Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Next release?

[David White]

> > There is also a known out-of-sync bug, which has to be fixed at some
> > stage...
> >    
>
> Right, this one is kind of showstopper for 1.0. How are the OoS stats
> of wesnothd looking at the moment? (wasn't there a way to query the
> server, or am I just imagining things?)
>  
Log onto the server with Wesnoth and type '/query metrics'.

The current stats stand at,

aborted: 612
game over: 171
out of sync: 22

where

- aborted means the players simply quit at some stage
- game over means the players played through until a legitimate 
conclusion (win/loss/draw)
- out of sync has the obvious meaning :)

The high ratio of 'aborted' to 'game over' is probably normal: most 
players probably stop playing when they realize one or the other is 
going to win, and many games don't complete because of lack of time, 
'false starts', save with intent to continue later, etc.

Some people have suggested that perhaps there is an additional bug where 
out of syncs aren't always reported properly to the server. This may be 
so, but I haven't been able to confirm.

Out of syncs can occur if players have modified the WML that comes with 
their game, as well as from game bugs. It'd be good to develop a 
mechanism to detect game data validity.

David