Constant Map Server Disconnects
By
Arbiter Oates,
Posted on: 2011-12-14 07:29 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I was perfectly fine yesterday and today crashed about 6 times -- when loading into mishes, zoning out of Ouro and even once while using train to Croa...
Windows updated a good amount today but the crashes had started prior to those updates!
(They were MapServs like you stated and I do not have AMD so it shouldn't be a driver issue like others I know)
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Same here. I don't know what happened but yesterday I was perfectly fine...today I'm getting mapserved all the time. It is making the game impossible to play. I hope they have a fix on this really, really soon else I won't be able to play until it is.
-Doctor A
Buahahahaha!
I am having the same issue. I have given up playing for tonight, I hope they fix it by this weekend.
I am both happy and sad to know that there are others in my boat. They are taking the game down for maintenance today, so hopefully they will find/fix something going on with the Map Server as well.
-=fingers crossed=-
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Both my wife and I had the same issue yesterday on both of our computers. It was the same on both Protector and Exalted servers.
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I had the same problem on all 3 computers in this house. Out of curiosity, what is your ISP and your general geographic location?|
Originally Posted by Crimson_Plunger
Both my wife and I had the same issue yesterday on both of our computers. It was the same on both Protector and Exalted servers.
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I'm on Comcast and live in Massachusetts.
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Are the mapserver disconnects still happening after today's patch (December 15)?
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Yes, I'm getting them. For me, it started today after the patch. I played for hours yesterday without any issue.
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Originally Posted by Arbiter Oates
Are the mapserver disconnects still happening after today's patch (December 15)?
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I won't know until I get home from work tonight, but I will respond to this thread.
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Originally Posted by Arbiter Oates
Are the mapserver disconnects still happening after today's patch (December 15)?
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Make a man a fire and keep him warm for the day, SET a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life.
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Yes, still happening and incredibly frustrating. I might stop playing until it's resolved. It makes it almost impossible to play.
-Doctor A
Buahahahaha!
I was having the same problem last night.
The strange thing is that it seemed to be the account that had the problem not my client. I could run one account just fine, I could dualbox with other accounts, but one account just kept mapserving.
It wasn't the usual mapserve either. The game client would just stop and the only thing I could do was bring up the task manager to terminate the client. All while the other account kept chugging along.
Today all is well.
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Can you guys do something about the fact that my trays emptied on both on my toons I logged on today? You guys know this is happening when are you going to address this?
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Originally Posted by Arbiter Oates
Are the mapserver disconnects still happening after today's patch (December 15)?
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The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.
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Unfortunately yes, they are -- and it appears to be limited to zoning -- when I zone in/out of missions, when I use tram and ouro portals.|
Originally Posted by Arbiter Oates
Are the mapserver disconnects still happening after today's patch (December 15)?
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Just finished a DFB and didn't mapserve on the way in but on the way out at 4:09pm I did
Oh and just in case:
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at December 15, 2011 16:23 (-05:00)
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Darth, I think this is already a known issue or at least I recall reading another thread here in the tech issues/bugs forum when looking to find others having the same mapserve issue as I am.|
Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
Can you guys do something about the fact that my trays emptied on both on my toons I logged on today? You guys know this is happening when are you going to address this?
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The mapserving is upsetting lol -- I'm sure they will work on resolving it but it will totally crush my game play on a weekend, the only thing I can do is hunt atm since everything else eventually causes a crash. At one point last night I was able to run 3 mishes with no issue but then on the completion of the 4th I crashed and just logged for the night!
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Someone else reported that their issues were coming from bitdefender.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=280164
Which AV programs are people running?
Edit: often these things turn out to be software issues from programs other than CoH
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
I use Norton and CoH is on its friendly list -- hubby thinks it is a memory leak issue but I have no idea!
(also I have used the repair thingamabobber on the installer and it hasn't helped)
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Meowtch,
I'd recommend turning Ambient Occlusion off entirely, lowering World Detail to High, turning Bloom Off, setting Depth of Field Enabled to No and lowering the Water Quality to High rather than Ultra.
Those settings are pushing the card harder than it should be run and could be having a factor in your mapserves.
EDIT: Since hubby thinks it may be a memory leak, I'll ask another question. Do you have the NCLauncher set to close once it has launched the game? Not just minimize to the tray, but close entirely. This could help a lot as well. I'd recommend following the steps in Hyperstrike's Guide: How to make the new NCSoft Launcher as unobtrusive as possible that is stickied here in this forum section.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
I'll give it a whirl TX, thank you -- what sucks is that it was never an issue before
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When I zone, the game crashes. When I try to enter my SG base, the game crashes. When I log out to the character selection screen, the game crashes. When I try to enter a mission, the game crashes. If I log back in, it tells me that the account is already logged in.
Occasionally it doesn't crash when I zone, but then this always happens: The loading screen appears with <5% loaded(small amount on the loading bar), it sits on that screen for a couple seconds, then it flashes a new loading screen and starts from 0% until it fills the bar and I actually zone. To me it seems like something's happening during zoning that causes a mapserver disconnect, but I don't have a B.S. in Computer Science so that's just a guess on my part.
The game is unplayable at this point, it's just an exercise in frustration to even try. The bug that wiped most of my character's power trays was trivial compared to this, annoying, but I was still able to play the game on Tuesday. The failure cascade began Wednesday afternoon, and has continued ever since.
If I stay in one zone, and just pick up gifts, the game runs fine. So I did that for about an hour last night until I grew so bored that I tried to enter a mission...and the game crashed just like I knew it would. This is ridiculous.
It's not fun to receive such a nicely wrapped gift only to unwrap it and find a lump of coal.
Meowtch: I don't see anything that jumps out on your CoH helper.
Edit: the settings should be ok, I am just trying to figure out what the common cause is.
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
*cleans newchemicals glasses for him*
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Its mostly about getting enough information.
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
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This is about what I'm having happen as well!
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Originally Posted by Fugacity
When I zone, the game crashes. When I try to enter my SG base, the game crashes. When I log out to the character selection screen, the game crashes. When I try to enter a mission, the game crashes. If I log back in, it tells me that the account is already logged in.
Occasionally it doesn't crash when I zone, but then this always happens: The loading screen appears with <5% loaded(small amount on the loading bar), it sits on that screen for a couple seconds, then it flashes a new loading screen and starts from 0% until it fills the bar and I actually zone. To me it seems like something's happening during zoning that causes a mapserver disconnect, but I don't have a B.S. in Computer Science so that's just a guess on my part. If I stay in one zone, and just pick up gifts, the game runs fine. |
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The common cause is zoning. When people having the problem are zoning the mapserver disconnects them.
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Originally Posted by newchemicals
I am just trying to figure out what the common cause is.
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Just since the patch today I, every time I attempt to load into a mission, 1 out of 5 attempts is succseful and the other 4 results in a MapServer disconnect.
Happens on both my PCs, anyone else seeing this too?
Make a man a fire and keep him warm for the day, SET a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life.
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