Server Not Filling? Try THIS!! (BF3)

[zeroumus]

This is not something that our admin daemon does currently. We could maybe look into it, but I would hate to see time invested into such a function if it isn't needed soon.

i dont have faith in EA to address this problem in a timely fashion, they got all our money already .... why would they care if people cant fill their expensive servers

maybe creating a quick thing to do that could set you above the competition a little if EA does not come through in time

[Brutus]

I don't know about ConquestLarge maps not being in the QM rotation. My server has been using ConqLarge maps all day, and it crashed a number of times, until they stopped with the que, and after a crash it was filled up within 3 mintues after each crash. No seeding, nothing.

I changed the server name, then had them reset the GUID, which should trigger a restart if I'm not mistaken. I suggest you give it a try if your server is dead and nothing you do helps.

On another note, once they turned off the que, my server has not crashed in 7 hours, with full players.

[TimSad]

This is not something that our admin daemon does currently. We could maybe look into it, but I would hate to see time invested into such a function if it isn't needed soon.

That would be great! So that way, we wouldn't have to be at the console for up to 2 hours trying to get our server full like I did. LOL!

Yeah, I'm wondering if they even care that a lot of our servers never show up for the clients using the browser.

[TimSad]

I don't know about ConquestLarge maps not being in the QM rotation. My server has been using ConqLarge maps all day, and it crashed a number of times, until they stopped with the que, and after a crash it was filled up within 3 mintues after each crash. No seeding, nothing.

I changed the server name, then had them reset the GUID, which should trigger a restart if I'm not mistaken. I suggest you give it a try if your server is dead and nothing you do helps.

On another note, once they turned off the que, my server has not crashed in 7 hours, with full players.

Wow! How do you get so lucky? I'm over here busting my ass to get players to join all while nagging at my clan members to join to help out. I think I'm just about to give up, honestly.

[zeroumus]

I don't know about ConquestLarge maps not being in the QM rotation. My server has been using ConqLarge maps all day, and it crashed a number of times, until they stopped with the que, and after a crash it was filled up within 3 mintues after each crash. No seeding, nothing.

I changed the server name, then had them reset the GUID, which should trigger a restart if I'm not mistaken. I suggest you give it a try if your server is dead and nothing you do helps.

On another note, once they turned off the que, my server has not crashed in 7 hours, with full players.

Wow! How do you get so lucky? I'm over here busting my ass to get players to join all while nagging at my clan members to join to help out. I think I'm just about to give up, honestly.

its luck of the draw man, when i first started my server and paid my subscription, my 64 player server filled in 5 minutes.... i had a small issue, and once that was fixed, i could no longer get players in by random......

[zaNe]

its luck of the draw man, when i first started my server and paid my subscription, my 64 player server filled in 5 minutes.... i had a small issue, and once that was fixed, i could no longer get players in by random......

I agree with this fully personally. Sure there are tricks (like the one I had mentioned earlier, setting the maxplayers and increasing it regularly, etc) but Ive had some trouble on some days, and some success on others. Sometimes I try one way, sometimes I try another, sometimes I come home - before all my clanmates are on, only to see our server already at 100% population, I guess from randoms joining or something along those lines.

It's really crappy that some people are having troubles, but I think in the end those who stick it out will be very happy with the outcome. I know it may cost a lot now, but the reward at the end (a full server with a community built around it) will be much more satisfying knowing that you've been there since day 1 without backing out!

[zaal]

I was able to get my server to 32 players within 25 minutes by incrementing the min players as described above.

I believe this shows a weakness in the BattleLog functionality. I will be suggesting to the others in my group that we should just not bother with a server until this is fixed by Dice. Hopefully they can get the fix in by the 24th of November as that will be when our first month is over and the point at which we cancel our service.

I can only imagine how frustrating this must be for NFO as it's not their problem.

Anyways, let's cross our fingers for a fix!

[Edge100x]

If they won't/don't fix it in a timely manner, I may make a tool to watch servers and increment/decrement the maxplayers as needed. This would make it a whole lot easier to handle.

[TimSad]

If they won't/don't fix it in a timely manner, I may make a tool to watch servers and increment/decrement the maxplayers as needed. This would make it a whole lot easier to handle.

You are too awesome!

[Snowblind]

everytime we change our player count it changes the server to custom and takes it off hte main brower list .. try it ... change it then look for your server in the main browser ... its not there ... u can search for it by name or tag but you cant find it in the main server list ... there for its not out there for the public ... we have tried every config possible but it only shows when settings are DEFAULT ... we can change game modes no prob ... change player count no problem but when we change our player start count to 2 ... we get about 8 ppl on our server and then it changes maps ...poops ppl out.... we are down to 4 ppl in the server and when we look at it on BATTLELOG it shows the players as unknown there for no one else could join .. meh .. this is frustrating lol hope all these silly little things get sorted soon its been a PITA for us so far >.<

[nutz]

i've used this method and have been sucessful in getting it up to about 16 but no higher than that...

i think that if you tweaked the admin mod so it started at 8 and then bumped by one slot each time someone joined and then decreased by one slot when someone left (so always 2 free slots open) that would be awesome...

i've been doing that manually and it semi-works...it's just hard when you have 16 or so and a round ends and then 6 people leave and then because half one team left then everyone else says F it and leaves too...

and it doesn't de-list my server from the main browser...i still see it just fine, filtered on normal only, and have my minimum starting slots to 1,0

[Klikster]

If they won't/don't fix it in a timely manner, I may make a tool to watch servers and increment/decrement the maxplayers as needed. This would make it a whole lot easier to handle.

You are too awesome!

Seriously, that would be AMAZING.

[bhremm]

If they won't/don't fix it in a timely manner, I may make a tool to watch servers and increment/decrement the maxplayers as needed. This would make it a whole lot easier to handle.

You are too awesome!

Seriously, that would be AMAZING.

big dittos, one of the reasons I brought our clan to NFO is because of Edge, the guy is constantly on the forums trying to figure out things for us and giving us good information. Try finding that somewhere else.

[zeroumus]

i don't plan to continue my subscription next month until this is fixed. I am not raging and i love nfo servers and the staff here. this is a EA issue. but in the end, it does not make sense pay for a server to be empty, or one i need to baby sit the console all day.

[Klikster]

i don't plan to continue my subscription next month until this is fixed. I am not raging and i love nfo servers and the staff here. this is a EA issue. but in the end, it does not make sense pay for a server to be empty, or one i need to baby sit the console all day.

I was in the same position as you about three days ago, but now my server is actively able to have people join via Quick Match, so having it fill up is codependant on myself and my clan mates.

I'd assume that almost everything will be resolved by the time you have to pay for next month (I think it's like, Nov 24th?)