Ctd

[Jupitus]

These are the things that need changing. CTD should not

Kick you from RVR zone
Kick you from instance
Reset your PQ contribution
Remove you from a SC que
Kick you from a SC
Kick you from a CSR appeal conversation

Civy - you do know what 'CTD' stands for, yes? It's a crash. It's not a normal exit of the application. When crashes happen, bad stuff occurs, mmmmk?

 

[civy]

I crash in that other game. When im in a bg i come back into that bg and my dmg/kills arnt removed. I dont get kicked from a instance.. I dont get kicked from a arena. Infact the only thing that happens is i have to log back in. As it should be.

 

[Gahn]

Civy - you do know what 'CTD' stands for, yes? It's a crash. It's not a normal exit of the application. When crashes happen, bad stuff occurs, mmmmk?

The client doesn't keep track of what you were doing and the server clearly kicks you from all the "instances" you were in when you CTD.
Since they were able to bypass the queue problem with CTDs, they should be able to reconnect you to the "instances" where you were before the CTD happened.
It's a missing function and a big one also.

 

[Manisch Depressiv]

Civy - you do know what 'CTD' stands for, yes? It's a crash. It's not a normal exit of the application. When crashes happen, bad stuff occurs, mmmmk?

So what? The state of the player is on the server and can be resumed upon reconnect. Someone crashing from a scenario match should be able to log back into that match, it's perfectly legitimate to ask for such functionality.

 

[Genedril]

I never got crash to desktop - I was far too busy having memory leaks that ended up BSoD'ing my PC. Only game to have ever done it - only other time I've ever got a BSoD on my PC was when I installed some crap CD writing software before checking if it was XP compatible back when XP was originally released.

Anyone else get this? Not that I care as I'm no longer playing. Just would be interesting to know if it was a common thing.

 

[Ogen]

I never got crash to desktop - I was far too busy having memory leaks that ended up BSoD'ing my PC. Only game to have ever done it - only other time I've ever got a BSoD on my PC was when I installed some crap CD writing software before checking if it was XP compatible back when XP was originally released.

Anyone else get this? Not that I care as I'm no longer playing. Just would be interesting to know if it was a common thing.

Yep, i had a BSoD for the first time on my pc.. Ofc playing WAR..

This game is just rubbish.. The DAoC engine, 6 years old still beats this bullshit.

 

[Dark Orb Choir]

my counterstrike source game doesn't do this, maybe you should all play that instead.

 

[MagnusGOA]

Ok, I've got some more info on this now. The reason we haven't been able to fix the issue by rolling back our servers is that it's a client issue, not a server issue. Once a client is patched, we can naturally not un-patch it just like that. To address the issue, we've had to build a new patch, essentially un-doing the previous changes. This will be a 'silent' patch, in that no server down time is needed to deploy it. That means that online players will need to restart their client (shouldn't be a problem with CTD's every now and then hehe) and have the new patch applied.

Last word I got was that we're planning to have the patch online around 2pm. I've yet to have this confirmed though. We'll post news on war-europe.com when we do get a confirmation, but I'll also get back to you here.


-Magnus

 

[Magicthise]

Yep, i had a BSoD for the first time on my pc.. Ofc playing WAR..

This game is just rubbish.. The DAoC engine, 6 years old still beats this bullshit.

To be fair it uses the same engine as DAoC, the idea i'm sure is that it should be reletively bug free by now. Most of the bugs seem to be caused by texture placement and the odd memory leak, probably due to extra functionality added to the engine.

 

[Awarkle]

well while i wait for it to be fixed im downloading UFO x-com the first one from steam for a bit of nostalgia playing

Was getting rather anoying was crash to desktop every 5 mins here and thats after i updated all drivers and stuffs. Hope it sorts out the problem its rather anoying.

 

[MagnusGOA]

We've just rolled out the patch, essentially rolling back the client. Any feedback on client stability would be highly appreciated. If so, please include previous CTD frequency - something along these lines would be great:

• CTD frequency up until two days ago
• CTD frequency the last couple of days
• CTD frequency after this client rollback

-Magnus

 

[Dark Orb Choir]

and i thought only Microsoft sold products expecting the people who bought them to test them.............

 

[Hufner]

and i thought only Microsoft sold products expecting the people who bought them to test them.............

Not played a lot of mmo's then I guess?

 

[Gahn]

We've just rolled out the patch, essentially rolling back the client. Any feedback on client stability would be highly appreciated. If so, please include previous CTD frequency - something along these lines would be great:

• CTD frequency up until two days ago
• CTD frequency the last couple of days
• CTD frequency after this client rollback

-Magnus

Uhm just a curiosity, i have the client still not patched to the last one (ie the Ctd galore fix), am i going to have problems?

 

[Soazak]

You should just recieve both patches then Gahn. my other comp has been in game for over half an hour now and not crashed so thats a good sign

 

[Calaen]

We've just rolled out the patch, essentially rolling back the client. Any feedback on client stability would be highly appreciated. If so, please include previous CTD frequency - something along these lines would be great:

• CTD frequency up until two days ago
• CTD frequency the last couple of days
• CTD frequency after this client rollback

-Magnus

Thanks for the update Magnus, I will stick some feedback tonight after I finish playing.

 

[AngelHeal]

crashes yesterday, about 2 a hour maybe moer

crashes today

1 a 2 hours..

better, but still not very stabile.

 

[MagnusGOA]

Uhm just a curiosity, i have the client still not patched to the last one (ie the Ctd galore fix), am i going to have problems?

Yeah you should be fine then.


After browsing about a few forums, it seems the fix worked as intended. There's still the odd player who's crashing still, but the major issue at hand is resolved for now. Naturally, precautions will be taken to prevent these things from happening again.


-Magnus

 

[Norvindus]

Well I get pass the login screen and patcher runs smoothly even checked all files
past the loading and images and gets to the screen where I have to tick the accept the EULA and it comes with the following message behind WAR

Critical Error

Authentication failed -- Application will now terminate.

So this patch has really fecked it up for me, will try an reinstall.

Running Vista 64bit.

 

[civy]

Well I get pass the login screen and patcher runs smoothly even checked all files
past the loading and images and gets to the screen where I have to tick the accept the EULA and it comes with the following message behind WAR

Critical Error

Authentication failed -- Application will now terminate.

So this patch has really fecked it up for me, will try an reinstall.

Running Vista 64bit.

That may be your FW blocking the new client. Does teh same to me every time i patch a new client.

 

[Norvindus]

Weird first time its done it then.
But will check.

Anybody know if it uses some special ports I should check aswell ?

 

[civy]

dunno. my FW just recognises a new program and asks me if it should allow it. By then its crashed though and I have to run again.

 

[Norvindus]

Had to open/forwarding for the TCP-ports (8040-8049, 10622) in my router for it to get thru
first time I had to do that Weird.

But now it seems to play

 

[Gahn]

Yeah you should be fine then.


After browsing about a few forums, it seems the fix worked as intended. There's still the odd player who's crashing still, but the major issue at hand is resolved for now. Naturally, precautions will be taken to prevent these things from happening again.


-Magnus

I know it wouldn't anyway be the case for Hotfixes, but there are any plans for a future PrePatch Test server where we can logon to test things before they get applyed?

 

[MagnusGOA]

I know it wouldn't anyway be the case for Hotfixes, but there are any plans for a future PrePatch Test server where we can logon to test things before they get applyed?

There will be test servers of some sort. Whereas they'll be exclusive to the US or if we'll have EU test servers as well isn't yet clear.


-Magnus

 

[mooSe_]

I'm still getting a few CTDs but they are definatly less frequent.