Game clock bug

McCarthaigh's picture

Jojowilhelm mentioned the following to me:

"Also, FYI, prob won't happen to you, but just in case...I had/have oVo in an H2H match. I was rushed and down to 3 minutes or maybe 2 when the it went to the next turn. The clock reset (and has been resetting, I've noticed) at 24:01:02 or something. So, I think there's a bit of a glitch...in any case, I got robbed out of a turn (2002), and let me tell, it doesn't help you win H2Hs!"

Didn't quite have this happen to me, but I did notice a 24 hour turn game starting change turns and start with 24:01:37 or something, which indeed suggests a glitch. 

oVo's picture

It's gotten me a half dozen times over the past two weeks in several games. I've had turns not register when submitted with 0:30 on the clock all the way up to over a minute remaining and in all cases I received the green dot only to be shocked beyond belief when nothing moved during the playback. Argh!

Of course the simple solution is don't get caught with your pants down and a short clock... if at all possible.

I've noticed in my games that the map often freezes, stopping the clock for bit. So just be aware and get those moves in earlier.

oVo's picture

Son of a Bitch! The Year just changed with more than 3 and half minutes remaining. The new Year 2004's clock started at 24:2:28.

JojoWilhelm's picture

Yikes, typo city (on my part).  Anyway, Mc, remember that infamous FFA game (or non-FFA game, as the case/opinion/definition may be) when I missed my turn?  If I recall correctly, I submitted with a minute or so remaining and it reset without getting my turn in there.  I figured it was because of all the units, which seems to overload the game or certain players' computers/connections at times, but it may have also been this same clock issue.  And also, now that I think of it, I may have actually clicked submit in that missed turn with oVo, too, when it switched without submitting my turn.

GameAdmin's picture

One of our engineers was doing research on faster than light particles. Unfortunately this caused the time of one of our servers to be out of sync. This has been corrected for all time (bad pun intended).

Sorry for the delay (stop the puns),

The BATTLE FORCES Team