[Error] Spectators joining still mess with the numbers

[®omano]

Category: Code

Reproducibility: Always I guess

Summary: Spectators joining an online game and then joining a team create a bug in number of players counted in team selection screen

Description: The recent update fixed the spectator bug when spectators could override the slot number limitation, this part of the spectator bug is clearly fixed now, you can not override the slots limitation and be 90 active players on the map now, but a part of this bug is still there: Spectators joining an online game and then joining a team create a bug in number of players you see in the select team menu. Maybe you have to select/join a team first to spectate, then join as a soldier to trigger the player count problem, I guess that's it because that is what people do when they have to join as spectator when they wait for a free slot.

Here are screenshots showing clearly the problem, we noticed (and I also did) lot of players joining as spectator (message in console and ingame "xxx as joined as spectator"), then during the game some players left, we noticed in the scoreboard that allies were a few less players, but the select team menu did not show the same.

# 1 : we see in scoreboard that there are 5 more allies, but in team selection screen it says 2 more for allies...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=551370542
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=551370595

# 2 : we see 3 more for allies in scoreboard, but team selectin screen says 2 more for axis...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=551370628
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=551370666

So I'm not sure, is it people currently spectating that are counted in scoreboard (seems that it is not that as all players have ping, so they have spawned), or people who joined as spectator, then join a team, the join a free slot who mess it all during the process (most likely) somewhere?? Anyway, this bug is annoying as you can not balance the game and new players join the team with already more players..

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[Lemonater47]

I think it's people spectating. As they "Technically" join a team to do so.


However there is a way to exploit the fix for the exploit. Meaning you can still play on full servers through joining via spectator. But I will not tell how to do that for they might fix that one too. It's the best glitch don't fix it I don't think many know how to do it. Or anyone but me maybe Since I discovered it on my own.