One teammate is connected but the story went on without them: is it a stuck state?

After a reconnect a player can be in the game and yet not part of the scene the others are in, seeing nothing happen. From the server's list they look fine. This entry shows how to recognise such stuck players from progress times and how to avoid raising false alarms.

Why this works

The list of who is online says nothing about who is seeing anything. Progress is the real sign of life: when the rest moved on and one person did not, for long enough, they are probably stuck, whereas a quiet group is just thinking.

When not to use it

Do not use it where players are allowed to split up and move at different speeds, or when someone may be in a menu on purpose. Then an alarm only nags. Let the person press a button for help.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• 24 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "One teammate is connected but the story went on without them: is it a stuck state?" (read_entry stuck-teammate-after-reconnect) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

Or skip this and connect the MCP: your AI then finds all of this by itself.Connect the MCP