To keep things clean in the Dev Journal post, I'm going to go into some more detail here.
What this feature does, is select the server, grabs the server name, filters only that server, then refreshes the list every 5 seconds. It then selects the server, grabs the player data, then feeds that into a simple check: If current players < max players, join server, else, repeat.
That's it in it's simplest form, it's much more complex really, but yeah, that's the simple explanation
.So, since it's using the server name as a filter, there's a main limit. The server name cannot contain really messed up characters (like the GibThis server), and cannot be too long (like the servers that put lots of spaces in and then say "Not this server and that server". If it does contain that sort of stuff, it will put out an error message and stop you from using the feature. So, for the server admins who want the feature to work, your going to have to fix up your server name
.Also, there are some times when it refreshes the server but someone else gets in a millisecond before the function tries to join you. There's not much I can really do about it, but you'll just have to try again I guess
However, it's pretty much as best as you can expect from the BF2 engine, so deal with it .Anyway, so I'm sure there'll be some questions about this, so post them below and I'll try to answer them (if I feel like it
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