Make connectivity visible in lobbies

[SpoCk0nd0pe]

I have a simple suggestion:

Let us see if people forwarded their ports properly, or if they have a proxy connection in the lobby.

[biass]

proxy server hasnt really been on since like last year now lul

[SpoCk0nd0pe]

proxy server hasnt really been on since like last year now lul

Didn't know that. It doesn't matter regarding the suggestion anyway though.

[PhilipJFry]

hosts get a message telling them who is not connected to whom upon trying to launch a game and people see a "connecting to..." to people they are not connected with yet
not having ports forwarded properly doesn't always mean that someone won't be able to connect

[SpoCk0nd0pe]

The idea is to know who might be responsible, not just seeing the result.

[PhilipJFry]

You're asking for a change that may bring more harm than good.

[BenDover]

You're asking for a change that may bring more harm than good.

Yeah because seeing who is causing connection problems is not helpful at all game works just fine regardless lol. There were yellow nicks on GPG as an indication who had any connection issues no idea why this was removed, you could tell some noob to re while still waiting on game to fill up instead of figuring out who is the problem once everyone x'ed. The messages displayed to the host are not exactly easiest to read especially if there is more then 1 person causing issues and not all hosts know what is going on.

[nine2]

I have a simple suggestion:

you have lots of great ideas. how about joining the team and building them?

[SpoCk0nd0pe]

I have a simple suggestion:

you have lots of great ideas. how about joining the team and building them?

Thank you, I would like to. This is the first time doing something like this, how do I sign up?

[CookieNoob]

I have a simple suggestion:

you have lots of great ideas. how about joining the team and building them?

Thank you, I would like to. This is the first time doing something like this, how do I sign up?

no need to signup for anything, just start working on something and then create a Pull Request with your code. For more information see the FAF github page:
https://github.com/FAForever/fa#contributing

the suggestion you had is already being worked on though (started a few month before you suggested it) have a look at this PR: https://github.com/FAForever/fa/pull/1663
this doesnt mean you shouldnt contribute though if its not coding wise, you can help with testing and free development time from the developers.