While testing DB when Cata was the coder i remember playing an early version of 1.5 or 1.6 on the SoP server and he removed the "Welcome to Deathball" message and there was no more join lag. I'm also thinking the skip in the server caused by join lag my also atribute to the crashing on connect?
Might want to check it out but i ask that you remove the voice, it just causes join lag and is completely un-necessary.
no no, its sort of a bug type dealy.... see go play a deathmatch game and watch people join, theres no lag unless you have a really bad comp (like a 412). We've tested it, it gets rid of it.
Could try and make it server-specific.. like if a server wants it on, keep the sound.. if people really want it, im sure someone cud split it off as an option
meh, wadda i know .. or care
I never get the "welcome to deathball" anyway, i just get "---eathball"
i think it'll be essential for publics if it's removed, but for wars there's no need as you wait for everyone to join , and i tested it too, in fact i hosted the server for cat and i remember that the 'wecome to deathball' did cause the join lag.