Author Topic: Discos kill the scores. (Read 382 times)

Hristo · « **Reply #15 on:** March 03, 2000, 06:31:00 AM »

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2 hard lockups with speakers clicking away madly requiring cold reboot

Exactly what happens to me in recent versions !

Sometimes (usually in the moment I open fire), speakers start clicking and everything freezes for about 2-3 seconds or even longer.

Since it started happening just as I upgraded my joystick, I blamed the digital upgrade for this, but it seems it happens to others too, right ?

My system:

Celeron 333 @ 416
64 MB RAM
Asus V 3400 TNT 1 card
Monster MX 300 soundcard
TM F22/TQS/Rudders with digital upgrade

blitz · « **Reply #16 on:** March 03, 2000, 07:56:00 AM »

Hi all,

3 or 4 discos last night (none of them in GMT TOD tho), but no lockups, just host connection lost.

blitz

eskimo · « **Reply #17 on:** March 03, 2000, 08:08:00 AM »

Back to how discos effect scores;
is there a way to completly clear your scores and start again?
eskimo

danish · « **Reply #18 on:** March 03, 2000, 05:41:00 PM »

Increasingly numbers of discoes lately.Tonight 4-5(?).I get a few short red flashes on beacon then loose connection.When out and pinging HTC i get usual good pings (160-180) and no loss.Frustrating.

Just on a side note good rudder authority now in new patch.Thx!

danish

Edith; looking at score I am credited for only 2 discoes.Hmmm...

[This message has been edited by danish (edited 03-03-2000).]

Duckwing6 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 03, 2000, 06:06:00 PM »

Had another 2 discoes tonight .. did the ping-ploter and always found connectionto be ok .. no major packet loss, constant delays ..

eskimo · « **Reply #20 on:** March 04, 2000, 03:47:00 AM »

I just had cable-modem instaled, not 1 disco tonight!

Did 2 trace routes, they came up 107, and 102.
It's much more fun when things work properly!
eskimo

LLv34_Snefens · « **Reply #21 on:** March 04, 2000, 09:13:00 AM »

I am getting increasing disco's too at the moment. No lock-ups, just host connection lost. Often I get a beacon then back in green then a new beacon, then sometimes I have no more and continue flying, but sometimes I get the third beacon and I get dropped.
I always go out and trace HTC, but so far I have come up with no oddities. Dunno what it is.
One of my discoes was two nights ago, where there were about 60 players, when I began noticing strange happenings (icon range out to 13K and such), and when I checked roster we were just 10 people. moments later I got discoed myself.

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Ltn. Snefens
RO, Lentolaivue 34

Minotaur · « **Reply #22 on:** March 04, 2000, 10:32:00 AM »

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<snip> when I began noticing strange happenings (icon range out to 13K and such) <snip>

LLv34_Snefens;

I seldom look at the "Beacon Light" unless I notice a problem. Often times this will be the first thing that I notice.

One other sure fire way to know you have been disconnected is if you type text into the radio buffer and it does not come out in the chat buffer. Or, you notice the chat buffer has quit scrolling.

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Mino
The Wrecking Crew
Trainer

MiG Eater · « **Reply #23 on:** March 04, 2000, 11:46:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Hristo:

I also experienced rubber bullets. Ok, maybe it was just me, but enemy planes just did not go down with hits.

My hit percentage dropped from 17% to some 11-12% at that time. Some guys were just impossible to hit. In case where I'd normally land hits, my bullets just went what seemed around or through the plane. Not sure what is it, maybe just my gunnery.

Hristo, I've experienced this on a consistant basis forcing me to get closer and closer for kills, especially on maneuvering airplanes. I started filming every engagement. Slowing down the films to a snail's pace, I discovered that some of my targets would jump up to two wingspan lengths to the side after I opened fire. There was nothing gradual to the jump: in one frame the target would be fixed in the sight with proper lead and the next frame, outside the gunsight with a noticable horizontal displacement. The bullets simply passed through empty air where the aircraft or a part of the aircraft had been. In most instances, I was absolutely sure the guns aiming solution would result in hits. I've been attributing this to net lag... still frustrating.

MiG

eskimo · « **Reply #24 on:** March 04, 2000, 07:23:00 PM »

Mig,
The guns do have kick. If you are looking at the enemy in Zoom mode the kick of your guns might cause a sudden yaw, making him jerk out of your sights. Just an idea.
eskimo

eskimo · « **Reply #25 on:** March 06, 2000, 01:49:00 AM »

I don't get it. I just switched to a cable modem, but had 3 discos tonight (my second night flying with cable ISP). What could be wrong? Could my computer be screwed up? Could my copy of the game be screwed up? Do I just have bad luck?
Help!
eskimo

Duckwing6 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 06, 2000, 05:38:00 AM »

eskimo i'm on DSL as well and have had several discoes during the first few days after the last patch .. the last days no more .. i guess that's just bad luck with the connection gods...

bloom25 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 06, 2000, 03:34:00 PM »

During the week I'm on a 100baseT network and get discoed. I don't believe connection method has much to do with our problem. The one time my computer didn't lock after a disco in this new version I immediately ran a traceroute with ping plotter. (I posted the results in the tech support forum under "A few tracerts for you." ) My problem has been sprint or savvis dumping packets. The 850ms delay doesn't help much either.

My normal connection averages about 65ms to HTC.
Over the past few days I've also been having problems with rubber bullets, and I've also seen what appeared to be bullets passing through planes.

bloom25
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