garreh Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Hi AllWhen starting up uTorrent, the upload and downloaded amount which uTorrent reports to the annouce URL is reset to 0. I am having trouble with connecting to private trackers sometimes, which timeout after the first time it has been connected to the tracker. Upon restarting uTorrent it connects fine, but of course, the amount uploaded and downloaded are reset and this amount is reported to the tracker.I have uploaded nearly a Gigs worth in the previous session, and this is not being updated on my stats on the private tracker. Even now, if it was reported, it would look like I've "cheated" the tracker by jumping up to 1GB in a second when really the problem was that I couldnt report my latest status because the tracker kept timing out. I would be banned from the site for "cheating."Is it possible for uTorrent store the downloaded and uploaded amount until it has reported it to the tracker at least once, just so things like this don't happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 When starting up uTorrent, the upload and downloaded amount which uTorrent reports to the annouce URL is reset to 0.This is by design. Amounts reported in this way are recorded per session.It is not uTorrent's fault for tracker connection instability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanm Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 > just so things like this don't happen?Keep µTorrent open and running. As long you don't exit, when the private trackers comes back online, your stats will be reported to the tracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garreh Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 > It is not uTorrent's fault for tracker connection instability.Well, I'm not so sure because I can't explain why uTorrent connects to the tracker fine the first time it is started, then every single other time it times out.>Keep µTorrent open and running. As long you don't exit, when the private trackers comes back online, your stats will be reported to the tracker.The tracker never comes back online. In fact, it IS online, just doesn't connect in uTorrent. What choice do I have? Restart uTorrent and lose all stats. Not really a nice solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Well, I'm not so sure because I can't explain why uTorrent connects to the tracker fine the first time it is started, then every single other time it times out.Because there is a VERY high possibility that you're using overaggressive connection settings compared to your connection's capabilities.Troubleshoot WHY your connection is having problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Is it possible for uTorrent store the downloaded and uploaded amount until it has reported it to the tracker at least once, just so things like this don't happen?Even now, if it was reported, it would look like I've "cheated" the tracker by jumping up to 1GB in a second when really the problem was that I couldnt report my latest status because the tracker kept timing out.These two statements contradict. You're saying that µTorrent should store the amount upload/downloaded, yet, if that were to happen, then there *would* in fact be a jump anyhow.Storing the queued amount would only make it that much easier for cheaters to cheat. All they'd have to do is edit resume.dat or something every time they restart µTorrent, and they could simply say "oh, I was having tracker problems, so µTorrent queued the total amount up." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 If you have timeout problems .. fix them. Have you gone through Ultima's extensive troubleshooting list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zasos Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Ultima: > All they'd have to do is edit resume.dat but isn't it possible already? on the start, utorrent will send "new" numbers to the tracker and there you go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 garreh said: "Well, I'm not so sure because I can't explain why uTorrent connects to the tracker fine the first time it is started, then every single other time it times out."The problem's likely on your end. Troubleshooting it (1st and 2nd links in my signature) should solve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 @zasos: Wrong, it isn't possible. Downloaded/uploaded amounts since the last tracker announce are not stored between µTorrent sessions, so you couldn't possibly edit any data file to cheat. If you thought that editing the downloaded/uploaded keys in resume.dat for the torrent actually changes what is sent to the tracker when µTorrent restarts, guess again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zasos Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 ultima: it was a guess and i guessed wrong.... so if a tracker updates every hour and I close client on 59th minute, then all my stats for the last 59min aren't sent to tracker ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 If the tracker communication fails on uT shutdown or uT wasn't shut down gracefully, then yes it would be lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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