate hearing it.

[Plas]

I thought it seemed like the general consensus during testing was that the lag around the fence was much improved. But there was now some "fence style" lag on the center point.

[Flash]

I thought it seemed like the general consensus during testing was that the lag around the fence was much improved. But there was now some "fence style" lag on the center point.