My Full-Time Dedicated Server is Officially Running...

[snoogans460]

Well, I just wanted to inform our community that my Dedicated Server is finally here. The host's name on the account is DEDICATED UC2, so please look for it when you get the chance. I'm aiming to keep this server on for at least 16 Hours everyday on my separate Xbox, so hopefully it'll provide gamers a nice alternative from the laggy server whores that plague this title (no offense to anyone).

Anyhow, I've already played a few matches online to test out the gameplay, and it definitely feels as if you were playing offline in Instant Action or System Link. I was actually able to reject with ease, and the overall performance feels buttery smooth. I'm sure that many people could essentially care less, since they'll naturally stick with their own servers, just for the extra advantage.

Even still, feedback is more than welcome and I'm willing to change-up the gametypes on request. For now it's set on Pure Deathmatch, allowing up to 8 players, with a few Masterful Bots interspersed among the milieu - which can always be shut-off completely by the way. I suppose we'll see if this ultimately receives a good reaction or not.

[legacy-legend]

Nice set some SV's or TDM's and I am there.

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

Well If I do decide to play again at all, I know where it'll be, if this is alll still going on when and if I borrow the xbox again.

[legacy-fenix1729]

Take out the bots.

[legacy-Illution]

i love you snoogans :D

[snoogans460]

^^^ I love you too.[face_silly]

Ya, I have taken out the bots - however, I'll occasionally leave them in so people will congregate to the server. For example, if my server is empty and some gamer joins the match, they can immediately get in on the action without having to wait for others to show up - especially considering it may take time to get a full match moving. I've only had this server up for a matter of hours and I've been checking up on it periodically, and so far, it seems to be a success. I've switched it from Deathmatch, to Team Deathmatch, and also Survival.

[legacy-Alckatrahz]

Major props if I could buy you a Giraffe, no doubt I would ...


I think you should take bots off and set it to SV and TDM maybe switch every 1 or 2 hours or something. Finally a trustworthy host with a Dedi. server. Hopefully I won't lag on it .. peace

[legacy-legend]

No 8 man one v ones it lags and you have to wait forever...But I did have fun in it thanks dude.

[legacy-MaLtOrA]

Well, when i will get this game for good, i will know where to be, especially if the dev master is there * cough shred cough *

[snoogans460]

Man, so far this server has been running pretty decent, but it'll occasionally freeze up and I'll be forced to restart the Xbox. I wonder if the Midways and Unreals did the same. I wish the server would automatically reboot itself somehow, instead of manually adjusting it.

Also, I had no idea that my Xbox is able to run a PAL version of this game. Strange? Well, I ordered another copy of UC2 for only $15 bucks, so maybe this will do the trick.

[legacy-RomuluXX]

Just played a few matches and your server ran really smooth. I was worried that for my first time on in a month I'd have to play in a craptastic server, but thank god for you snoogans!

[snoogans460]

Just played a few matches and your server ran really smooth. I was worried that for my first time on in a month I'd have to play in a craptastic server, but thank god for you snoogans!

Hey, thanks buddy. We had some good matches today, you've got some skill man. Heck, even if one individual has a smooth gameplay experience, this server is all worth it. I've been absolutely sick of playing in the same laggy-a$$ servers, by the same people everyday. Hence, I decided to start my own. It's so nice being able to actually reject and use the Sniper Rifle, while ultimately being in a match where no one person has an advantage over the other.

[legacy-legend]

Won a few sv's thanks to you..nice server when you don't have to wait man...But thanks when your done with them sv's make a TDM then DM again, How could I forget about CTF oooooh.

[legacy-Dark_Sim]

Yes, a tdm gametype, and a ctf would be a nice addition to this sweet server. Perhaps 3v3 for tdm, and 4v4 for ctf?

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

Screw that SNoooogans make them play DM.


They just wanna stack teams as usual....make it " insert team game here"

yeah uh Huh......

[legacy-legend]

DM is just chaseing after noobs now, No fun in that if it's a dedi then you can't force a person to change teams....then just leave the sv's up. I had a feeling he was trying to make the ppl who are playing have fun and snice were asking for it yea know...But I can't force him just asking if he would.

