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Increase max server name characters
« on: February 16, 2013, 05:17:15 am »
What about increasing server name max character number to more than 24?(http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=38783.msg474524#msg474524)

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Re: Increase max server name characters
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2013, 05:44:32 am »
Why do you need such a long name?
Can you name examples for the names you want to use?
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Re: Increase max server name characters
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2013, 06:39:05 am »
Why do you need such a l
(That's 24 characters just to give an idea.)

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Re: Increase max server name characters
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2013, 06:46:54 am »
It's annoying how limited this is... I want to be able to put more info in server's name in some cases, especially when removing (WM) tag won't succeed, only 20 characters left.

Examples:
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Re: Increase max server name characters
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2013, 07:15:52 am »
The main issue is that the refreshx and server lobby code would change (breaks all old soldatserver requests).
Also even if you don't use 50 chars it will always send 50 for the server name (unless we change how it works but then - see above).
I'm currently not really up to modifying it (need to fix ARSSE as well for that..).

The whole thing needs some redesign imho (no refreshx mess, correct version detection for lobby requests, and other netcode changes...).
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Re: Increase max server name characters
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2013, 07:23:37 am »
Too bad it requires such advanced code altering methods to make it possible, I thought it could be an easy fix.

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