The demo, & MariusNet

[jason_ac]

Since MariusNet has been down for months, should the demo readme tell people how to switch to Gateofstorms, if MariusNet is not-responding, or empty?

[punkUser]

Ideally... there's a link on the demo web site to the GoS FAQ, but at this point it might be worth making it the default. Just a question of when we do another release.

[jason_ac]

Ideally... there's a link on the demo web site to the GoS FAQ, but at this point it might be worth making it the default. Just a question of when we do another release.

Whatever default it has next, the docs should be server agnostic...just say if 1 server is down (or empty), here's how to get to the other...and visit the Magma page or forums to find out any news about new servers not in the doc, server outages, etc.

[punkUser]

I believe there are already docs to that end included with Myth, so yes I agree

[jason_ac]

I believe there are already docs to that end included with Myth, so yes I agree

Really? What did I miss? I don't see gateofstorms in the 1.8 readme, nor in the "Myth II Help.pdf"

[punkUser]

Really? What did I miss? I don't see gateofstorms in the 1.8 readme, nor in the "Myth II Help.pdf"

I mean the docs are server agnostic.

[jason_ac]

I mean the docs are server agnostic.

Eh. The help .pdf says nothing about servers, and the 1.8 readme (assuming people read the help AND the readme), mentions mariusnet a few times, but doesn't mention to check the PM site for server info updates, and doesn't mention GoS. So I figure new users will try to use mariusnet, then give up on multiplayer.

[jason_ac]

Oops, my last post was accurate, but irrelevant I was tired & was talking about v1.8, not the demo.

The demo docs talk about Marius, no info about checking server statuses or how to find other servers.

People will try the demo for multiplayer, it will never work, they won't know why (the demo will tell them "check your network" ), they'll probably just give up. Not the best way for promoting it. That readme needs changing next time anyone has time to do anything about it.