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[Rorvik]

Honestly, I ******* can't stand it anymore. I don't know what it is about The Mining Collective, but I get DCed a good 50% of the time when I'm on that map. And that's not an exaggeration. Sometimes, if I'm lucky enough to still be alive after reconnectiung, I'll get DCed again a little while later.

No more.

Until PGI fixes this map, I'm just going to cut to the chase and DC and play another Mech. There's just no point. I've got Premium Time going and I'm wasting it by CONSTANTLY being DCed on this map.

So, if you see my DC while on Mining Collective, don't bother reporting me. File a support ticket on my behalf instead.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Rorvik, on 29 January 2015 - 08:48 PM, said:

Honestly, I ******* can't stand it anymore. I don't know what it is about The Mining Collective, but I get DCed a good 50% of the time when I'm on that map. And that's not an exaggeration. Sometimes, if I'm lucky enough to still be alive after reconnectiung, I'll get DCed again a little while later.

No more.

Until PGI fixes this map, I'm just going to cut to the chase and DC and play another Mech. There's just no point. I've got Premium Time going and I'm wasting it by CONSTANTLY being DCed on this map.

So, if you see my DC while on Mining Collective, don't bother reporting me. File a support ticket on my behalf instead.

Quitting a map for no reason other than "You Don't Like It" is a violation of the game's Code of Conduct. It ensures you get a 100% D/C rate instead of a 50% rate. if you drop in, just play it while you can. Quitting makes you a loser.

Edit - 100% Drop rate is worse than a 50% drop rate. If you drop, fight while you can. If you quit up-front, then you're letting the map win.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 29 January 2015 - 08:51 PM.

[Rokuzachi]

I've actually seen a handful of other players complain about DC/Crashing issues on this map as well. The last time I saw it, a guy got DC'd, reconnected and DC'd again two or three times before it looked like he gave up. One guy even predicted his crash a minute or two into the match.

[White Bear 84]

Rorvik, on 29 January 2015 - 08:48 PM, said:

So, if you see my DC while on Mining Collective, don't bother reporting me. File a support ticket on my behalf instead.

Seem's like an unnecessary duplication of work if you submit your own ticket as well...

[Cyborne Elemental]

Question.

Are you running the x64-bit client or the 32-bit?
DirectX-9 or 11.
Have you run the repair tool?

Me personally, I was getting crashes on certain maps too using the 64 bit client, had to switch back.

I see this constantly, at least 1 guy every other game I'm in gets disconnected right at the start, then rejoins to find his team has moved to the other side of the map, and they just get murdered by a swarm of lights or w/e depending on the map.

Gotta be frustrating.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

Try each of these to see if they fix your issue. Do them one at a time and test it between steps. Best to report with your results once you're finished with the process.

Step 1 - Run the repair tool.

Step 2 - Switch from 64 to 32, or from 32 to 64, depending on what you use currently.

Step 3 - Turn down your settings to minimum.

Step 4 - Switch from DX11 to DX9, or from DX9 to DX11, depending on what you use currently.

Step 5 - Uninstall and reinstall.

I think there's also a folder you can delete that will force MWO to load fresh shaders or something, which might fix your problem. I'd include it in the steps above as Step 0 if I could remember the details correctly.

[cSand]

Levi Porphyrogenitus, on 29 January 2015 - 09:09 PM, said:

I think there's also a folder you can delete that will force MWO to load fresh shaders or something, which might fix your problem. I'd include it in the steps above as Step 0 if I could remember the details correctly.

It's the Shaders folder in your user profile folder... but I think when you run the repair tool it does that for you

[Agent 0 Fortune]

I switch to thermal upon entering.
Not sure if that will help you, but it helps me.

[cleghorn6]

Interesting.

Thermal or NV will shorten the view depth significantly. Probably dropping graphics settings will do the same thing. Be something to test if you could be bothered.

[Kilo 40]

Rorvik, on 29 January 2015 - 08:48 PM, said:

Honestly, I ******* can't stand it anymore. I don't know what it is about The Mining Collective, but I get DCed a good 50% of the time when I'm on that map. And that's not an exaggeration. Sometimes, if I'm lucky enough to still be alive after reconnectiung, I'll get DCed again a little while later.

No more.

Until PGI fixes this map, I'm just going to cut to the chase and DC and play another Mech. There's just no point. I've got Premium Time going and I'm wasting it by CONSTANTLY being DCed on this map.

