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    • S Offline
      Sheikah
      last edited by

      The client will close the game when the server sends a message saying the launch took too long.

      With regard to the timeout it will be in the next server update.

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      • QuietJoyQ Offline
        QuietJoy @Sheikah
        last edited by

        @sheikah Whats the current amount of time it takes to timeout before the server sends the message?

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          Sheikah
          last edited by

          Around 3 minutes

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          • QuietJoyQ Offline
            QuietJoy @Sheikah
            last edited by

            @sheikah Hmm, seriously should we be sitting waiting for three minutes? I usually give up around the 40 second mark as it seems safe to assume someone has had an issue....

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              Sheikah
              last edited by

              Not necessarily because sometimes it can take a while for everyone to launch the game and connect

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              • BlackYpsB Offline
                BlackYps
                last edited by BlackYps

                Games sometimes launch after a surprising amount of time. It could be that someone needs to still download/generate the map and there is no advantage in cancelling early when the next queue pop will only be in three minutes anyway.

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                • Anachronism_A Offline
                  Anachronism_
                  last edited by Anachronism_

                  I think there is merit in waiting until the next matching time is down to like 15 seconds (0:15). That way, you theoretically waited for close to 3 minutes, and you can still join the next queue cycle before it reaches 0:00. In my experience, a notable portion of matches actually do connect in the 2nd or 3rd minute if everybody waits.

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                    Aulex
                    last edited by

                    If there is a loading screen that lets you know what the other players are doing: Downloading the map, launching the game, connecting to players, etc. similar to tft then I think less players will leave.

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                    • RLOR Offline
                      RLO
                      last edited by

                      it waits around 2 minutes 30, then kicks all so they can join the next round.

                      From my experience

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                      • TerminalT Offline
                        Terminal
                        last edited by

                        5 seconds

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                        • AskaholicA Offline
                          Askaholic @Aulex
                          last edited by

                          @aulex said in Setting up automatch:

                          If there is a loading screen that lets you know what the other players are doing: Downloading the map, launching the game, connecting to players, etc. similar to tft then I think less players will leave.

                          More informative text is planned afaik, just hasn’t been done yet. I took a stab at it but never got to the point where it was ready to PR.

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                          • LunyshkoL Offline
                            Lunyshko @QuietJoy
                            last edited by

                            @scout_more_often Yes. I often get past setting up automatch after 2 mins

                            "Good luck and a safe landing commanders!"

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                            • QuietJoyQ Offline
                              QuietJoy
                              last edited by

                              Thanks all, I make sure to wait longer now. Definitely would support some more explanatory text onscreen explaining all of the above 🙂

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                              • H-masterH Offline
                                H-master
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                                How come it takes longer in TMM compared to a hosted game?

                                In a hosted game somebody connects in about 20 sec. Even multiple people at the same time.

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                                https://forum.faforever.com/topic/480/h-master-s-maps

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