Forged Alliance Forever

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-23T14:21:36+02:00

A bit of clarification since I have managed to replicate the Main Menu part twice now. I think it's a problem with the map on planet 106. These times, I got the connecting screen, then loaded main menu. Have not yet had my avatar die, but the main menu thing is odd.

Yup, this is replicable. Defending 106 1v1 = Main Menu every time for me.

Statistics: Posted by IceDreamer — 23 Jan 2014, 14:21

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T23:57:23+02:00

It happened to me the same thing than IceDreamer a few hours ago. I squad up with a team-mate who has launched an attack on planet 106. When the automatch screen disappear, instead of starting the game with my acu on the field, I was sent to the main menu of FA.

A couples of minutes later, when my former team-mate won the game, my avatar (rank 4) was declared died and I had to pick a new one !

Very strange bug and very very annoying

PS : Ze_Pilot, except that bug, I really enjoy your amazing work and GW. Thanks a lot, the dream is becoming reality.

Statistics: Posted by bouznak — 22 Jan 2014, 23:57

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T22:01:38+02:00

Ze_PilOt wrote:
No idea.

Until we figure out what the problem was, can you make auto recall work server-side too? As in, if the player dced or whatever, they are still protected for any battle.

Statistics: Posted by FunkOff — 22 Jan 2014, 22:01

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T21:55:53+02:00

No idea.

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 22 Jan 2014, 21:55

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T21:47:56+02:00

Can this be a case of funkoff and po5stal trying to fight IceDreamer at the same time (both are cybran), causing bugs?

Statistics: Posted by Gorton — 22 Jan 2014, 21:47

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T20:12:09+02:00

And I'm 500% sure that I didn't, so either your software has a hole in it or I'm lying. Since I know I'm not lying that leaves only one conclusion. I even got the whole Gas Powered Games and THQ intro on game launch, you know, the logo videos? As though it had been launched via the exe, but I wasn't touching the keyboard at the time.

FunkOff, were you tagging along with po5tal, with him as the group leader? He told me the person he brought to the fight was an 800 rank player, not someone capable of utterly roflstomping me

Statistics: Posted by IceDreamer — 22 Jan 2014, 20:12

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T19:49:10+02:00

IceDreamer wrote:
I zipped the whole folder...

Just DLed and checked it, game.log is inside, 55,230 bytes. What do you mean I didn't provide it...

EDIT: Dammit, I see now, the Cybran guy didn't give you a game.log. I'll get him to go find it if he can.

The game DID launch correctly, as in forgedalliance.exe DID launch, but it took me to the main menu instead of the Setting up connection/setting up automatch screen I usually get. I never saw that. Can your server side logs, or even these logs, tell the difference between main menu launch and matchmaking launch?

Also what do you mean FunkOff reported me as died? Where does FunkOff come into this?

Again, I can't confirm that seing your logs. You've connected without trouble to other players, and the map launched. Maybe you've crashed after, but I'm 100% sure you had the connecting screen.

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 22 Jan 2014, 19:49

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T19:44:30+02:00

Ze_PilOt wrote:
I can't confirm what you've said looking at your logs.

I see FunkOff going into a game and reporting you as dead.

The game launched for me, but as soon as it started, the other two players disconnected (and eject screen showed up) and after I ejected them the game was over.

Statistics: Posted by FunkOff — 22 Jan 2014, 19:44

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T17:22:51+02:00

I zipped the whole folder...

Just DLed and checked it, game.log is inside, 55,230 bytes. What do you mean I didn't provide it...

EDIT: Dammit, I see now, the Cybran guy didn't give you a game.log. I'll get him to go find it if he can.

The game DID launch correctly, as in forgedalliance.exe DID launch, but it took me to the main menu instead of the Setting up connection/setting up automatch screen I usually get. I never saw that. Can your server side logs, or even these logs, tell the difference between main menu launch and matchmaking launch?

Also what do you mean FunkOff reported me as died? Where does FunkOff come into this?

Statistics: Posted by IceDreamer — 22 Jan 2014, 17:22

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T17:21:04+02:00

No, it's not my job. I do this on my free time.

I'm telling you that in the server log, FunkOff reported you as died, after a successful game launch. No problem server side.

The logs I need are stated in the appropriate sticky on this forum.
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=4801

In this case, you didn't gave me a game.log.

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 22 Jan 2014, 17:21

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T17:13:55+02:00

Then investigate further, that's your job. Look up my character name in your logs server side. Look up the history, look up what happened. TELL ME how best I can help. Tell me to check for other logs kept elsewhere, theories over what might cause the game launch to go to the main menu instead of the connecting screen. The potential here is for a bug which could break GW completely if it becomes more common, I'd have thought you would be more concerned about it.

Statistics: Posted by IceDreamer — 22 Jan 2014, 17:13

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T17:11:38+02:00

IceDreamer wrote:
So you think it is OK for a potentially character-breaking bug to remain in, and go uninvestigated? Bullshit you do.

This is YOUR fault PilOt. YOUR program has a glitch or bug somewhere in the code which has caused this to happen. Are you going to pay more attention when it happens to a rank 7 or rank 8 commander? Rest assured, if it's happened once it can happen again, and WILL happen again. I don't believe you're the kind of person, the kind of programmer, who believe it's OK for this kind of thing to happen.

You are here to beta test & provide information to debug. You didn't provided the necessary log I need to do so.

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 22 Jan 2014, 17:11

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T17:06:24+02:00

So you think it is OK for a potentially character-breaking bug to remain in, and go uninvestigated? Bullshit you do.

This is YOUR fault PilOt. YOUR program has a glitch or bug somewhere in the code which has caused this to happen. Are you going to pay more attention when it happens to a rank 7 or rank 8 commander? Rest assured, if it's happened once it can happen again, and WILL happen again. I don't believe you're the kind of person, the kind of programmer, who believe it's OK for this kind of thing to happen.

Statistics: Posted by IceDreamer — 22 Jan 2014, 17:06

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T16:42:41+02:00

I don't give back avatar. I only fix bugs.

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 22 Jan 2014, 16:42

Re: Major Bug - I want my character back!

2014-01-22T16:15:36+02:00

Tell us how to confirm it and I'll do my best. I've not used the new avatar for anything requiring credits or gaining credits or battling to keep it fresh just in case.

EDIT:

The old avatar's name is Janella Haddad and it was rank 3, in case that helps.

Statistics: Posted by IceDreamer — 22 Jan 2014, 16:15