Server list - previously joined icon

jokerwing · Post by **jokerwing** » Thu May 21, 2020 1:38 am

TL;DR

Add the ability to find servers you have played on

What ?

I occasionally join a random server and play a couple of hours, the next day it's not clear how to find that server.
I think it would be nice to add an additional icon to the Favorite Column which indicates you have joined a server before. I modeled this with a screenshot turning the icon bluish to indicate you have joined in the past.

: Screenshot from 2020-05-20 18-25-47.png (340.8 KiB) Viewed 806 times

My ideal wishlist would be
1. Icon for "have previously joined" (see screenshot)
2. Icon takes into account server and game name (I might not have joined this instance of "Comfy Chronotrain", but I joined one last week)
3. Search option "Have previously joined" in Server list (see screenshot)
4. List of names of previously joined servers (that I can click if that server is currently online)

Why ?

I love playing with people I know and making it easier to find the same people again would be nice.

Impatient · Post by **Impatient** » Thu May 21, 2020 7:14 am

+5

I often thought the same. Even to write a feature request. Always was too lazy.

A lot of multiplayer games have that feature for exact that reason. Very handy.

Suggestion for implementation:
- Make an additional column in the server browser, named "last joined"
- In the cell the date&time of the last join to that server is displayed
- Servers which were never joined get a value of 0
- Rows can be sorted by that column

Done.

Impatient · Post by **Impatient** » Thu May 21, 2020 7:17 am

@jokerwing: I personally don't see the benefit of seeing if I joined a particular map on a server. What is your thought behind that?

Post by **ssilk** » Thu May 21, 2020 7:53 am

I didn’t join it with other threads, because not exactly same idea or more than three years old. But I point to them:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=38874 New UI for finding my recent multiplayer games
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=53464 Multiplayer Server Search Improvements
- > What I like with that one is the history feature...

And also a very old collection, maybe there are more similar ideas, but I didn’t read through it:
viewtopic.php?f=80&t=32968 Collection of Of Ideas around Multiplayer: Lobby-Features, Joining, Mod&Game-Loading, ...

jokerwing · Post by **jokerwing** » Fri May 22, 2020 6:36 am

Thanks ssilk for finding and linking these as well as maintaining the master list. The thought the devs but into the game and community is amazing <praise>

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