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[Spark04]

Do people really have that crappy of computers that they are constantly crashing? Im tired of people disconnected at the start of a round or right before they are killed.

Stop defending these people by blaming the game for crashing. Its bad game etiquette and flat out BS to disconnect to farm CB or to rob someone from a kill.

[Khanahar]

I crash once every 10 games or so; better on better day, worse on worse.

But, when I play with a lancemate, he'll often notice that I won't register a disconnect, even if my computer straight-up shuts down. I've literally won games with my 'mech stupidly running in circles after I've crashed (I RP that my character has narcolepsy) when I'm the only remaining 'mech on my team and we win by getting 750 pickles.

So I don't believe in getting angry at people who disconnect randomly or at the start of a match. But right before death, yes, those people are scum. The kind of people who drive in the shoulder during traffic jams, take 16 items into a "15 or less" aisle and park in handicapped spots.

[Joseph Mallan]

Spark04, on 26 January 2013 - 09:39 AM, said:

Do people really have that crappy of computers that they are constantly crashing? Im tired of people disconnected at the start of a round or right before they are killed.

Stop defending these people by blaming the game for crashing. Its bad game etiquette and flat out BS to disconnect to farm CB or to rob someone from a kill.

Once every 20 games or so. But I do agree that DCing to farm is in poor taste.

Sir go take a nap, you seem cranky.

Edited by Joseph Mallan, 26 January 2013 - 09:56 AM.

[Abstrusity]

There are still huge memory leak problems, gold vision bug, 4fps.
It's not that the computers are ******, it's that the game isn't optimized, the bugs aren't gone.
Now, the memory leak crashes happen to me in the middle of brawls, too, whether I was getting my *** beat or not, but I've never been fighting someone up close and THEN disconnected.
It's mostly near the beginning of matches or JUST as I engage everything.

[Sean von Steinike]

Every 20 matches or so I'll get a match ending bug. Usually the yellow HUD bug.

[Khanahar]

Sean von Steinike, on 26 January 2013 - 09:59 AM, said:

Every 20 matches or so I'll get a match ending bug. Usually the yellow HUD bug.

Real men don't think yellow screen is match-ending. Right-shift F11, and stick with a buddy so you can shoot at what they shoot at to avoid FF. If your buddy dies, go for cap and shoot at anything that shoots back at you. (But for the love of God don't shoot at just anything you see... had a teammate nearly kill me when I tried to help him cap when he had yellow screen). Also, remember you don't have chat any longer. My best yellow screen game netted 2 kills and me surviving. But I can get 1 kill with yellow screen pretty consistently.

[Dr Killinger]

This week, my PC suddenly started overheating (turns out it was a combination of an African heatwave, and my PC not being in it's usual location). I had 3 matches where I logged in only to shut down just as things got hairy. I then fixed the problem.

tl;dr believe it or not, it happens to all of us.

[Deamhan]

It's not the computers, it's the game. I was dropping with someone who was getting it constantly one night. Even after multiple client restarts. Yet since then, has had no issues.

Often people will say, "Soso is AFK". If the DC happens at the start, it could be someone farming or it couple be that they encountered one of the many bugs. If the DC happens when the other person knows they are about to die, it's pretty much guaranteed that they DC'ed on purpose. If you see a mech moving along the map or walking endlessly into a mountain side, it is pretty much guaranteed that they had a CTD.

[Joseph Mallan]

Khanahar, on 26 January 2013 - 10:04 AM, said:

Real men don't think yellow screen is match-ending. Right-shift F11, and stick with a buddy so you can shoot at what they shoot at to avoid FF. If your buddy dies, go for cap and shoot at anything that shoots back at you. (But for the love of God don't shoot at just anything you see... had a teammate nearly kill me when I tried to help him cap when he had yellow screen). Also, remember you don't have chat any longer. My best yellow screen game netted 2 kills and me surviving. But I can get 1 kill with yellow screen pretty consistently.

killed me a Cataphract with the gold screen the other day. His small fast friend tore me to shreds since I couldn't see him through the solid yellow bar over the lower half of my screen!

[Sean von Steinike]

Khanahar, on 26 January 2013 - 10:04 AM, said:

Real men don't think yellow screen is match-ending. Right-shift F11, and stick with a buddy so you can shoot at what they shoot at to avoid FF. If your buddy dies, go for cap and shoot at anything that shoots back at you. (But for the love of God don't shoot at just anything you see... had a teammate nearly kill me when I tried to help him cap when he had yellow screen). Also, remember you don't have chat any longer. My best yellow screen game netted 2 kills and me surviving. But I can get 1 kill with yellow screen pretty consistently.

Well, maybe you can but if I can't see anything but yellow, it's not going to happen.

[skullman86]

The last patch seems to have fixed the crashes to desktop for me and replaced them with a crash to mechlab. Sometimes it's every 5 games, sometimes it's every 100 games...there is no telling when it will happen.

