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Friends list bug?

• BigTazz90 7 Posts

  Thu, Jul 5 2018 9:02 PM

  I am currently at 255 friends and since I’ve reached this number it won’t go higher even though I am gaining more friends, also any new friends never show up on my list or the list of friends in game to request a match with. I know for a fact that I am on their lists because they can request games with me and I can see on web page that I have become friends with them. I checked with them to see if they had the invisible to friends option on and they do not. Any idea on how to remedy this? 

                   Thanks kindly, BigTazz90 

• ScottHope 10,445 Posts

  Fri, Jul 6 2018 10:24 AM

  I think all members information is stored in a database. Databases have tables, and the fields (columns) in those tables have datatypes. Which means what type of information is to be stored in that field. number data, text data, date data etc.

  These data type groups can be further broken down, large numbers, small numbers, large string, etc.

  I believe the smallest number type that a database can specify is known as a SMALLINT, small integer. This means that the values in the table field with that datatype, can range from -128 to 127 or unsigned, 255.

  I therefore think that somewhere in our friends database table is a field that has a SMALLINT datatype, and that is why our friends list becomes screwy (technical term, lol) once we get to that number.

  (Don't quote me on this, I'm still a learner).  : )

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Fri, Jul 6 2018 12:33 PM

  BigTazz90:

  Any idea on how to remedy this? 

  Yes, keep  your list under 255. 256 is an important number to a computer and WGT didn't allow for it with the Friends list. Anybody added after 255 will do exactly what you're seeing (or not seeing.)

  What you need to do is edit your friends list and remove old, inactive ones. There's no fast way to do that, either. The most effective way is to go to your profile, expand your friends list, right-click on the avatar and open in a separate window. Do this as many times as you want and then go to each page, delete the friend and close the page.

  Your new additions will now act accordingly.  :-)