DropZone 187
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Posted - 2006.12.09 04:52:00 -
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Might I throw a few words onto this.
I too expereicne the client crashing right after authentication when it gets to the character selection screen.
I have scoped the problem down to malformed jpg images used on the news section screen. Somehow they are getting corrupted in transit from the Eve cluster to the computer. Albeit different causes, the symptoms are still the same. I verified using the logserver (thanks for including this tool CCP) where it says it can't load blah blah.jpg and then crashes. I have ommitted the lines as it is just too long, but needless to say it points to a solution.
First off, the problem could be caused by hd corruption, problems with the network or interference by applications such as av. I narrowed it down on my end to the network end where the cluster is sending malformed packets. This is likely due to the load on the servers or possibly a router somewhere that is acting flakey. It even could be due to a providers error if they are using link compression to optimize their data links.
So, for some MTU change smight help as a non standard MTU (other than 1500) would explain some of the cheap consumer gateway products from linksys or dlink. It doesn't work for me as I don't use these devices, however works for some others as the corruption is most likely happening at those devices.
Anyhow, my solution is to delete the img folder under browser in the cache directory after starting up the eve client. I don't get the news screen on the righthand side, but it will allow me to select myc har and enter the game. After the first client is connected, I have no troubles with the others. This is definitely wierd. Actually it might explain a QoS issue that CCP or their provider have employed to reduce the impact of DoS attacks or to optimize the client experience.
Anyhow, I hope that there is a more stable fix that comes out in the way of a check prior to having the client crash.
I am running win xp64 bit on top of the line hardware. Once up and going, I have no problems with ctd or any of the dual core issues mentioned. It actually runs smoother than it did before so kudos to CCP on that.
Hope this helps.
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