If you play enough, you will start to recognize the names of the players who always disconnect. Farmers "play" more games, so your chances of being dropped with them is higher and that makes them easier to pick out of a group.

Not everyone who crashes is a farmer.

Edited by skullman86, 26 January 2013 - 10:37 AM.

[Serapth]

Deamhan, on 26 January 2013 - 10:07 AM, said:

It's not the computers, it's the game. I was dropping with someone who was getting it constantly one night. Even after multiple client restarts. Yet since then, has had no issues.

Often people will say, "Soso is AFK". If the DC happens at the start, it could be someone farming or it couple be that they encountered one of the many bugs. If the DC happens when the other person knows they are about to die, it's pretty much guaranteed that they DC'ed on purpose. If you see a mech moving along the map or walking endlessly into a mountain side, it is pretty much guaranteed that they had a CTD.

I had that yesterday ( dont know if its fixed, havent played ), I quit playing because of the disconnects I kept getting. About 50% of matches I DCed a few minutes in, then after about a dozen DCs, I just gave up.

Before yesterday, I dont think I experienced more than one or two in match DCs since CB.

[Mr 144]

Sean von Steinike, on 26 January 2013 - 10:28 AM, said:

Well, maybe you can but if I can't see anything but yellow, it's not going to happen.

Then press right shift+F11 like he said It removes the HUD completely and your screen will no longer be yellow Of course, there are consequences...
No Map
No Chat
No Reticules
No Friend or Foe Detection

Mr 144

[Wired]

As annoyed as I am about people alt-f4ing to try to perserve their k/d ratio(I believe they fixed this anyways), I am glad that they took the stance they did by not adding major punitive measures to disconnecting in a game.

DayZ had the entire community inflamed against the same sort of activity. people would do it to avoid zombies and the like... but then they made it so you either couldn't log into the server for a long time, or your body sat around for 5 minutes just free for people to maim, including zombies.
DayZ itself had major problems - there was a crash reported that was part of ARMA and no one seemed to take it seriously. My game would crash every 3 to 5 minutes sometimes.

[Mazzyplz]

Khanahar, on 26 January 2013 - 09:54 AM, said:

I've literally won games with my 'mech stupidly running in circles after I've crashed (I RP that my character has narcolepsy) when I'm the only remaining 'mech on my team and we win by getting 750 pickles.

LMAO.... ROFL!!

[Thorqemada]

I have a very good and stable computer and depending on the version MWO crashes and bugs more often or less often.
I had most often no problems till the first january patch where i had quite often "Yellow Outs", No Huds, CTDs.
The recent patch fixed most of it and i had in ~20 matches one buggy HUD, buggy Minimap and a few of the usual "Grey Mech" games.
If the bug ratio is 1 bug per 5 matches per player that means that you have 3 bugs per 15 players in a match that consists 16 players so the chance is to have more than 3 bugs per match though not every bug is a CTD or DC.

Edited by Thorqemada, 26 January 2013 - 10:50 AM.

[Serapth]

... and just DCed again, about 6 minutes into the match.


Something has happened, and now the game is literally unplayable to me right now. I have an under 40ms ping, live in the same city as the servers and from my end my internet is staying rock solid. Ive done a complete reinstall.

Something server side is screwing me, and has been since yesterday.

[bloodnor]

Spark04, on 26 January 2013 - 09:39 AM, said:

Do people really have that crappy of computers that they are constantly crashing? Im tired of people disconnected at the start of a round or right before they are killed.

Stop defending these people by blaming the game for crashing. Its bad game etiquette and flat out BS to disconnect to farm CB or to rob someone from a kill.

TOP LEFT CORNER IT SAYS BETA. i have a nice rig and i always play and never farm. but once in a while i do get a disconnect totally out of my control

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

[mattkachu]

I'd say "beginning round crash to desktop" is the best one to get. Just a little rage on my part, and start up the game and choose another drop.

What grinds my gears is crashes during mid battle. Im in the thick of the fighting and bam, now on desktop... I havent had this since before christmas patch though.

The wrost one to have is yellow screen, because other teammates will see you piloting and not doing so well, and this invites all sorts of riff-raff. Even clearing the HUD doesnt help too much, as you cant easily identify friend vs foe. Ive had this twice since lates patch.

The biggest problem of crashing is letting your team down by not giving them an even match.

Edited by mattkachu, 26 January 2013 - 11:34 AM.

[NintenJoe]

Khanahar, on 26 January 2013 - 10:04 AM, said:

Real men don't think yellow screen is match-ending. Right-shift F11, and stick with a buddy so you can shoot at what they shoot at to avoid FF. If your buddy dies, go for cap and shoot at anything that shoots back at you. (But for the love of God don't shoot at just anything you see... had a teammate nearly kill me when I tried to help him cap when he had yellow screen). Also, remember you don't have chat any longer. My best yellow screen game netted 2 kills and me surviving. But I can get 1 kill with yellow screen pretty consistently.

I enjoy the challenge of a good yellow screen. I too am able to still be a valid member of the team.

Adapt and overcome people.