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jcoleman
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Lead Programmer, Big Huge Games
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Just an update and some help:
* CtW Crash. This one might say something like "abnormal program termination". We finally got a repro and there is a pre-patch2 workaround that will probably work for most people:
Run the game in 32-bit color depth and also have your desktop in 32-bit color depth. The later requirement isn't necessary for all video cards but I think this combination will cover everything. We'll get this fixed for patch 2.
* MP Lag. Someone was gracious enough to send us his computer which reproed the problem. We received it today and wrote a fix which seems to work. Basically, when running Rise of Nations, the computer's internal clock would run slow, to the tune of losing about 100ms/s! This appears related to a power supply issue. An adjusted algorithm for time synchronization should compensate for this sort of issue. I think this, in various forms, is the major lag issue that people have had with MP. What makes it truly awful is that it affects anyone playing in a game with such a system. The fix will be in patch 2.
* Problems hosting behind NATs. We have a repro of this and hope to have the fix in shortly.
The current agenda for patch 2 is:
* MP Lag fix.
* CtW crash fix.
* Fix to not being able to host behind NATs.
* Fix to ranking system.
* Fixes that allow us to robustly test patches before release.
* A separate "Check for Updates" button.
* Some small, misc fixes and tweaks to be announced.
The testing for patch 2 will probably take us through this Thursday (5-29-03). With luck, we'll have it up soon after.
Thanks for the support,
J
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Osito de Felpa
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"4 hours without saving"
Yeh, I know it's stupid, but I only need the saves for crashes, as I never use save games to recover a losing position. In fact, by and large, I find most games don't crash too much, so I don't really need to save too much. And there's often an autosave ...
After looking more closely, I see that the game does have some autosaves, but, strangely, they were all set before my own save which I did shortly after starting.
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bratsch_m
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I am a fanatical saver. I have had just too many bad experiences with my computers crashing, that sometimes I save every 10 minutes. I only use saves to recover from crashes as well, and although compulsive saving might seem annoying, I am a bit glad for it in the end.
This is really great, I am really happy I spent my money on this game. I have never seen a game before where the programmers post updates on fan forums letting us know what is going on. I myself have not been able to play CTW yet, even after updating my drivers and checking that 32-bit thing. However seeing this and knowing that a patch is in development to fix it and will be released soon greatly relieves the frustration. Thanks very much.
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jcoleman
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Lead Programmer, Big Huge Games
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We haven't researched it extensively, yet; we went ahead and wrote a work-around. However, another possibility is that sound or network drivers are spending too much time in their interrupts. It would be interesting to know if you have more recent sound or net drivers available and if that fixes your clock slowdown.
Thanks,
J
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Anne_nurmi
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were you find the update for your bios?
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Ike
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I am getting random CTDs (and sometimes restarts!) during quick battles, not just CTW. Will this patch address those issues? And when can we expect it?
Ike
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Mr. L3
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I run a NTP client. Could that possible cause an issue with the game?
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Fayadi
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Overseas Chinese living in Singapore
Oct 2001
time: 13:28
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There is some graphical error in RON that need to be corrected too.Supply Wagon dont change into trucks in the industrial age and same too for Caravan.That is a bug need to be corrected.
When I am playing Turkey against the AI's chinese,sometimes their building's graphics is same to mine meaning that their building should have a Chinese style not a Turkish style.I dont know why this happen,this has repeated more than twice,I am using Turkey against AI's British,their building changed to Turkish style instead of European style,Is that a bug?
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ajbera
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of the Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium
Apr 1999
time: 05:28
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quote:
Originally posted by Ike
I am getting random CTDs (and sometimes restarts!) during quick battles, not just CTW. |
Ike, I was getting MANY CTD's and restarts while playing Battlefield 1942, and it was driving me crazy. I updated drivers, reinstalled the game, to no effect. I was going to do a clean reinstall of my OS when I decided to try something simple - I bought a can of compressed 'air' (dust remover), took the side off my case and blew out all the dust, and played with the side open. I played BF 1942 for 4 hours without a problem. When I put the side of the case back on and played, I got a CTD after an hour or so. So... I think it was a heat issue. Looks like I'll have to invest in some more cooling fans or a better heat sink compound for my processor. In the meantime, though, I can play my games for hours and hours again without incident as long as I play with one side of the case open.
I used to get CTDs with RoN as well, but I haven't tried playing it again since blowing the dust out of my machine. However, canned air is cheap, so you may want to do as I did and see if that helps anything.
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24-05-2003 07:03
And yes I avenge penguins!
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