[legacy-Dark_Sim]

No ones really trying to stack teams, really. Just asking if its possible to switch game types every now and then.

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

Save the team games for all the player hosted servers.


A dedi should be fair for all players.

Due to the nature of most people playing this game, making it a team gametype would not provide that.

[legacy-fenix1729]

Team Deatmatch, Deatmatch or Capture the Flag, Survival is a waste, the maps are to big, and it's boring to wait.

[snoogans460]

I'll take everything you said into consideration fellas - thanks for all the input. I'm more than happy to switch-up the gametypes upon request - after all, this server is for you guys (the UC2 community). First and foremost, Deathmatch will be played most often - simply beacuse it give players (both noobs and veterans alike) the opportunity to hop into the action, without having to wait or worry about stacked teams.

However, I've been making a cognizant effort to spice-up the gametypes every few hours or so - while also checking on the server itself, to make sure it hasn't locked-up (which it's prone to doing from time to time). Team Deathmatch is definitely making the rotation, as well as a 6 player max Survival - that way the waiting isn't too long. Not to mention, CTF needs a serious comeback, and I'm hoping this server ultimately provides that for gamers.

Shred, you changed your ICON to Apophis. Nice. I may just have to switch mine up too. I used to change it every few days, and I've had Xan for the past month or so. Looks like it's time for somethin' else.

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

WA HAHAHHA


Too many Apophis'



HEy the Xan suits me though...alll 2k4'd out.

[legacy-Dark_Sim]

Yes, ctf does need some shine, and I agree behind the concept with deathmatch to give various users the oppurtunity to fight alone.

[snoogans460]

Dark Sim, you were kickin' a$$ with Apophis yesterday - good job!

[legacy-Dark_Sim]

Thanks, [face_tongue]. Their was this one guy chasing me each round which pretty much gave me those wins. I think he's stalking me [face_worried]

[snoogans460]

Thanks, [face_tongue]. Their was this one guy chasing me each round which pretty much gave me those wins. I think he's stalking me [face_worried]

LOL - Ya, I know the feeling. The craziest though is when you're real low on health and trying to get away, and there's always this one guy that won't leave you out of his sights. It's like, every where you turn, he's there.

[legacy-Dark_Sim]

LOL - Ya, I know the feeling. The craziest though is when you're real low on health and trying to get away, and there's always this one guy that won't leave you out of his sights. It's like, every where you turn, he's there. That's why I tend to abuse wraith or speed for those scenarios. Hope to see you online today!

[snoogans460]

LOL - Ya, I know the feeling. The craziest though is when you're real low on health and trying to get away, and there's always this one guy that won't leave you out of his sights. It's like, every where you turn, he's there. That's why I tend to abuse wraith or speed for those scenarios. Hope to see you online today!

Definitely man, I won't be on until later tonight sometime - but I'll be on. I need to find my element for the day first.

[legacy-legend]

Remember 8 man servers tend to freez faster.

[snoogans460]

Remember 8 man servers tend to freez faster.
Ya, good lookin' out. I've come to realize that too. Latley I've been keeping everything at around 6 players max - and it tends to have less problems.

[legacy-Dark_Sim]

Snoogans, what's your connection speed? Upload/Download just curious..

[snoogans460]

Snoogans, what's your connection speed? Upload/Download just curious..

Hmm? I remember checking that a while back - I believe it was between 300 and 500 something. I'm not very knowledgable with the terms, so I've forgetten. How would I go about checking this again? Thanks. By the way, has my connection been a dog lately - or has everything been pretty smooth?

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

more than likely it's 750 up 3.0 down.

[snoogans460]

more than likely it's 750 up 3.0 down.

Is that good, average, or weak? I'm going to find a website and check my connection again.

[snoogans460]

Okay, I just checked it twice and my reading came up between 1500 - 1700 kbps.

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

hmmm...maybe 1 up one down......


average to answer the prvious question....

if it's 1 up one down...thats great for hosting some games....the UPload is equal to the download.......whereas like my connection...I have 1 up....8 down.

Nasty fast download....but pretty slow upload....but as long as you have 1.0MBPS your straight.....which it seems you may have.....not sure though.


