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Spanky, Have you got QoS on your router, Just prioritise traffic coming from your server ports and when lots of people in the server the torrents will be slowed down to allow AA trafic first priority.

Yea but it's super buggy, I don't bother using it anymore. Point is, and I don't mean to sound greedy, I don't want AA traffic to interfere with my regular net usage. I'll run as many slots as I can before it starts interfering.

I could try putting up a small test server once I get my new server parts dialed in. I only have 1MBPS up at home so it probably won't be a high slot amount but I would be willing to give admin out to anybody on this forum.

As for providers, I would talk to the guys at AOWC. They were always friendly and their customer support may be able to setup an Assist server as long as it was automatic.

Was playing mAAp pipeline the other night with like 16 players in and it highlighted a new propblem with assault spawn, Maybe cos there are so many people inside that trailer and i kept getting stuck in there. Could not walk out or anything. Then randomly at some point I would fall through the floor of it.

Yea, the moving truck and timer door for the spawns is removed. I might have you hotfix it to the new version I have, if for nothing else, to fix the spawns. It was a cool idea to have a moving truck bring in the assault soldiers but my implementation wasn't great.

Since I'm working on Pipeline off and on now, I thought I would share it with those that are interested. Until the map gets to a point where it's releasable, this post will be the only way to get it. I'll work with Jonny after he's done with the Authorization to get this map integrated into a mAAp update of sorts. Before you download, you must know that having extra or modified files, especially maps and texture packages, can get you kicked or banned from servers via PunkBuster. You must know how to manage files in order to test this map. Brief instructions will be included below. These files are hosted on my Dropbox account and I also work from this directory so the files will automatically update every time I save. I will post a reply to this thread when I've made significant changes. Feel free to reply with any bugs or changes you feel necessary.

Download:
If you're interested in download the maps and have dropbox, make a post in this thread and you will be added to the shared group.

Instructions:
.aao files go in your Maps folder.
T-mAAp_Pack_6.utx goes in your Textures folder.
M-mAAp_pack_6.usx goes in your StaticMeshes folder.
Be sure to remove these files after testing and before joining a multiplayer server, even if it's a mAAp server.

Bug List:
Ability to walk through most stairway/catwalk railings in both pump rooms
Windows disappear/move after shooting them

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Since today was a slow day, I decided I would setup the editor again and poke around Pipeline. Koden also mentioned that there were a couple glitches on Pipeline that got me curious as well. Turns out, there are MANY changes to the current Pipeline I have on my computer. Today, I worked on a couple features.

One thing that always bugged me was the orange haze blobs I added a while back. Seen here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/mAApPackFiles/mp6_comparison/ArmyOps%202009-07-11%2015-06-22-64.png

They look cool except for a few angles and with so many of them added, they just never looked right to me. So, I spent many hours today pouring over files and old website documents as well as playing with (and crashing) the editor's options. I came up with a pretty good solution; volumetric lighting:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/Shot00001.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/Shot00002.jpg

I'm not done tweaking yet but I think it looks pretty good, at least better than the old blobs.

*EDIT*
Here's a couple more in-progress shots:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/Shot00003.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/Shot00004.jpg

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Screenshots of current lighting:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/Shot00006.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/Shot00007.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/Shot00008.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/Shot00010.jpg

Jonny, I've been thinking about how Unreal (at least our version) only uses 1 CPU core effectively. There's command line switches to change processes to other cores and to give higher priority (at least in Windows). I'm wondering if you can do a few things:

Set the AA exe to higher priority for better FPS.
Set the server exe to another core in case people want to play and run a server on the same computer. This way the server and the game aren't fighting for a single core.

Just some thoughts when you have some spare time

Fair enough Jonny. Is there something I can help you with?

According to the site, they want it back for 2.8.5. I'm guessing they'll solicit Jonny to make a version of Assist for 2.8.5.

*Edited out information by request.