What makes desyncs so bad?

gamer17 · Post by **gamer17** » 24 Jun 2007, 15:47

I know what they are, but they don't seem to affect me much.
I just keep playing.

Guessmyname · Post by **Guessmyname** » 24 Jun 2007, 15:51

Everyone wins in a desync

manored · Post by **manored** » 24 Jun 2007, 15:59

Well first there is the chat problem: Chat messages of desync keep spaming and dont let anyone say anything. How about changing it for a big single message? :)

As far as I know the people who are affected are the ones who desync. They crash or start to see things after they happened, weird things like that.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 24 Jun 2007, 16:18

Desync basically means your gamestate differs from the state of the others, e.g. units that are dead in everyone else's state are still alive in yours.

Relative · Post by **Relative** » 24 Jun 2007, 16:32

Well once a desycn occurs everyone beings playing a slightly different version of the game that then progresses to a completely different game as time progresses. Thus, as guessmyname said, "Everyone wins in a desync".

Guessmyname · Post by **Guessmyname** » 24 Jun 2007, 18:10

Unless they're a) already dead, b) have no con units, c) spectating or d) very stupid

hunterw · Post by **hunterw** » 24 Jun 2007, 18:13

desyncs can be relatively minor or completely game ruining, but one thing they all have in common is that the longer the game is desynced the more altered everyone's game is.

for instance, if a desync occurs and a construction unit only exists on one person's game, and he builds a vulcan bertha with it, that vulcan will only exist in his game.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 24 Jun 2007, 18:20

Guessmyname wrote:Everyone wins in a desync

Unless you're a really bad player

gamer17 · Post by **gamer17** » 24 Jun 2007, 20:42

Thanks that makes since

hunterw · Post by **hunterw** » 24 Jun 2007, 23:34

gamer17 wrote:Thanks that makes since

since what?

Guessmyname · Post by **Guessmyname** » 25 Jun 2007, 00:20

since (noun): Like mince but with more 'SSS'!

drolito · Post by **drolito** » 25 Jun 2007, 12:26

desync problem is lot of time due to only one player (even if all are desyncked) and its not sure it affect all the game.

I have seen desync due tu message or mark or drawing too ... so its sure sometimes desync fuck all the game but its not always the case.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 25 Jun 2007, 13:33

Most desyncs seem to be caused by shit blowing up in the current spring...

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 25 Jun 2007, 17:25

SwiftSpear wrote:Most desyncs seem to be caused by shit blowing up in the current spring...

Leading to calculation error, I believe.

Licho · Post by **Licho** » 25 Jun 2007, 20:47

SwiftSpear wrote:Most desyncs seem to be caused by shit blowing up in the current spring...

-> for combat, use only reclaimers and you wont desync!

manored · Post by **manored** » 25 Jun 2007, 22:07

If drawing sometimes causes dysinc, couldnt it be that the only "Diferent thing" in the game would be a few drawings? :)

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 26 Jun 2007, 08:13

Depends on how the drawings alter other functions. Could very well be that another function returns a different value depending on whether a drawing was made and how it looks (e.g. using that as a random seed like many NES and SNES era games did).

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What makes desyncs so bad?

What makes desyncs so bad?