HEy in about 2 quarters Ill be netSpurt so....ask me then....

btw...theory on in general XBL lag....voice

see voice sent through packets is a big system hog....thus XBL will walways lag as llong as there is talking involved.

[snoogans460]

hmmm...maybe 1 up one down......


average to answer the prvious question....

if it's 1 up one down...thats great for hosting some games....the UPload is equal to the download.......whereas like my connection...I have 1 up....8 down.

Nasty fast download....but pretty slow upload....but as long as you have 1.0MBPS your straight.....which it seems you may have.....not sure though.


HEy in about 2 quarters Ill be netSpurt so....ask me then....

btw...theory on in general XBL lag....voice

see voice sent through packets is a big system hog....thus XBL will walways lag as llong as there is talking involved.

Cool, as long as it seems semi-decent, I'm happy. It's too bad they don't have a separate connection for non-talkers (such as ourselves) to play. If talking is such a huge system hog, I say get rid of it. Too bad my opinion is the minority, as most people wear a head-set while playing.

[legacy-ahoutsma]

Hey mitts don't know if you remember me or not but I just got back online and also have an extra x box. I can run a dedi also but am not home about 12 hrs of the day. I you want let me know what kind of match you are running and I can run something else and leave it up most of the time.

[legacy-Dark_Sim]

The server runs smooth, but acts up at times.

[snoogans460]

Hey mitts don't know if you remember me or not but I just got back online and also have an extra x box. I can run a dedi also but am not home about 12 hrs of the day. I you want let me know what kind of match you are running and I can run something else and leave it up most of the time.

If you feel like setting-up a server, by all mean do so. I simply change-up the gametypes everyday, sometimes every few hours.

Dark Sim, I've noticed that my server has issues as well. It's been running smooth like you said, but even I was disconnected from it a few times. Crazy. I suppose everything has its issues.

[legacy-legend]

With that speed andyouhave it hooked Up to other things it'running great for that (A lot better then my speed lol.)

[legacy-fenix1729]

Take out the bots, it's not fun playing with bots.

[legacy-ahoutsma]

my server keeps freezing I will try to put it back up tonight maybe it will run

[snoogans460]

Take out the bots, it's not fun playing with bots.

Ya, I know. I try not to keep them in and if there are any, it's only one Masterful. My reasoning is that sometimes people enter my server (myself included), and other people may not join for a while. Hence, that one bot gives people something to whoop-up on for some practice.

[legacy-gameneo]

should put your dedi in survival every now and then cause most veteran players play survival.


Also, make it either a 4 man with 2 combatants fighting at once or a 6 man with 3 combatants fighting at once.



Just a request.

[snoogans460]

should put your dedi in survival every now and then cause most veteran players play survival.


Also, make it either a 4 man with 2 combatants fighting at once or a 6 man with 3 combatants fighting at once.



Just a request.

Yep, yesterday I had Survival poppin' off all day and the server was flooded with gamers. Anyhow, I'll definitely try the whole 2 or 3 man at one time.

[legacy-legend]

I hate seeing old gamers all I say is oh wow I haven't seen you in awhile what's up? I always get "STFU you dumb noob!" I love old "Pros"

[legacy-Brandon]

its a good server, but make the sever hold 4 people, not whatever you have.

[snoogans460]

its a good server, but make the sever hold 4 people, not whatever you have.

Four people? I've been running it a six lately, which seems like a pretty good number. It still has it's ocaasional glitch-outs, so maybe I will try four at times.

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

Turn off gore, 4players only...turn off death messages...alll this helps in player hosted, so maybe they'll help in the dedi.

I know redud gore helps lag a good bit.

[legacy-mortichaANDzero]

Well, I just wanted to inform our community that my Dedicated Server is finally here. The host's name on the account is DEDICATED UC2, so please look for it when you get the chance. I'm aiming to keep this server on for at least 16 Hours everyday on my separate Xbox, so hopefully it'll provide gamers a nice alternative from the laggy server whores that plague this title (no offense to anyone).

Anyhow, I've already played a few matches online to test out the gameplay, and it definitely feels as if you were playing offline in Instant Action or System Link. I was actually able to reject with ease, and the overall performance feels buttery smooth. I'm sure that many people could essentially care less, since they'll naturally stick with their own servers, just for the extra advantage.

