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Launcher | Add registry status indicator to launcher
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Description

Today registry.starmarde.org have some problems (the site is offline at the moment).

Actually the only way to know that is to succeed to load the forum page and it's warning banner. But nothing warn the player when he try to launch update from the StarMade-starter.exe or starmade-launcher.exe. He just got a vague socket exception warning message (which can be provoke by mutiple causes, i.e. firewall options, etc.).

May it worth to add a simple line in launchers which inform about registry server status : green-online / red-offline.

Details

Task Type
Feature
Testing Results
Affected Gamemode(s)
Launcher
Reproducible
Yes
Last tested (version)
2.0.4
Category
Launcher
First occurrence (version)
0.0.2
Hardware/Software/System
OS-Specific
No
Hardware-Specific
No
Video Card Vendor
uncertain
Tester information (Internal use only)

A better message, or some way to inform the user about registry issues and still allowing him to proceed and play offline in SP seems necessary. It's only a matter of time when the registry goes down again, either for maintenance or when an unexpected error occurs. Would be nice if players could see this from their launcher.

Serverconfig (server.cfg)
<replace this line with the file content>
Clientconfig (settings.cfg)
<replace this line with the file content>

Event Timeline

Croquelune updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 11 2016, 11:05 AM
Croquelune changed Category from none/unspecified to Launcher.
Croquelune edited Serverconfig (server.cfg). (Show Details)
Croquelune edited Clientconfig (settings.cfg). (Show Details)
Croquelune changed Affected Gamemode(s) from none/unspecified to Single and Multi.
Croquelune added a subscriber: Croquelune.
Croquelune created this task.
Restricted Application added a project: Issue Navigation. · View Herald TranscriptMar 11 2016, 11:05 AM
lancake added a subscriber: lancake.Mar 15 2016, 12:36 PM
lancake claimed this task.

-Validated-

Agreed, some information regarding registry issues, or a more clear message when you fail to connect to the registry should help a lot.

lancake shifted this object from the S1 Public space to the S3 Starmade space.Mar 15 2016, 12:40 PM
lancake changed the visibility from "Custom Policy" to "Public (No Login Required)".
lancake changed the edit policy from "Task Author" to "Starmade (Project)".
lancake set Task Type to Bug.
lancake set First occurrence (version) to 0.0.2.
lancake set OS-Specific to No.
lancake set Hardware-Specific to No.
lancake set Video Card Vendor to uncertain.
lancake set Reproducible to Yes.
lancake set Last tested (version) to 2.0.4.
lancake edited Tester information (Internal use only). (Show Details)
lancake moved this task from New / Unconfirmed to Confirmed on the Issue Navigation board.
lancake changed the task status from Open to In Queue (Launcher).
lancake triaged this task as Normal priority.
Restricted Application edited projects, added Starmade, Launcher Development; removed Issue Navigation. · View Herald TranscriptMar 15 2016, 12:40 PM
calani shifted this object from the S3 Starmade space to the S5 Launcher space.May 29 2016, 10:38 PM
AndyP changed Affected Gamemode(s) from Single and Multi to Launcher.May 29 2016, 11:05 PM
calani changed Task Type from Bug to Feature.Jul 8 2016, 1:30 AM
calani renamed this task from No registry status on launcher to Add registry status indicator to launcher.Aug 14 2016, 6:10 PM
AndyP changed the task status from In Queue (Launcher) to In Queue.Mar 10 2017, 5:18 PM