Info regarding 1.4 crashes

2006-09-08 08:02:41

#1

Tor77: Ron Jeremy Apprentice; +84|6928|Norway

Hi guys.

Over @ TV2 we have now started to report every server crash that the admin witness in order to try to get to the bottom of it.

Although the servers show SOME kind of stability improvement, there has now come a new-ish bug. The servers seem to still crash, not as often as it did though, but the difference between 1.3 and 1.4 is that not everyone is thrown out! Sometimes perhaps half of the players are thrown either out of the game, OR they get a crash back to desktop.

The error doesn't seem to be consistent, which makes it harder to determine the problem, but by gathering as much info as possible (like number of players, which map, time of day etc) we hope to get one step closer to the problem.

So, if anyone has some input or experiences, please share to help out the community!

Cheers!

Tor

2006-09-08 08:07:10

#2

jkohlc: 2142th Whore; +214|6802|Singapore

not for me

2006-09-08 08:08:16

#3

Zodiaccup: Member; +42|6822

Tor77 wrote:
...there has now come a new-ish bug. The servers seem to still crash, not as often as it did though, but the difference between 1.3 and 1.4 is that not everyone is thrown out! Sometimes perhaps half of the players are thrown either out of the game, OR they get a crash back to desktop.

Just experinced that yesterday. My first thought was new patch old problem,
but then i checked the server and there was still about 20 players on.
Tbh i cant really remember but i think it was RTJ.

2006-09-08 08:09:35

#4

znozer: Viking fool - Crazy SWE; +162|6820|Sverige (SWE)

jkohlc wrote:
not for me

2006-09-08 08:11:18

#5

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6903|UK

Tor77 wrote:
but the difference between 1.3 and 1.4 is that not everyone is thrown out! Sometimes perhaps half of the players are thrown either out of the game, OR they get a crash back to desktop

likewise

2006-09-09 09:49:13

#6

alpinestar: Member; +304|6872|New York City baby.

I noticed that too..

2006-09-09 10:13:56

#7

Snake: Missing, Presumed Dead; +1,046|6842|England

Hope you get to the bottom of it Tor77 I love the TV2 servers. Just wish you had some more in SF...

2006-09-09 11:40:31

#8

Main_E_ak: That sky looks like ground...; +6|6825|UK

Tor77 wrote:
Although the servers show SOME kind of stability improvement, there has now come a new-ish bug. The servers seem to still crash, not as often as it did though, but the difference between 1.3 and 1.4 is that not everyone is thrown out! Sometimes perhaps half of the players are thrown either out of the game, OR they get a crash back to desktop.

Unfortunately I've seen this problem in 1.3 - I was one of the players booted from a server randomly due to connection trouble, and then rejoined to find most of the team I was on had also been booted. However this was the only server problem out of the many, many I've encountered playing this game that has had these symptoms, so it seemed rare to me. If you're seeing it a lot more frequently then that's obviously a bad thing.

Good luck tracking this one down.

2006-09-09 12:15:22

#9

samfink: Member; +31|6831

and I'm getting pronlems with connections, but now they reslove themselves, usually after a couple of minutes. better, but stoill not comletely stable.

2006-09-09 15:53:38

#10

Mj.Blindfisch: Bulletdrop-Buddha; +338|6973|Germany

Tor77 wrote:
Although the servers show SOME kind of stability improvement, there has now come a new-ish bug. The servers seem to still crash, not as often as it did though, but the difference between 1.3 and 1.4 is that not everyone is thrown out! Sometimes perhaps half of the players are thrown either out of the game, OR they get a crash back to desktop.

The error doesn't seem to be consistent, which makes it harder to determine the problem, but by gathering as much info as possible (like number of players, which map, time of day etc) we hope to get one step closer to the problem.

Today was absolute horror on TV2 Wake srv8 and 15.
Yesterday the disconnects appeared not that often,today I almost couldn't finish one round without getting disconnected.But the server seems to be stable,only some people get disconnected.

Then I got these strange CTDs for the first time today.
After I joined the server and completed one round I picked China,picked my kit and spawnpoint,made a sqad and waited for the start of the round.
Then the instant I spawned(I could actually spawn for half a second) I got a CTD.Happened 3 or 4 times today,with 1.4 incremental and later on with the full 1.4 installed.

So my guess is that it's probably a server/server-patch problem,have only played on TV2 servers yesterday so I can't say if other servers are affected too.
The disconnects happen on every different map,but it's always been worst on both TV2 Wake.

Hope this helps a bit,if it's gonna stay like this it will be even worse like in 1.3....

