We never did figure out why this error was happening, but I did manage to fix it. Tom is right, it was happening when a player was kicked off the server. The way I fixed it was by removing a UTIL_SayToAll (or whatever it's called), that was telling everyone that the player was being booted off the server. That seemed to fix it, though I have no idea why. That was quite awhile ago, and for some unknown reason, this error has seemed to come back again in a recent playtest build, so I have no idea what's happening.
-Charlie -- Charlie Cleveland Game programmer and designer http://www.natural-selection.org http://overmind.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Grim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Host_Error under Steam > I'm one of NS playtesters, and if Charlie doesn't get > back to you... I do believe it was part of his custom > authentication code for handling the playtesting that > was doing it. If a player who wasn't authenticated to > play joined a server, he could get so far as the > readyroom fine. But if he joined the team, the > authentication would kick him. If I recall correctly, > it was a bug in the authentication process where an > unauthorized player joining would kick everyone. > > Tom Grim > aka Elven Thief > > --- Ben Banfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have just encountered this bug in the latest > > version of bg and am > > about to start debugging using the method botman > > prescribed in this > > thread. However I'm just wondering what you're > > findings were for ns on > > this bug. Was it a special ns message? Is there > > anything I can do to > > help narrow this down? And help is appreciated as I > > fear this could be > > a long sunday afternoon otherwise :/ > > > > Thanks > > > > Ben > > The Battle Grounds Lead Programmer > > > > Charlie Cleveland wrote: > > > > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > >-- > > >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > >We're running some NS playtests under Steam, and > > one of the big problems were having is something > > called a Host_Error. Suddenly, everyone on the > > server will get kicked off the server, and will be > > back in their Steam UI. Written to everyone's > > console is this ominous error message: > > > > > >Host_Error: UserMsg: Not Present on Client 57 > > > > > >Does anyone have any idea on what might be causing > > this, or how to fix it? > > > > > >-Charlie > > >-- > > >Charlie Cleveland > > >Game programmer and designer > > >http://www.natural-selection.org > > >http://overmind.org > > >-- > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view > > the list archives, please visit: > > > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view > > the list archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
