101 Ways to Crash NS2
Argathor
Join Date: 2011-07-18 Member: 110942Members, Squad Five Blue
Join Date: 2011-07-18 Member: 110942Members, Squad Five Blue
Since b188-ish I have steadily found NS2 crashes more and more often each patch. At the moment it is so bad I can barely finish games. While it could all be one issue the various actions I am performing when crashing could easily be different issues/bugs too:
<b>1) Buying weapons
2) Firing weapons
3) Switching weapons
4) Joining Teams
5) Starting Rounds
6) Ending Rounds
7) Evolving Lifeforms
8) Tabbing Out/Into NS2</b>
etc
The odd thing is that this has only effected me in public matches to date. I have never crashed during an ENSL Gather match. This would draw me towards it somehow being server performance related, but with such a small sample size it could easily be random chance.
My PC runs the game fine, specs: i7 920 @ 4.1ghz, 12GB RAM, AMD 5850. In long games I get around 70 FPS constantly, dropping to perhaps 50-60 FPS in combat.
I know at the moment there is an issue with servers chucking a load of people off at the same time (and them crashing), I have only had that happen to me once. These crashes are solely effecting me from my experience.
Do other people find Gathers far more stable?
<b>1) Buying weapons
2) Firing weapons
3) Switching weapons
4) Joining Teams
5) Starting Rounds
6) Ending Rounds
7) Evolving Lifeforms
8) Tabbing Out/Into NS2</b>
etc
The odd thing is that this has only effected me in public matches to date. I have never crashed during an ENSL Gather match. This would draw me towards it somehow being server performance related, but with such a small sample size it could easily be random chance.
My PC runs the game fine, specs: i7 920 @ 4.1ghz, 12GB RAM, AMD 5850. In long games I get around 70 FPS constantly, dropping to perhaps 50-60 FPS in combat.
I know at the moment there is an issue with servers chucking a load of people off at the same time (and them crashing), I have only had that happen to me once. These crashes are solely effecting me from my experience.
Do other people find Gathers far more stable?
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That is fantastic news!
It also reminded me of something. When I crash all I see is a black screen, I have to end the crash report window (which I cannot see to submit it) to be able to close the game.
Is there some reason the crash report window does not appear for me? Is there an easy way to make it appear?
P.S. I have been running NS2 off my SSD for a while now and the game loads blisteringly fast. I can get into most servers in 2-3 seconds, which is amazing (in my experience) for a modern game!
Oh balls... *heads off make to up 93 ways to crash*
Windowed mode give you more control over crashes that turn NS2 into an unresponsive mess.
Seems it will be fixed in next patch !
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Had also very much crashes in this build which i hadnt before.Always as alien commander selecting entities or clickling on infestation and so on...
But hey Max this is off topic :)
But just wanted to say to you that "Gorilla Patch" hast been postet in the news today of the biggest german gaming site.
<a href="http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/natural-selection-2/news/natural_selection_2,45616,2564512.html" target="_blank">http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/natural-sele...16,2564512.html</a>
The comments are overall positive (also with the notes inside that ns1 was/is to complex and intelligent to understand for casual gamers (but this made/makes this game so unique !!!)).
From my side i had more fun and thrill with this patch then with any stupid 3D Shooter/x what was made since HL1 engine/mods.
I wish your team an additional outstanding engine programmer for the brutal finish !
This game is a masterpiece artwork for such a small team !!!
And yes i am a fanboy.....
Cant join any favorite server of mine atm because they are full :)
But wtf means "pimpage" ?
My english is very bad but this sounds more like american slang and i found no translation for it.
Oops 102 hours. Where the hell does the time go?
You know the MTV show 'Pimp my ride' ?
Whats MTV ?
We are barely 24 hours in and my client has crashed 9 times (from during map load, to gameplay and round end). Also, again due to how NS2 crashes I cannot see the debugger/crash report window, so have to ctrl+alt+del and close them, so don't even get to report the crashes properly.
We are barely 24 hours in and my client has crashed 9 times (from during map load, to gameplay and round end). Also, again due to how NS2 crashes I cannot see the debugger/crash report window, so have to ctrl+alt+del and close them, so don't even get to report the crashes properly.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
198 Argathor seems to have messed up quite a few things across the board
We are barely 24 hours in and my client has crashed 9 times (from during map load, to gameplay and round end). Also, again due to how NS2 crashes I cannot see the debugger/crash report window, so have to ctrl+alt+del and close them, so don't even get to report the crashes properly.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Can you try running in windowed mode to see if that lets you get to the crash debug screen any easier? The more crash debug reports we can get the better chance Max and Dushan have of fixing them asap.
Realy, the only crash i had, if i alt tab a long time and try to go back to ns2.
but at all i can say the game runs very well, i mean you have to play older builds, gee it was luck to stay on a server a round.
Now its great in my opinion.
That felt strange everywhere was boom bang peng and suddenly it was so quiet...scared.
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<a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pimpage" target="_blank">http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pimpage</a>
Good site if you have questions on English slang.
I had now like 5 games since 198 and NO crash, even not after i host (weirdly) my ONLINE lan server and got it full up to 14 people.
yes you read right, i mark as LAN and it was online play ^^
But the game runs totaly fine, even the pings was great, 5vs5 was playable, i was very surprised.
Edit:
I just remember one weird bug but not crash with 197, where i drop a mine behind the command station and the game goes crazy.
Like build your mine messages, and if you are in mine range, you saw your thirdperson model in firstpersonview.
But realy no crash and i got a ATI card, which is bad for the most games.
I had the newest drivers, Win 7@64bit and newest drivers, also i don't install every sh*t on my computer, which means i only run software (e.g. anti-virus) i need.