Last edited by Mj.Blindfisch (2006-09-09 15:55:52)

2006-09-09 15:59:23

#11

eagles1106: Member; +269|6860|Marlton, New Jersey.

lol I just crashed like 30 seconds ago, and I was the only one in the server who crashed...

2006-09-10 02:18:06

#12

Delphy: Member; +45|6861|Bristol, UK

Revert to 1.22

2006-09-10 02:34:41

#13

Dr_3V|L: Member; +51|7001|Twente, The Netherlands

My friend seems to have problems, he installed bf2 and 1.4 on his new pc, and if he joins the game, and spawns, he crashes back to windows. Sometimes directly after spawning, sometimes a few minutes later, sometimes when the game is nearly finished.
He has wireless internet, but I don't think that's the issue...

2006-09-10 13:41:34

#14

Brissles: Member; +2|6788

I CTD on Karkand, TV2 servers. It happens when a new round begins and when I first spawn in it.

That's all.

Other maps/server's are fine, leme.

2006-09-10 14:16:35

#15

samfink: Member; +31|6831

maybe that was EA's way of stopping karkand whores. j/k.

2006-09-10 14:41:02

#16

Mj.Blindfisch: Bulletdrop-Buddha; +338|6973|Germany

Brissles wrote:
I CTD on Karkand, TV2 servers. It happens when a new round begins and when I first spawn in it.

I get the same CTDs,if I select a spawnpoint while the timer for the start of the round goes down and spawn at the same moment like all the other players it CTDs.
Network code overload?

And the connection problems seems to almost have gone after I updated punkbuster yesterday.
Today I only got short periods of connection problems,maybe 1-2 seconds and only one disconnect.

I hope there's gonna be a quick hot-fix or patch for that from EA,they just can't let the customers play this,almost as bad as 1.3.

2006-09-10 15:05:14

#17

cabracke: Member; +5|6909|Germany

I had a couple of those CTDs as well, but ONLY on TV2 servers. I played like 50 rounds on other servers since then, all without any problem.

2006-09-11 00:27:47

#18

beerface702: Member; +65|6969|las vegas

no problems here

fix your crap server

2006-09-11 04:17:16

#19

broncobullfrog: Extra Tender Juicy SPINY; +58|7027|The 70's

Mj.Blindfisch wrote:
Brissles wrote:
I CTD on Karkand, TV2 servers. It happens when a new round begins and when I first spawn in it.
I get the same CTDs,if I select a spawnpoint while the timer for the start of the round goes down and spawn at the same moment like all the other players it CTDs.
Network code overload?

And the connection problems seems to almost have gone after I updated punkbuster yesterday.
Today I only got short periods of connection problems,maybe 1-2 seconds and only one disconnect.

I hope there's gonna be a quick hot-fix or patch for that from EA,they just can't let the customers play this,almost as bad as 1.3.

I've always found the Tv2 servers buggy at the end/start of rounds and 1.4 hasnt changed this. The round always ends with a 'problem with connection' message, and then at the start of next round it takes a while before it sorts out the switch of teams. (Like your team is supposed to be switching to US, but at first it will show you as PLA still, and only half the spawns are clickable). I suggest waiting until the countdown has finished before selecting a spawnpoint, as long as I do that I dont have a problem.

This has only ever happened to me on Tv2, which are otherwise great servers.

2006-09-11 04:44:33

#20

DaRQueSToRM: Member; +0|6815|Knoxville, Tenn USA

I have had 4 CTD on Iron Gator on the FW and LNC servers.

2006-09-11 04:47:24

#21

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6718|Stealth City, UK

I play all the time on TV2 servers but apart from the crash bug the biggest problem is not being able to form a squad.......and trhats really annoying!!

2006-09-12 08:00:22

#22

Hallucinogen: Member; +2|7123|Finland

Yeah i've been CTD 3 times now tv2 servers and it seems to be always start of the round. It's really annoing. And like bullet tooth said squad forming is big problem.

2006-09-12 08:14:26

#23

Knight`UK: Lollerstorycarpark; +371|6856|England

Snake wrote:
Hope you get to the bottom of it Tor77 I love the TV2 servers. Just wish you had some more in SF...

agreed m8 we need a warlord/ghost-town/surge server in tha rotation 32 slot but 64 size

2006-09-12 08:33:51

#24

elmo1337: Banned; +186|6835|The real world

Word, TV2 should make a 64 slots server on 1.12.

I dont play games anymore anyways.

2006-09-12 13:22:11

#25

Bözsi: Member; +0|6890

Yeah my BF2 just crashed to desktop.... I tried to change weapon at the begenning of a game (not spawned yet). I think I have double klcicked the button but might be unrelated.

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