[2.2.14+] Net play has degraded extremely
I dont know what happened between 2.2.13 and 2.2.14, but netplay quality has degraded. I will list bugs that have been happening since this previous patch, that had not happened before.
Noticable bugs:
Frozen Servers
Servers sometimes freeze and no events will be processed. This plagued servers in 2.2.14, where upon joining, the screen will be completely black, and no world will be rendered.
2.2.15: (this happened today)
2.2.14:
Something to note is that, using this modified EXE, the rest of the player slots fill up with non-existent "Player XYZ" when iterating the playerinfo. (Server viewer code from SRB2Classic/Lugent)
Sudden dropped connections
I havent experienced any chatbug since 2.2.14, but I feel like the server will stop sending you updates instead, which is significantly more annoying. Something to note is that your ping will always cap at 471ms, no matter what. I do not have a gif of this on hand, but i DO have a recreation of it. (Note that the automatic timeout takes longer to activate)
**NOT Accepting joins **
Sometimes, when joining a server, you would get stuck on the "requesting to join" screen, seemingly forever. You would be forced to exit and rejoin the server to get accepted.
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MS WEBSITE It just does NOT work. Accessible servers are marked unreachable and other servers just Do Not show up