Generating arena...

[Gainfullterror]

Have you ever gone and done like 20 duels in a row? I have.
Have you ever been annoyed by the "Generating arena"? I know I have. Especially in maps with unnecessarily tall walls.
There's something we can do to reduce the amount of time waited, though.
In maps like these:

It always takes a minute or so before it finishes loading. Why? because of the walls that are THAT tall for no real reason.
What I suggest, is to edit these maps with the tall & unnecessary objects & make it shorter so the waiting time is reduced.
This is an "issue" just because some players are impatient and end up leaving the game:

It's not a suggestion that NEEDS to happen anytime soon, but maybe keep this in mind when doing another PVP update.


TL;DR
Shorten some of the maps in duels (Because of unnecessarily tall walls, towers, pillars, etc. it takes a while when you're sitting with "Generating arena...")

 

[Despacito 2]

Nah, I usually just open my Whatsapp and start cursing at my friends. If it isn't loaded yet then I just wait.
Patience is the key!

 

[Max ♠]

Patience is the key!

 

[Ellie Williams]

You do have a point.

But why don't the other minigames have "generating arena" wait times? Perhaps they are pregenerated?

 

[Chimpeeze]

I don't think its a case of the higher walls causing the maps to generate slower because I've played over 4k duels and sometimes they generate slow and sometimes they're already generated.
I don't understand how each map is allocated to a server so I can't really give an explanation on why it happens sometimes.

A fix would be good though, as a lot of people can't be bothered waiting and just end up leaving.

 

[KidBit]

OMG YAASS do it please i would rather fight and get kills then win by default

 

[1212hawks_]

I really don't know why not. Generating arenas are so annoying.

 

[Power Ranger]

If cubecraft were 1.10 they could use structure blocks which would make things a whole lot faster and easier but nope D:

 

[Spinnypoo]

Yes, I do duel a lot 10 every time I'm online. And I also think that it is unnecessary for it to take that long. Once I had to wait three mins just to get in a game. @Gainfullterror ez wins am I right ;)

 

[CommunistCactus]

If cubecraft were 1.10 they could use structure blocks which would make things a whole lot faster and easier but nope D:

#MakeCubecraft1.10

 

[Sannne]

last week i was waiting like 2 min, then finally the coutdown started, yay.

* opponent left the game *

._.

 

[Gainfullterror]

Bump

 

[Ping Ether]

Why do maps have to slowly generate in the first place?
I can imagine if you have to create the specific block schematic in every single world in the lobby server, but does it need to be so gradually slow?

 

[Gainfullterror]

Why do maps have to slowly generate in the first place?
I can imagine if you have to create the specific block schematic in every single world in the lobby server, but does it need to be so gradually slow?

The only reason I can see for this, is the server being generated right as you start the match, unlike other game lobbies where you can join it after everything has loaded in.
Probably incorrect, but it makes sense to me.

 

[Ping Ether]

The only reason I can see for this, is the server being generated right as you start the match, unlike other game lobbies where you can join it after everything has loaded in.
Probably incorrect, but it makes sense to me.

Couldn't the lobbies be pre-generated?
Whenever a universal lobby restarts, as I know, all its contents are restarted to be used for the next minigame in the queue.
It has to place the lobby/map schematic in. That can be done fast but when done too frequently in a large area it can potentially lag the lobby. So basically, that's where slow generation comes in. The blocks aren't just instantly placed, preventing an overflow of block placement instructons.

I mean, that's how people used to do it when I used to play like, in 1.4.7 and stuff ,_,
But Cube, again, uses universal separate lobby servers... They're not synced with one another...
I am not that experienced with servers aight ,_,
That is, unless, there's multiple generations in one lobby.
INVESTIGATIVE PINGY TIME

EDIT: Found out why it has to slowly gen.
As I expected, there are multiple PvP duels in a single lobby at the same time, in my case, there were four.
This means, if big maps are generated at the same time too frequently, they could crash the entire lobby and all duels with it.

Spoiler: I KNEW IT LEL

 

[CommunistCactus]

Couldn't the lobbies be pre-generated?
Whenever a universal lobby restarts, as I know, all its contents are restarted to be used for the next minigame in the queue.
It has to place the lobby/map schematic in. That can be done fast but when done too frequently in a large area it can potentially lag the lobby. So basically, that's where slow generation comes in. The blocks aren't just instantly placed, preventing an overflow of block placement instructons.

I mean, that's how people used to do it when I used to play like, in 1.4.7 and stuff ,_,
But Cube, again, uses universal separate lobby servers... They're not synced with one another...
I am not that experienced with servers aight ,_,
That is, unless, there's multiple generations in one lobby.
INVESTIGATIVE PINGY TIME

EDIT: Found out why it has to slowly gen.
As I expected, there are multiple PvP duels in a single lobby at the same time, in my case, there were four.
This means, if big maps are generated at the same time too frequently, they could crash the entire lobby and all duels with it.

Spoiler: I KNEW IT LEL

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Nice finding out, but still, why don't they show up on tab then?

 

[Ping Ether]

I FOUND

Nice finding out, but still, why don't they show up on tab then?

It's probably a server-sided thing, it's the same system that Blockband uses to have different people playing songs at the same time, and using a single lobby, without showing other players or their names in tab.

 

[Despacito 2]

Nice finding out, but still, why don't they show up on tab then?

It's bungeecord ;)

 

[Gainfullterror]

Bumped

 

[Troublesomee]

I would like to see this in the next PvP update!
Im always annoyed of waiting that long, I think it just needs to be removed. :)