Hi, Would it not be a better idea to use country codes instead of region numbers instead? Then Valve themselves could specify the continents using their own software provided to determine if a server is in Asia, North America and so on. Having Asia as a single region is a huge mistake, as players from Korea would not be able to properly connect to my server in Singapore. Neither can you expect say an Eastern Russia player connect to a server in India.
Most connections are routed through the United States. If there is one region that doesn't need that kind of granularity it is the USA. Country codes (US, DE, NL, SG etc) make a lot more sense than numbers which the server admins would have to remember. And it's been a much better determinant of region than anything else over the past few years. Regards, Christopher Choo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fragnetics http://www.fragnetics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric (Deacon)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] bots & sv_region > Me wrote: > > ..or at least put Central US in there :P like... what would Chicago be > > classified as...? since leagues tend to go east, west, central... etc. > > Well, it seems like it could very easily be organized in a hierarchy: > World > Continent > Cardinal Points > Country, with values added much > like admin levels in admin_mod, adding up the numbers to produce the > applicable region code. Obviously, countries with small landmasses > wouldn't have but the one Region, but for geographically larger > countries, it would sure be nice. > > World: 0 > > Continents: 1 through 6 (Antarctica doesn't count :P) > > Cardinal Points: Maybe 7 through 12 (NW, SW, NC, SC, NE, SE, which would > be plenty for pretty much any landmass) > > Countries: 13 through whatever, hitting the high-volume, stable > countries (unlikely to be broken up due to civil wars, etc) > > I'm in Texas, USA, so let's say it would fall in the "SC" (Southern > Central) category, which happens to be numbered 10. > > I would add up the numbers: > > 0 - World > 1 - North America > 13 - USA > 10 - Southern Central > ---------------------- > 24 = Southern Central USA > > Server-side: sv_region 18 > > I mean, I realize it could possibly get complicated for the server admin > if they can't do basic math, but it sure would be a helluvalot more > flexible. You could get as specific as you neede to be. > > I don't know the best way to do it, maybe, but there's got to be a good > way of narrowing it down like that, server-side. Of course, there'd be > a GUI for the client (probably for the Win32 HLDS as well) to choose > from a list, just like is common for timezone settings. I mean, if you > choose "Africa", that's a *huge* frickin' continent, and people in > Johannesburg might easily be closer to a server in India or something, I > don't know. > > Anyway, that's enough braincells on *that*. > > -- > Eric (the Deacon remix) > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
