Increase FPS 100-200!!

[LordHavoc]

I just made an odd discovery while trying to decide where to place the game clock display... the frag list in the bottom right corner shows the play time of every player, this almost serves as a game clock.

Speaking of which, what is the general opinion on the location of the showfps/showtime/showdate display? It currently partially covers up the player listings in the bottom right corner...

Locations I've considered for such things as showfps/showtime/showdate, and why I rejected them:
top left - conflicts with notify lines (it could be displayed below notify lines, or notify lines could be pushed below it, but these realtime numbers are not the kind of thing you want to see next to notify text)
top right - conflicts with notify lines, but less so (many lines are short)
bottom left, above hud - can be confusing alongside the hud
bottom right, above hud - didn't like the fact it moved depending on hud size
bottom left, over hud - confusing, obscures significant parts of hud
bottom right, over hud (current location) - obscures player names on player list

Additionally for a gameclock I'd consider bottom center above hud, but obscuring view at edges of the screen is always a bad thing (this is why the hud background is transparent in DP, to give a better view).

I'm considering moving showfps/showtime/showdate to bottom right, above hud since at least it does not hide anything then, but it looks odd there.

So where should they go... ?

(note: I'll probably add the gameclock in the same area if people want it)

[Lardarse]

Where they are now is fine

[Baker]

Accounts offer more certainty in identifying someone, and are critically useful to clans - you may not know who someone is when they use a bogus account, but you know they aren't a legitimate member of the clans participating in a match, so you don't let them play in the match.

I see where you are coming from on that, it is true that the present IPLOG system has weaknesses. I'll private message you some other information that you may find helpful in seeing other angles/dimensions to this issue.

I understand its importance fully, I just don't see it as adequate for the purpose of identifying players.

It certainly does have a margin of error.

[Baker]

Speaking of which, what is the general opinion on the location of the showfps/showtime/showdate display? It currently partially covers up the player listings in the bottom right corner...

Many engines offer 2 cvars to position things. Perhaps a gameclock_x or gameclock_y or maybe a gameblock_corner.

If it went by the date and the FPS that would be fine.

Or you ask me to make another small progs.dat

:d

[Baker]

It only has to be beneficial to register, and note that only one login of a particular account would be allowed at a time, and their IPs of every login would be logged in the account, this substantially diminishes the 'ringer' problem in clanring matches (ringers = players called upon by a clan to play in place of missing clan members, who typically play AS that missing clan member, a famous use of manual IP checking back before ProQuake ever existed).

Accounts offer more certainty in identifying someone, and are critically useful to clans - you may not know who someone is when they use a bogus account, but you know they aren't a legitimate member of the clans participating in a match, so you don't let them play in the match.

Accounts don't tell you who someone is when they're using a bogus account, but they do tell you quite reliably who someone is when they are using their account.

IP logs don't tell you reliably who someone is under any circumstances, only a best guess or no guess at all (if the IP block differs but is on the same ISP).

These things probably work best in combination.

I still have no idea how to make IP log work well.

I understand its importance fully, I just don't see it as adequate for the purpose of identifying players.

It took longer to send you that private message I indicated I would send earlier, mostly because I wanted to spend some time and put some thought into it.

But I've sent that private message now.

[Monster]

Uhmmm... Back on topic?

[Baker]

No one posts on topic here

[foq]

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[scar3crow]

well Im sure Sajt is flattered by that

[Canadian*Sniper]

I'm looking at George Washington. His butt if so smooth

[foq]

Im reading Canadian's post and thinking "I wonder if he's gay... yup I think he is! o_O"

[Canadian*Sniper]

I have a hot, Canadian girlfriend. Therefor I'm allowed to act gay

You can't

also, didn't we go other this alongside Bank and Spooker? Being a good christian doesn't have to make you a homophobe

[foq]

Now you're just overreacting... o.O

[Canadian*Sniper]

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[Monster]

According to Oblivion, eating cheese helps you resist fire.