Me and my friends would like to be in the same team (and group) but when we logon the autobalacing puts us in different team. Is there any way that we can control this or is the only solution to find servers with autobalacing=off?
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Re: Same team on server
if the server has "auto balance" = ON
then you should NOT be able to switch yourself
no matter how unbalanced it is
(sometimes you can - but that is a flaw)
best thing to do is ask if an Admin is in the game
he CAN switch you - but you have to be dead to be switched
if there is no admin - best way is for the guy on the wrong team
is to disconnect and re-join the game
being IN a squad to prevent switching only works if the server has "Smart Balance" on, and even that does not keep you from getting switched
it only sends a lone wolf over first, but if there are NO lone wolfs, then you WILL get switched - even the commander can get switched if it is too uneven
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I am not guessing at this - I Sr admin and have been active in the testing of the admin programs as well
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our server, (and many others with ventrilo and/or team speak) are happy to put friends on same teams - just ask in game
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Re: Same team on server
Originally posted by TopGunGregif the server has "auto balance" = ON
then you should NOT be able to switch yourself
no matter how unbalanced it is
(sometimes you can - but that is a flaw)
best thing to do is ask if an Admin is in the game
he CAN switch you - but you have to be dead to be switched
if there is no admin - best way is for the guy on the wrong team
is to disconnect and re-join the game
being IN a squad to prevent switching only works if the server has "Smart Balance" on, and even that does not keep you from getting switched
it only sends a lone wolf over first, but if there are NO lone wolfs, then you WILL get switched - even the commander can get switched if it is too uneven
ps
I am not guessing at this - I Sr admin and have been active in the testing of the admin programs as well
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our server, (and many others with ventrilo and/or team speak) are happy to put friends on same teams - just ask in game
ive not seen SL, SM, Commanders get moved across to the other team from autobalance it is stupid if it ever does.
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Re: Same team on server
Originally posted by djpaMe and my friends would like to be in the same team (and group) but when we logon the autobalacing puts us in different team. Is there any way that we can control this or is the only solution to find servers with autobalacing=off?
Servers that have autobalance=0 doesn't necessarily mean they aren't balancing teams. We use smartbalance which is built into BF2CC (admin software) and it always keeps the sides balanced but easily lets you change teams.
The key is when you find a server like that, swap to your buddies team then straight away hit insert to create a squad it will guarantee you don't get teamswitched again then get you buddy to join your squad.
Better still is if you find a server like that, make a small donation then ask them to put your name into the smartbalance system. It will guarantee you never get teamswitched ever again.
Autobalance=1 servers make me cringe because you can hardly ever get on your mates team.
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Re: Same team on server
Originally posted by Scintoif your all in a squad you wont get switched,
usually just wait for someone to disconnect and someone can jump over
You will get swapped team by AutoBalance, if you are a squad member
AutoBalance won't swap SquadLeaders & Commanders.
If admin do !swap playername , then you'll get swapped - even if you are a SL og CMD
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Re: Same team on server
Originally posted by Ph1LYou will get swapped team by AutoBalance, if you are a squad member
AutoBalance won't swap SquadLeaders & Commanders.
If admin do !swap playername , then you'll get swapped - even if you are a SL og CMD
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Re: Same team on server
if you run autobalance = ON
you CAN NOT simply change teams
if you can - then someone MODDED the modmanager.con file
smart balance is an "smarter version" in that all it does it TRY to give priority to certain players (clan, squad, etc)
and you cannot (er SHOULD not) run AB and SB at the same time, or it breaks the algorithm
Originally posted by <<R2>>Capt.HKSThe default game autobalance is garbage. You can end up with 3/4 on the US side.
lately - the AB lets one side wind up with too many players
easy to understand if many on losing team quit
but then NEW players should get sent to team with lower number of players
and that does not always happen
we just started getting the SB again
hopefully it works better than before
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Re: Same team on server
Originally posted by Scintoi can do it everytime, autobalance just evens up the teams if for say a new round starts and the teams are 30vs27 before people spawn (at which point the AB kicks in and balances the team, you can swap over), you can do the same mid round aswell if it happens.
ive not seen SL, SM, Commanders get moved across to the other team from autobalance it is stupid if it ever does.
and yeah, switching teams is possible even if AB is on, though only if the team you try to switch to has fewer players than the other team.
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Re: Same team on server
If this is the case, when playing with friends, when the count for the new round starts, you can usually switch on most servers. As for being auto switched as SL or Cmdr, never seen it. I've been switched as a SM a couple of times, but only cause a whole clan left the other team.
The most annoying case ive come up against is ive capped a flag, got killed then swapped, therefore i just robbed my new team of a flag
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Re: Same team on server
Correct me if I'm wrong but....
In order to switch teams at anytime an AB feature is on the teams need to be off by more then one player. Meaning if a team has one less player it doesn't mean you can switch to that team. You need to switch to a team that has 2 or more fewer players. Essentially even if autobalance is on, your beating it to the punch (so to speak).
Squad members can be auto switched , but only if everyone on the team is squaded up. If there is a single lonewolf , AB will pick that player first to auto-switch, and not a squad member.
Correct? Or so it seems from my end.
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