CTD during gameplay - increasing?

2006-06-26 07:04:42

#1

TF501|Slee: Member; +18|6848|Michigan

Over the weekend I probably played about 30 rounds of BF2 - some vanilla, some AF. Out of those 30 rounds I CTD during gameplay (not the on-join bug) about 10 rounds. That's right, 1 out of 3 times I was already in game, getting some decent points and then bam - CTD. On re-join I found the server was doing just fine (sometimes I had friends still in the server), thus proving it wasn't a server crash - but rather something with my client.

Anyone else seeing an increase in CTDs during gameplay?

You know, this is like a bad gambling habit. After 5 CTDs in a row I was ready to swear off the game forever - go back to AoEIII and even DoD. Then I got one round complete and it was business as usual. That one payoff every now and then has me hooked. I wish it weren't so. Talk about a terrible problem with the product.

Last edited by TF501|Slee (2006-06-26 07:44:08)

2006-06-26 07:05:38

#2

l41e: Member; +677|6926

O rly?

2006-06-26 15:41:59

#3

Mj.Blindfisch: Bulletdrop-Buddha; +338|6975|Germany

Here's my way to deal with the patch:
Un-/mark the Auto ready box until you get a sound,then press join game(like somebody on this forum posted,greatest tip for 1.3 ever),I haven't had one CTD on joining game since I use this trick.

Then I always choose a 24/7 server,TV2 has a 24/7 server for nearly every map,so it's either 24/7 Wake,Midnight Sun,Road Rage or Operation Harvest for me,doesn't really matter which map,but I never had a CTD on a server which doesn't change maps.

You gotta work around these bugs somehow...

2006-06-26 15:42:41

#4

l41e: Member; +677|6926

Yeah I remember a post here about that box.

BTW Blindfisch, did you get your AF off LSD yet?

2006-06-26 19:35:22

#5

Reject_Wolf: Former Karkand Addict; +32|6861|Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Yeah listen to blindfish, he does what I do and it works.

2006-06-26 23:36:50

#6

LoMaX: Member; +24|6812|Sweden is banned from hell ;)

Great! I will make it a go.. Thankz for the tip.

2006-06-26 23:39:43

#7

SiMSaM16: Member; +48|6971|United States of America

Ive never CTD'd in the middle of a game. The only time Ive CTD'd is loading a map, or clicking the JOIN GAME button.

2006-06-27 00:02:51

#8

LoMaX: Member; +24|6812|Sweden is banned from hell ;)

SiMSaM16 wrote:
Ive never CTD'd in the middle of a game. The only time Ive CTD'd is loading a map, or clicking the JOIN GAME button.

Also true in my experience. In game I sometimes get a total freeze.. sometimes. But hey that's OK too.

2006-06-27 04:42:51

#9

TF501|Slee: Member; +18|6848|Michigan

To recap - this is not a CTD on join. Yes, I get those, but they are infrequent enough that I can get by. This is freezing up while playing - usually resulting in a CTD if I wait long enough - or I just have to kill the app if it hangs long enough. I'm talking about being in game for 50% of the round or more.

A side question - when you CTD or when you freeze, does anyone know if the states you accumulated up till then in the round count? (it would be even more frustrating to know I'm playing until 20 tickets are left on a 64-man and then FREEZE/CTD and know I'm getting NOTHING for my effort)

2006-06-28 01:01:48

#10

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6953|Canberra, AUS

Never had one like that.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2006-06-28 04:47:47

#11

TF501|Slee: Member; +18|6848|Michigan

Another update - had a FREEZE 3 times last night.
- First time I had just joined the server, killed a tank on Harvest with AT rocket, then started to run... complete system lockup. Had to reboot to fix
- Second time I had been playing for maybe 10 minutes, multiple kills, multiple deaths. Game froze, was able to get to Task Mgr and kill the app.
- Third time I had just joined a new server and FROZE with complete system lockup. Gave up and rebooted my PC before going to bed.

Needless to say this is starting to take a toll on my patience for the game. Maybe I'll actually go try Day of Defeat again - they're releasing new maps and gameplay.

2006-06-28 05:11:47

#12

LoMaX: Member; +24|6812|Sweden is banned from hell ;)

TF501|Slee wrote:
Another update - had a FREEZE 3 times last night.
- First time I had just joined the server, killed a tank on Harvest with AT rocket, then started to run... complete system lockup. Had to reboot to fix
- Second time I had been playing for maybe 10 minutes, multiple kills, multiple deaths. Game froze, was able to get to Task Mgr and kill the app.
- Third time I had just joined a new server and FROZE with complete system lockup. Gave up and rebooted my PC before going to bed.

Needless to say this is starting to take a toll on my patience for the game. Maybe I'll actually go try Day of Defeat again - they're releasing new maps and gameplay.

I have had similar problems as your 2 last posts during these weeks.. coming and going.. and then suddenly yesterday.. I PLAYED SF for 5 hours without a problem.. that was really strang but NICE. And I have done no changes to my game/PC/OS during the last 5 days.

I guess I will give SF another GO tonight. Could it be that Vanilla BF2 + AF +EF is one package and SF another and the 1.3 patch affects these differently?

/LoMaX

Last edited by LoMaX (2006-06-28 05:20:05)

2006-06-28 06:29:51

#13

Harmor: Error_Name_Not_Found; +605|6826|San Diego, CA, USA

I seem to get less CTD during loading if I press the 'Stop Update' button while the browser refreshes before I press 'Favorites'.

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