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Tim Walters, an msFLIGHTS.net friend and facilities enhancement collaborator with us, contacted me on the broad subject of FSX Steam server connection dependability. As those administrators who might post contributions to this thread know, I will not be able to effectively facilitate the discussion I wish to start in this thread. Therefore, may I post a cut-and-paste of this morning's email exchange between Mr. Walters and I by way of subject introduction?
[ TIM WROTE ]
Hi Bob
Hope you are well sir.
I am sick and tired of the MaldAir session falling out with a 'Disconnected - do you want to continue offline' message at the host. It usually does this at least a few times a day, sometimes a much longer time elapses.
Have you had a similar issue.
The problem occurs after anything between 5 minutes and 1-2 days after a restart.
Are you having, or do you have any suggestions with this particularly annoying issue?
Cheers
Tim Walters BA(Hons), SAC(Dip)
Director, The MaldAir.com Group
The MaldAir.com Group. © Copyright 2016
[ END ]
[ I REPLIED ]
Yes, Tim. It is a way of life for us Steam hosts. USCentral, EasternHops, ElitePremAir, FsFlyboys, msFLIGHTS.net Australia, several others have expressed to one another (we "host server" group) their frustration with this server disconnection experience. IMHO, disconnection and reset is just a term of doing business with Valve Corp. and Steam. When several of our well connected members pursued resolution with Dovetail on this problem, foremost among them our own Novawing24 (Tristan, host of msFlights.net AU), Dovetail investigated and found disconnection to be a Steam problem and Valve Corp. determined that flight simulator servers had far too few enthusiasts (ie, customers) to warrant much remedial effort with flight simulation multiplayer.
There is more to this story but, alas, I either never knew or can't remember per tenant details. I will take the liberty of posting our email conversation in our own forum Tech Chat section and see if I can involve Novawing or other knowledgeable people in this topic's conversation. I know you to be registered on our forum and I'll send you a thread link later today.
Respects, Bob...
[ END ]
[ TIM REPLIED ]
Thanks Bob
At least I know I'm not on my own here. I've had professional hosting providers, business class internet, several machines, VMWares and significant hair loss and nothing has helped thus far.
I'll keep an eye on the forum sir!
Cheers
[ END OF EMAIL CONVERSATION ]
Mr. Walters' efforts to serve the greater simming world are lengthy and epic. Tim had previously offered our community and ATC_ROO in particular, collaboration on multiplayer on-line status including an offer to share very effective custom software of his own composition. (See MaldAir website to see this server status software in action.) Tim's dedication to providing for the wider simming world and his historic involvement towards this noble cause begs your participation in this thread and your contribution of experiences and research on the subject of FSX Steam server stability, you other server admins.
[ TIM WROTE ]
Hi Bob
Hope you are well sir.
I am sick and tired of the MaldAir session falling out with a 'Disconnected - do you want to continue offline' message at the host. It usually does this at least a few times a day, sometimes a much longer time elapses.
Have you had a similar issue.
The problem occurs after anything between 5 minutes and 1-2 days after a restart.
Are you having, or do you have any suggestions with this particularly annoying issue?
Cheers
Tim Walters BA(Hons), SAC(Dip)
Director, The MaldAir.com Group
The MaldAir.com Group. © Copyright 2016
[ END ]
[ I REPLIED ]
Yes, Tim. It is a way of life for us Steam hosts. USCentral, EasternHops, ElitePremAir, FsFlyboys, msFLIGHTS.net Australia, several others have expressed to one another (we "host server" group) their frustration with this server disconnection experience. IMHO, disconnection and reset is just a term of doing business with Valve Corp. and Steam. When several of our well connected members pursued resolution with Dovetail on this problem, foremost among them our own Novawing24 (Tristan, host of msFlights.net AU), Dovetail investigated and found disconnection to be a Steam problem and Valve Corp. determined that flight simulator servers had far too few enthusiasts (ie, customers) to warrant much remedial effort with flight simulation multiplayer.
There is more to this story but, alas, I either never knew or can't remember per tenant details. I will take the liberty of posting our email conversation in our own forum Tech Chat section and see if I can involve Novawing or other knowledgeable people in this topic's conversation. I know you to be registered on our forum and I'll send you a thread link later today.
Respects, Bob...
[ END ]
[ TIM REPLIED ]
Thanks Bob
At least I know I'm not on my own here. I've had professional hosting providers, business class internet, several machines, VMWares and significant hair loss and nothing has helped thus far.
I'll keep an eye on the forum sir!
Cheers
[ END OF EMAIL CONVERSATION ]
Mr. Walters' efforts to serve the greater simming world are lengthy and epic. Tim had previously offered our community and ATC_ROO in particular, collaboration on multiplayer on-line status including an offer to share very effective custom software of his own composition. (See MaldAir website to see this server status software in action.) Tim's dedication to providing for the wider simming world and his historic involvement towards this noble cause begs your participation in this thread and your contribution of experiences and research on the subject of FSX Steam server stability, you other server admins.
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