Server not full but won't let another player

(Gung-ho) #1

So when is this bug where a server has say 13/14 players but in the browser shows 14/14 and won’t let someone new connect going to be fixed? It has been around for ages and it’s very frustrating when one team is handicapped because it is either boring and too easy with the player advantage or head meets brick wall when you’re on the undermanned team.

(XavienX) #2

It’s because by the time you spent on clicking join and having it connect, someone while in the process of you doing those actions, already joined.

(Jostabeere) #3

@Xavien said it. You’re too slow and someone already joined.

(Grave_Knight) #4

This is why it’s best to just keep moving down the line or look for a server with 12/14 or 10/14. Also, it sometimes lies. It really is 14/14 but the rooster refuses to update.

(MarsRover) #5

Sometimes it works the other way around. I join a 8/14 lobby and when I get there there’s only 2 people.

(Gung-ho) #6

You misunderstand - I’m already on the server but am noticing no one else is connecting despite the server having one more available slot. And yes I know people are trying to join as I’ve had a friend trying to join and it wouldn’t allow him to connect until there were 2 spaces available. I’ve also recently had someone kicked because he and another player weren’t playing the game. Immediately after 2 more players connected (since the friend also left) but the server still had one spot which was never filled.

Yeah I’ve seen the server browser report a populated server but turns out it was empty but I haven’t seen that in ages. The server not allowing for an even number of players is more problematic as it prevents team balance

(Jostabeere) #7

[quote=“Gung-ho;113755”]You misunderstand - I’m already on the server but am noticing no one else is connecting despite the server having one more available slot. And yes I know people are trying to join as I’ve had a friend trying to join and it wouldn’t allow him to connect until there were 2 spaces available. I’ve also recently had someone kicked because he and another player weren’t playing the game. Immediately after 2 more players connected (since the friend also left) but the server still had one spot which was never filled.

Yeah I’ve seen the server browser report a populated server but turns out it was empty but I haven’t seen that in ages. The server not allowing for an even number of players is more problematic as it prevents team balance[/quote]

Spectators.

(Ctrix) #8

I’ve noticed these servers who say in the browser they have 13/14 but won’t let me join. They’ll stay at 13 forever. If someone joins a server before you, that server will disapear from the list on a refresh (since I have don’t show full servers checked). These are different.

(DMaster2) #9

Not always. Many times i tried to join a game, game said server was full but after refreshing the list the server was still 1 player short. Tried again and guess what, game tell me server is empty…

(Gung-ho) #10

[quote=“Jostabeere;113759”][quote=“Gung-ho;113755”]You misunderstand - I’m already on the server but am noticing no one else is connecting despite the server having one more available slot. And yes I know people are trying to join as I’ve had a friend trying to join and it wouldn’t allow him to connect until there were 2 spaces available. I’ve also recently had someone kicked because he and another player weren’t playing the game. Immediately after 2 more players connected (since the friend also left) but the server still had one spot which was never filled.

Yeah I’ve seen the server browser report a populated server but turns out it was empty but I haven’t seen that in ages. The server not allowing for an even number of players is more problematic as it prevents team balance[/quote]

Spectators.[/quote]

No I’m sorry - there is no spectator that is something I check for. Yes basically what Ctrix is saying - the server shows as 13/14, 11/12 or 15/16 and if you try to join it will say it’s full. Sure okay someone else may have beaten you to the punch.

That is not the case though - I spent about 90 minutes on a 14 player stopwatch server which would only ever have 13 players on it tonight. Kicked a player and that player’s friend left the server; instantly two new people connected but again it stopped at 13/14 players.

The other night I was on a 16 player objective server and my friend was trying to join - the server was showing 15/16 and myself on the server also noted it was 7 v 8. Took my friend 10+ minutes to connect despite the server being 15/16 and what happened after that? The next hour or so of games were always 7 v 8.

So there is a bug which is preventing people from playing and for those that are already on the server it means the teams are generally going to be poorly balanced.

This is not a new bug - it is something that has been around for many months.

(S3nf) #11

I can confirm this, just happened 2 days ago.
I was on a 12 slot Obj server which had a 6v5 game going on, no spectators.
A friend of mine tried to join the match but couldn’t because his client told him the server was full. Also for the full duration of the match nobody else joined.

Next round my friend joined but it stayed at 6v5 matches which is why we left after 2 more matches.