unable to connect to lobby

when opening zero-k on the bottom it says:

disconnected due to network problem, autoconnecting..

this message would not dissappear.

i checked in the lobby log:


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1/23/2016 4:47:11 PM: ZkData.TcpTransport socket disconnected: The system detected an invalid pointer address in attempting to use a pointer argument in a call
1/23/2016 4:47:11 PM: Connection lost
1/23/2016 4:47:11 PM: Closing current battle
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i have posted this problem before, the only answer was an alternative lobby, where hosting battles was not possible.

There is not much else to be done than was written in the last thread. The bug with the socket thing is reported here: https://github.com/ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K-Infrastructure/issues/887 so if it is fixed, you could find out by
checking there. The latest post i read on lobby development in general was this one: http://zero-k.info/Forum/Thread/9877?postID=149948#149948 ,which makes me unsure if devs have noticed the bug reports yet, if they think only "visual tweaks" are needed.
Maybe you can give some info that helps fix it faster.
Like which operation system do you use?
In meantime you can use weblobby and type that commands stuff into chat. Not userfriendly, but appearently only way at the moment.

what is the actual socket problem? most socket issues are unbelievably easy to fix, its not like its a complicated protocol, its how the whole internet works.

Voice is used for TTS. It's a crucial feature.

quote: include random shit to satisfy 0.01% minority

But this is the main principle behind anything that happens to ZKL.



ZKL features:
☑ voice synthesizer
☑ unicode selector
☑ text colour editor
☑ "defocus chatlines"
☐ matchmaker
☐ local skirmish
☐ GUI for all !commands
☐ local replays

well, to be fair, zkl had matchmaking

until people bawwwwwwed about it too much

also (so far as I can tell) you can navigate to a replay file and open it using Spring without going through lobby at all (should this be done through lobby as well for the steam plebs who cannot into file directories? yeah, probably)

a nicer gui for the useful !commands would be good though

There was nothing wrong with the match making, the problem was that it was compulsory, you couldn't just go into a room and ready up like any other game, you would get split up and moved around somewhere you didn't want to be.

Zero-k has never had the playerbase to make match making worthwhile.