Malta job board bug?

Wed May 21, 2003 3:32 pm by Hellif

At least I'm starting to think it's a bug. Every time I've been there, the job board tells me "Too many people are accessing the board right now.", and tells me to come back later. "Later" apparently means some time unit much longer than I'd ever care to wait, as it's greater than an hour.

If there aren't any jobs, shouldn't it just say no jobs available? Certainly smells like a bug from here...

Edit: Talked to a long-time player, and yes, it indeed is a bug. Seems if ANYBODY is on the planet at the same time you are, you can't get jobs. Even if they've logged off (via disconnect? Fuzzy on this. Was stated as such that a "switch char" command was needed to free the job board, not "main menu" exit of the game). Anyhow, it's a known bug, and it hasn't been fixed yet, though it's been known by DA for a LONG time.

Edited by - Hellif on 21-05-2003 17:32:58

Thu May 22, 2003 4:48 pm by Hellif

Yes, I'm replying to myself.

It seems that Ruiz base (Omicron Beta) suffers from the same bug. I'm there currently, and I can't get a mission as "too many people are using the job board currently". Ehmm... I'm the ONLY person in O.Beta. wtf?

Someone poke DA w/ a sharp stick about this. It's a known, and it's not been fixed. *POKE POKE* Hello? >.< Can't be THAT bloody hard, all the rest of the bases do it right.....

Sun Jun 01, 2003 7:12 pm by Heltak

Its when like over 6 people hit the board at once or in a short time frame.

Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:09 pm by GIVEUPTHEGOODS

yeah hells I've seen this before too.. it's got nothing to do with which base your on- it's the job board across all bases- limit on how many jobs can be taken at once looks like

Tue Jun 03, 2003 4:24 pm by Hellif

Ehm, but.... It can happen when NOBODY is in the same Omicron (alpha/beta) that you are. Perhaps the code has been updated a bit, but not long ago, all it took was ONE person to dock and log out, and the Omi alpha/beta base would be screwed for anybody ELSE who came along trying for a mission! They'd get the "too many people" message.

Heck, even w/in the last couple days, it's happened w/ me and a bud I often group up with. Omi Beta, Ruiz. Only ONE of us could get missions from the job board, the other got the "too many" message, even if we both did the "change character" trick repeatedly. The first one docked got the missions, the 2nd was screwed (until the first-docked launched).

As far as I can tell, IF there has been a change in the server code relating to this, it is in the fact that bar patrons can now offer you missions, rather than just empty "speak" bubbles when you point at them. Perhaps it always was this way, but after 20-30 "change char" re-logs with NO mission offered by the patrons, I'm kinda doubting it....

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