Help the new kid on the block

burr123 · Post by **burr123** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:05 pm

Hello, anybody?

I am new to this game and to the forum. My bike seems to blowup at random points in the game. Can anyone out there help me . Thanks

Burr

Post by **Lucifer** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:35 pm

It's because you're not properly crashing into my wall.

Post by **Tank Program** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:54 pm

That's not contstructive Lucifer. Are you playing in single player or multiplayer mode? It could be that one of the Performance Tweaks is messing things up, I know that having one of them makes walls disapear on my system, which means you can't see what you hit that makes you blow up...

Post by **Lucifer** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:32 pm

Tank Program wrote:That's not contstructive Lucifer.

lol.

Tank Program wrote: Are you playing in single player or multiplayer mode? It could be that one of the Performance Tweaks is messing things up, I know that having one of them makes walls disapear on my system, which means you can't see what you hit that makes you blow up...

Seriously, I"ve noticed when it happens, it just happens once for everybody, then goes back to normal. And it happens to everybody, I mean. Possible causes:

1. Extreme packet loss. Packet loss is characterized by frequent, almost cyclical, updates where suddenly everything changes on the map. We're used to seeing this on some servers, like ish. Extreme packet loss creates a situation where the grid doesn't get updated from the server in a loooooong time, resulting in what appears a random crash, hitting nothing. This is what usually happens to everybody.

2. I think there's a bug in there somewhere also, and it's probably in the dedicated server. I've seen it happen numerous times where it wasn't extreme packet loss, it was just a serious disagreement between the server and every connected client on what the grid looked like. Gets worse the longer the server runs without being restarted, seems to get worse also if the server runs continuously, ie doesn't sleep because no players are connected. The partial solution is for the server administrator to just restart the server periodically. (Swampland, Breakfast(s) in Hell and Breakfast of Mass Destruction all have a cronjob that restarts them. Not sure about Champions, but it's hardly ever running these days anyway)

3. There is no #3.

Post by **Tank Program** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:18 pm

I was serious, in any type of game play, one of the performance Tweaks will make walls not be displayed. Turning them all off fixes this.

Thak · Post by **Thak** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:05 pm

How often does it happen?

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:06 am

ive often had this happen in about 6 rounds out of 10 for many matches in a row

i just leave cause i get to pissed