Crash when joining/"Requesting World"

[SnakerVII]

ok.. I got a char made, but when I click him and hit \"join game\" i get to the loading screen ,but on the second line of text , \"Requesting World\", I crash up.  Any suggestions on how I could fix my problem? Already tried no sound. No sound and Direct Sound seem to work the best for me. But I can\'t get past the world loading screen.  Help is appreciated =P

[Javi Van Kenobi]

I have the same problem so i cant play
PLEASE HELP!!!!!

[steuben]

the latest round of updates solves the problem

[Peetabix]

I have the lastest update and it still crashes when Requesting world.

Do i have to create a new character though as i\'m using one that i made before todays update?

Edit - Just disabled sound and it works

[Valbrandr]

Mine crashes on me certain times of the day.  It seems as if it happens because there are too many people on.

[Keyaz]

FIXES:

1. Turn off sound, this is the main problem

2. Run the updater ALWAYS before you play

3. if all else fails, get a gm to reset your Characters position, this worked for Vanderbal

[ronxena]

Originally posted by mikedean
FIXES:

2. Run the updater ALWAYS before you play

I am not sure this is always a good idea. Yesterday I had no problem playing for hours without a break, but today after updated to newest 29.12. client I also have the problems during joining games or during level transition... last thing I see is \"Loading World\".

Sound is off for testing.
Strange is: with a chance of 1 to 10 it works loading, no clue why or whats the difference. Whenever I see \"Starting GUI\" I am in the game - seems to be really a loading bug, maybe I simply have to delete the level-zip files, that helped for the first time.

Tried sound off, I test around a little bit, if this wont help I step back to client version of 26.12.... which ran very stable, even with sound.

[diabolus]

I didn\'t have any of these crashing problems until i updated today [29 Dec]. I also crashed a few times when logging [when loading world] as well as doing transitions between areas. Running full screen seemed to have solved the initial logging on problem [instead of windowed, which wasn\'t a problem before the update].

So it\'s either the latest update, or something changed in the game between today and yesterday.

[ronxena]

Originally posted by diabolus
I didn\'t have any of these crashing problems until i updated today [29 Dec]. I also crashed a few times when logging [when loading world] as well as doing transitions between areas. Running full screen seemed to have solved the initial logging on problem [instead of windowed, which wasn\'t a problem before the update].

So it\'s either the latest update, or something changed in the game between today and yesterday.

...exactly the same for me, no problems till update today.

I tested a little bit and the only solution I found is to set planeshift to 800x600,32bit fullscreen disabled sound disabled (my desktop is 1024x768,32bit).

[Valbrandr]

I had a few problems but after I updated it got increasingly worse.  I was not able to connect for about six hours.

[Adair]

yes i have the problems to... it crashes when it transitions from the whatever to the GUI... im updating and i turned off the siound hopefully that fixed it...

(edit) nope... got this...
Something unexpected happened in PLaneshift:Crystal Blue
exception at address:00409CAD, exception code C0000005

Would you like to save Diagnostics File?
[yes]  [no]
...
yes
...
then it gives me a box of where it is and tells me to email about it and then does the whole if you have problems with Privacy and gives a web Addy...im too lazy to post the whole thing...

HELP! i really want to play but cant with this happening...

[Seytra]

@ Adair: nice attitude. You want the bug fixed but are too lazy to even post a decent bug report, like including the diagnostics file.

As for the problem: this seems to be related to certain systems only (probably an OS issue), and has crept up with the latest update.

[Keyaz]

Originally posted by Adair
yes i have the problems to... it crashes when it transitions from the whatever to the GUI... im updating and i turned off the siound hopefully that fixed it...

(edit) nope... got this...
Something unexpected happened in PLaneshift:Crystal Blue
exception at address:00409CAD, exception code C0000005

Would you like to save Diagnostics File?
[yes]  [no]
...
yes
...
then it gives me a box of where it is and tells me to email about it and then does the whole if you have problems with Privacy and gives a web Addy...im too lazy to post the whole thing...

HELP! i really want to play but cant with this happening...

well if you dont post your dmp theres less chance of you playing so ner :p

[ronxena]

I tried now to start the game and do level transitions
with the following config and it worked (I tried to connect to server about 20 times to verify this works):

set planeshift to 800x600,32bit
     fullscreen must be disabled
     sound must be disabled

desktop is set to 1024x768,32bit

I can play with this configuration, but only when I set mouse-curser outside of planeshift window during level-loading ( \"loading world\" ) and placing mouse-cursor in game window again when its loading and I am standing on plaza. When I leave mouse-cursor inside planeshift window it crashes with the same exception as described above.

When I am in the game then, there is no problem - I can play and move through level transitions.

When I try in fullscreen mode I do not even get any exception, only a black screen and an (invisible, in background) error-message-popup from windows - maybe with the same exception as in non-fullscreen mode.
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My system is Win 98, 512MB, GForce 2 Ti 64MB, newest official drivers (dated 16.12.2004 from nVidia)

[SnakerVII]

Thanks a ton, Ronxena. I haven\'t tried this yet, but the fix to your problem sounds like the way I got it to work only once.  once again, thanks.