So, if you see my DC while on Mining Collective, don't bother reporting me. File a support ticket on my behalf instead.

alternatively you could email support yourself about the issue and try to get it resolved.

you know...like an adult.

[SPII025]

I've got a buddy who's game crashes after the map starts on Mining Collective. It never crashes on any other map. Every time(and I mean this to be literal) the map starts on Mining Collective the game crashes. The only way for it not to crash him out after the first crash is if he turns off his entire pc and comes back into the game. It has something to do with the way the game loads that particular map or one of the shaders/texture files I'm sure. The problem is, he's run the tool, he's followed all the steps, etc. to absolutely no avail. We even had him copy one of our other friends map file to his own to see if that would work and it doesnt.

Edited by Yasuoka, 29 January 2015 - 09:24 PM.

[Rorvik]

Prosperity Park, on 29 January 2015 - 08:50 PM, said:

Quitting a map for no reason other than "You Don't Like It" is a violation of the game's Code of Conduct

Oh, I LIKE the map. I think it's one of PGI's best maps! I'd love to play it more often.

But the fact I keep getting DCed is causing me to waste precious Premium Time that could be better spent on another map that does NOT crash most of the time.

And just to make fun of the eventual obligatory idiot who doesn't read this far down and asks "If you care about Premium Time, why are you on the forum instead of playing?", I am actually playing the game right now; I typed this message out while waiting in the queue(s).

White Bear 84, on 29 January 2015 - 09:02 PM, said:

Seem's like an unnecessary duplication of work if you submit your own ticket as well...

I'm only going to send one ticket once. PGI tends to take notice of mass uproars more than a handful of issues here and there.

Mister D, on 29 January 2015 - 09:03 PM, said:

Question.

Are you running the x64-bit client or the 32-bit?
DirectX-9 or 11.
Have you run the repair tool?

I'm on 64-bit client on DX9 on Medium settings. I'll try running the repair tool, but from what others say below, it doesn't sound like it will help.

Mister D, on 29 January 2015 - 09:03 PM, said:

Me personally, I was getting crashes on certain maps too using the 64 bit client, had to switch back.

Yeah, that's the CryEngine for you. Every time I attempted to run Crysis on 64-bit DX10 it would crash after 20 - 30 minutes.

Kilo 40, on 29 January 2015 - 09:22 PM, said:

alternatively you could email support yourself about the issue and try to get it resolved.

you know...like an adult.

Calm down, dude, it was only a joke.

[Kin3ticX]

I have seen people crashing on this map since it came out. It had something to do with either switching DX mode or reinstalling DX i think.

[Kilo 40]

Rorvik, on 29 January 2015 - 10:23 PM, said:

Calm down, dude, it was only a joke.

calm down? ok...

well anyway I wasn't joking. If you have an issue, email support. that's much more constructive than disconnecting.

[CocoaJin]

Lol, you make an official declaration about how you ain't playing Mining Collective anymore...like the DCs are giving you a choice

Edited by CocoaJin, 29 January 2015 - 11:51 PM.

[Kain Demos]

I'v ebeen having problems with screen freezes and DCs on this map as well. I remember when it first came out it had a memory leak but luckily it never hit me but I've been having trouble with it ever since CW hit.

[Xenon Codex]

I recently had lots of DC until I switched over to the 64-bit client. So far no DCs after about 20+ drops. DC's on 32-bit weren't just Mining, other maps as well. Before 64-bit client released I had no problems with 32-bit client.

[Alistair Winter]

I don't blame you, OP. Hard to invest a lot of time in a match when there's a 50% you'll disconnect right when the shooting starts and be dead by the time you reconnect.

I would say PGI needs to sort this stuff out, but I'm not sure they have the technical ability.

[Kahadras]

I've had problems with Mining Collective. I'll have a few games with no problems then I'll have a run where I'll DC about a minuite after the fight starts. The quickest way I've found to get back into the game is to drop to desktop, reopen the game, hit escape, then select resume game. I'm out of the fight for a few seconds but it's better than nothing. It is a bit annoying though and it only seems to happen on that one map and seems to come and go.

Edited by Kahadras, 30 January 2015 - 12:20 AM.

[SnagaDance]

I can understand you wanting to intentionally DC. But could you instead just do a suicide rush please? If you were my team mate I'd rather have you go in, get slaughtered within a minute BUT also stripped the CT of an enemy already. Much more helpful for the team at least, certainly in combination with at least finding one location with enemies.