On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 09:20:20PM -0500, Steve Sheldon wrote: > The reason is that sndPStatus() on the server wipes out this value. I guess > because some older clients didn't know how to handle p_status > 4. Yes, this was only just last year; continuum had complaints of unfair teams because the team selection window included observers in the count. So they were marked POUTFIT instead. > But is that still the case? If this is no longer an issue, I'd like to > request applying the following patch, which basically rips out the observer > specific morphing from that function. I think we need to test it carefully first. On a clue server? > If not, can someone suggest an alternative? Persistent POUTFIT isn't exactly going to be easy to check for. Perhaps the POBSERV status processing by the client needs to be a new FEATURE flag? Note: that "if" with pobserv up the top followed by an or test with a lot of conditions has been #if 0'd in CVS because it always will test true. Please update your code from CVS, when you get a moment. -- James Cameron mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org http://quozl.netrek.org/