Even still, feedback is more than welcome and I'm willing to change-up the gametypes on request. For now it's set on Pure Deathmatch, allowing up to 8 players, with a few Masterful Bots interspersed among the milieu - which can always be shut-off completely by the way. I suppose we'll see if this ultimately receives a good reaction or not.

[face_rose] thank you for the server but, it does lag every now and them really badly. dont put up any server with 8 people it does not got and if you do survival put 5 so that it wont lag much and we could all enjoy the game more. i have been in the server before but as a ctf one it lagged so much people where going in and out of it lol.so for ctf and tdm 4-6 works good.[face_rose]

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

Like I said..tunr off gore etc and thee complaints may well go away..well a little maybe..LOL

[snoogans460]

Sweet, thanks for all the feedback and ideas fellas. I'll definitely have to try the reduced gore option. A while back I recall others mentioning how this affected lag, but never really bought into the whole theory (then again, I never actually tried it out - well, maybe once).

[snoogans460]

Question... If I reduce gore in my server, wouldn't gamers still be able to enable this option on their own terms, basically rendering my Xbox's settings useless?

[legacy-mortichaANDzero]

Question... If I reduce gore in my server, wouldn't gamers still be able to enable this option on their own terms, basically rendering my Xbox's settings useless?

[face_rose] as far as i know every player can set there own gore level. so i dont think it will do anything if the other players have theres up. it might get rid of some lag cuz if yout think about it like a comp, the more things your trying to load the slower your comp. so no gore= not at much procesing for the game to do.[face_rose]

[snoogans460]

Question... If I reduce gore in my server, wouldn't gamers still be able to enable this option on their own terms, basically rendering my Xbox's settings useless?

[face_rose] as far as i know every player can set there own gore level. so i dont think it will do anything if the other players have theres up. it might get rid of some lag cuz if yout think about it like a comp, the more things your trying to load the slower your comp. so no gore= not at much procesing for the game to do.[face_rose]

Cool, thanks for the reply!

[legacy-IxSKOOTYxI]

[face_applause] nizzze FINNALY A DEDICATED SERVER! props snoog i kan finnaly play with less lag[face_applause] [face_applause]

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

Gore is a big system hog man....imple as that.To answer your question:

No there gore is off to.You are the host and the game conforms to your settings.THis is niether here nor there really though.
It will make the game run smoother, thus HOPEFULLY reducing lag, at least a little.

[legacy-IxSKOOTYxI]

[face_cry] *sniff* but it makez me feeel reeeeeely good wen i pop sum1's head off and blood fountains out *sniff*[face_sad]

[snoogans460]

[face_applause] nizzze FINNALY A DEDICATED SERVER! props snoog i kan finnaly play with less lag[face_applause] [face_applause]

Thanks man, that's what it's there for. I'm trying to keep this server up as much as possoble throughout the day. At times it'll be up for 24 hour hours straight, other days I give my Xbox a much-needed breather.

[legacy-IxSKOOTYxI]

[face_peace] Np man nice server i wuz playin on it BARELY any lag[face_applause]

[legacy-ShadyShadow07]

I can never get into your server.It always says "GAME SESSION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE". [face_plain]

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

Thats probably cause you have a really bad connection.

[snoogans460]

I can never get into your server.It always says "GAME SESSION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE". [face_plain]

Hmm? It could be because I've only been hosting a 4 player max lately, and it's usually full.

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

yeah that too.

[legacy-ShadyShadow07]

It's probably from the connection,I'm using the stupid wireless adapter.But I just got direct connection today so it should work.There was always at least 2 free spots in the server when I tried to get in.

[snoogans460]

Thanks for keeping me updated.

[legacy-Dark_Sim]

Thanks for keeping me updated. By any chance, did you found out what your connection speed is?

[snoogans460]

Ya I did, but now I've forgotten again - sorry, I'll have to recheck.

[legacy-ShredPrince2]

I tried to join it today snoogans.

Well it did show up in the server monitor, but I could not join.It was on CTF-ViperPit

[snoogans460]

I tried to join it today snoogans.

Well it did show up in the server monitor, but I could not join.It was on CTF-ViperPit

Wow, I haven't had anyone actually be unable to join the server. It does have it's issues though.