Game hangs after Player dies

[FunkOff]

Player quits or dies my game hangs i can only close the game with task manager.
But only sometimes. 1 of 4-6 games this happens after player dies or quits.

Hmm. The lack of consistency of this problem makes it harder to diagnose.

May I ask that you post the replay of every game that DOES hang/crash after a player dies or quits, and tell me roughly what the in-game time was when this occurred, and post the log.

If this request seems excessive, do understand that the inconsistency of the problem suggests that it has a complex and non-obvious cause. Further, I do not know what the cause might be, and I need as much information as I can get from you to potentially solve the problem.

[EdWood]

Hi,

acutally me and my friends, we have the same problem. Actually, in most of our games, we get this problem. Might not occur when killing the first or second ACU but it happens. If there is a way to help trackdown that problem, we are eager to help.
The game gets stuck asap when the ACU gets killed, no time for a nukeexplosion or anything. We all have to use the taskmanager to kill FA.

I am using the Steam version of FA and I checked my FA Lobby Folder, no error logs, nothing.

[EdWood]

Ok, it happens every game now...and it is not only me.

It happens when an ACU gets killed, but I could happen when the 2nd or 3rd one gets killed, or a player leaves the game, cause he lost.

I checked the FAF folder, no error log there.

[Ze_PilOt]

We need more infos :

- Uid of the game (the number in the replay name)

try to do ren_shownetworkstats in the console and check if someone if behind datas. If so, tell us who, and ask him to "report a bug".

[EdWood]

Thank you very much,

actually no one was behind in Data, I have those networkstats on, very often. The game was super smooth the whole time.

Here is the replay ID: 41798 (uncomplete replay though)...

Ok here we go with the error logs: faf error log http://pastebin.com/KC47asDA

fa log: http://pastebin.com/eJQC2uYR

Thx

P.S.: So far we (ZePilot) found a SoundProblem I had, related to my 4.1 Speaker System, now am switching it back in the settings to Stereo...will report later if that maybe solved the problem.

[EdWood]

Ok I made all the changes, went to stereo and tested against Sorian AI...

After I killed Sorian the game got stuck again.

Replay ID: 42276

FA log: http://pastebin.com/F3DHc9eF

FAF log: http://pastebin.com/2AG8WHib

[EdWood]

Hi, and another game, this time it got stuck again after the first ACU died...the game was still responding for the other players though, my ping went higher during my freeze...doubled...from 300 to over 600...since we waited for 2 min, suddenly the game moved on again and we could play it till the end.

I also tested a few games against the AI, same result. If however I play and get an early victory, there is no freeze at all...this only occurs for longer games and only on FAF, Steam is working fine.


Again here my replay and logs...

incomplete Replay ID: 42390

FA log: http://pastebin.com/rawbJuVW

FAF log: http://www.filedropper.com/fa_2 (zipped and uploaded cause File was bigger than 500kb)

[Ze_PilOt]

You seem to be able to reproduce the bug quite easily. Are you available this afternoon for some testing ?

[EdWood]

Sure

[FunkOff]

FAF log: http://www.filedropper.com/fa_2 (zipped and uploaded cause File was bigger than 500kb)

Hmm. Taking a look at this log, your game clearly does not freeze or crash on ACU death because 2 ACUs died separately from each other.

I am prepared to guess that there are two essential problems contributing to your issues. You probably have a fairly weak computer, so the combination of a bug that will be fixed in the next version (Gamecolors.lua) and the very high density of particles created by ACU nuclear explosions, are probably what are causing your issues.

Try turning down your fidelity and tell us if you're still experiencing problems. We'll fix the other issue in a patch soon.