Random failed consistancy checks.

SupremeThroneXSupremeThroneX Join Date: 2013-03-20 Member: 184093Members
edited September 2013 in Technical Support
So this has been happening for a while. I already tried reinstalling. I even moved the installation to a new hard drive, it still happens. Whenever I launch a new game random things fail consistency checks whether it be server_message.dds or marine_special.dds or turret models, or random ambient sounds. It is just something will fail a consistency check. Every time it happens i have to take time to verify integrity of the game files and even so it sometimes doesn't work. The game still does it. I even try to just keep joining the server in hopes that it will eventually pass and sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Today was just the final straw since i just have been living with it....

Oh and whenever I verify, it always says all the files have been validated successfully. It doesn't download anything.
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  • Ghosthree3Ghosthree3 Join Date: 2010-02-13 Member: 70557Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    In order to get verify to work properly, you have to delete the problematic files first, it must be bugged or lazy because it doesn't check them, but if they're missing they'll redownload.
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  • ApteryxApteryx Join Date: 2008-11-16 Member: 65475Members
    I'm also always getting file match errors since the mods have been released and are being used. They fail consistency check for some reason. Linux 255 build, using LANG=C before starting steam.
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  • Ghosthree3Ghosthree3 Join Date: 2010-02-13 Member: 70557Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    Also when you say "launch a new game" do you literally mean YOU launch the game, or you join a server. If it's you launching a game...oh dear.
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  • ApteryxApteryx Join Date: 2008-11-16 Member: 65475Members
    Tried reinstalling the game completely, didn't help a bit. Something in lua now goes awry. Maybe an inexistent config file causing the problem, as suggested in my log.txt: 
    Error: Attempted to load remote options from a file that does not exist.
Error: 1 memory leaks in 'Client' (9924 bytes)
Error: 1 memory leaks in 'Engine' (9924 bytes)
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  • Ghosthree3Ghosthree3 Join Date: 2010-02-13 Member: 70557Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    Don't worry about any of that (pretty sure).
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  • ApteryxApteryx Join Date: 2008-11-16 Member: 65475Members
    Right now I can't even play (I'm trying to create a game with bots). The TeamJoin lua script loops endlessly on this: 
    Error: lua/TeamJoin.lua:54: attempt to index a nil value
[Server] Script Error #233: lua/TeamJoin.lua:54: attempt to index a nil value
    Call stack:
    #1: lua/TeamJoin.lua:54
        self = TeamJoin-1467 {name="", playerCount=0, scale=cdata, teamIsFull=false, teamNumber=1 }
        team1PlayerCount = 0
Error: lua/TeamJoin.lua:54: attempt to index a nil value
[Server] Script Error #234: lua/TeamJoin.lua:54: attempt to index a nil value
    Call stack:
    #1: lua/TeamJoin.lua:54
        self = TeamJoin-2307 {name="", playerCount=0, scale=cdata, teamIsFull=false, teamNumber=0 }
        team1PlayerCount = 0

    The full log.txt is attached.
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  • ConfusedConfused Wait. What? Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12904Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Subnautica Playtester
    Howdy I'm gonna paste what fleetcommand had to say about this:

    This is an issue which is being worked on. It is a Locale problem but not with the LANG variable but the LC_ALL variable. So you can overcome the issue by setting LC_ALL to en_US.UTF8 until it's fixed.

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  • SupremeThroneXSupremeThroneX Join Date: 2013-03-20 Member: 184093Members
    Okay I am back this time with lots of pictures. So i tried again after many attempts and I just crashed at that point. Open WER with notepad. Also if anyone can tell me where I can find where NS2 puts the log and minidump.dmp file it would be awesome.

    So like before these are just RANDOM. It fails at Random times, On and off on servers. It happens on every server, some less so than others. TBG i have less problems with but NS2 dimonds it happens more frequently. It happens on RANDOM files as you will see from the pictures. Veil had a losing streak on a particular file. It doesn't matter if i check my files for consistency it always comes back at 100%. Perhaps im the only one experiencing this. It only started happening after update 245. So im not sure what changed. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling. The symptoms didn't appear again until i turned on the game 3 times about. I have installed the game on two different hard drives. Doesn't work. Best guess is that it might be something wrong with my computer specifically but I don't get any other errors from anything else except this game. Im out of ideas at this point. If anyone can shed light as to why this might be happening it would be much appreciated. Hopefully the minidump file can help me out.
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  • ConfusedConfused Wait. What? Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12904Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Subnautica Playtester
    If I were to guess, this is a symptom of "something bad" (tm).

    Basically, what appears to be happening is some time reading a file turns out one way and other times it turns out another. This either means that the hard drive is producing bogus data or bad things are happening in ram.

    As a result, I would do the following things:
    Run the SMART tests and or chkdsk on your hard drive.
    I would run memtest as well. http://www.memtest86.com/ download, burn cd, run overnight.
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