Almost no CTDs - and why (for me anyway!)

[docattak]

Glad to report that I am getting almost no CTDs now since discovering one possible cause and avoiding it.

Before you respawn if you check to see what weapon you are shown as having you will see that you now have no weapon, and no message saying that your location is out of them. In fact if you were to go back another step there will be no weapons of any type left. If you go back to selecting a brigade again you will find that the weapons are all there and can arm yourself and spawn in successfully.

What happens if you don't do this and just try to respawn is that it seems to take too long because it is not a correct spawning and CTDs. It doesn't seem to know that you don't have a weapon as no message to that effect comes up.

Since doing this the only times I have had a CTD is when the server has gone down and reconnecting shows me the 'sync' problem and I have to wait for the server to sort itself out. Other might watch out for the lack of a weapon and see if sorting that out solves their problem.

Extra point, when I did CTD AFTER reloading the programme my own mission was still there.

Good luck,

docattak

Edited December 5, 2011 by docattak

[docattak]

To put it more simply

respawn in from the BRIEFING window after you have despawnrd/been killed. If you have no weapon in the player list then go and get one - you will probably CTD if you do not.

Please try this and report back.

Thanks

Docattak

Edited December 6, 2011 by docattak

[GOPHUR]

This is a good clue. Sounds like you've actually failed to connect to a host correctly (how I don't know) and you aren't in a proper state to spawn.

[GOPHUR]

What error code are you getting when you force this crash by spawning when you know you'll crash.

Check the WWIIOL_log.txt file.

Are you getting anything in your AAR when this happens?

[docattak]

What happens is that

- the AAR is correct

- if I try to respawn it just takes too long and then CTDs and I have no error message

- there's probably a log but if it CTDs there shouldn't be an error message should there (due to go out any minute now for 4 hours - let me know if there is anything I can find or do)

EDIT : SORRY - was in such a hurry as leaving - I didn't read your post very closely - will look into log file when I get back!

EDIT 2 : an idea - perhaps it checks for a weapon when spawning in but assumes it when allowing a respawn attempt - but somewhere it is dropping the weapon - but not at all today!

Edited December 6, 2011 by docattak

[binky]

Based on the description this sounds a lot like the pre-v1.34 "enter world" bug. Symptoms were the same - dropped reservation and since you had no vehicle selected, the enter world button would grey out for a period in pre-v1.34.

[GOPHUR]

Doc it sounds to me like you got a 126 error reported in chat and didn't see it. Unsure.