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[dmddmm]

Hi all, my friends and I adore this game but every time we try lan it the game crashes on all our pc's at the same time (about an hour or two in). The are usually about 5 of us playing. We all crash to desktop and then get a box in the middle of our screens saying fatal error or something I cannot remember the exact wording.
PLEASE help me we are tearing our hair out trying to fix this.

Sorry for not being clear before Im new to this. The game is zero hour, with the latest contra mod installed. We have also patched to latest version of zero hour.

Edited by dmddmm, 27 June 2011 - 04:19 PM.

[Lee]

You've been very vague here.

What game are you talking about?

[Nighthawk]

My bot sense is tingling...

[Banshee]

No, that's not a bot. There is no mention to spam site on its profile, signature and no suspicious email account.

The guy has played a mod or a game that crashed and we simply don't know which game/mod did he play with his friends. All we know is that it can be played in LAN, which discards few of the indie games hosted here and that's all.

[dmddmm]

Hi guys. So sorry I very new to this, I thought this site was only for the contra mod for generals sorry. Yes to confirm we have been playing the contra mod for generals with the latest patch.

[Lee]

Thanks for the reply. Moved to the correct forum.

I don't really know much as far as helping you fix this problem, you'll have to wait for someone more knowledgeable about the issue to step in.

However as a starter I can help you this much...
Do you and all of your friends have C&C Generals patched to the latest patch? And do you also all have Contra patched to it's latest release?

This problems solves a lot of errors when it comes to playing games online. You much all have the correct version of the game AND the mod installed else compatibility errors will occur.

Hope that helped.

[Su8perkillr]

Contra mod experiences lots of DCs. How many AIs do you use? More than 4 AI increases crash chances significantly. Also, install the LAN and AI patches, it should decrease the amount of crashes you get.

[dmddmm]

Thnks we are patched to the latest version of zero hour and contra, we also have the map fixes installed. Could you link me to the lan fix please?

Edited by dmddmm, 28 June 2011 - 08:18 AM.

[Su8perkillr]

http://forums.revora...-announcements/ Here you go.

[dmddmm]

Thanks for this however I'm not so sure it will solve the crash. Has this happened to anyone else? We all crash to desktop at the same time with the fatal error message in the middle of our screens or something.

[Countess]

Yeah, I know this one. I think it depends on the map you are playing on. Some maps crash with 2 AIs, some manage up to 6. I don´t know which ones work, I mostly play turtledom or 4 player maps with a friend against AI. These maps crash not very often. I had the feeling cyborg and poison general tend to cause the game to crash, but I´m not sure.

[Casojin]

There are some bugs that might cause the crash, especially if you play turtle game. Cyber Gen has error with Automated Production upgrade with Fafnir at rank 5. A lot of Toxin clouds can cause mismatch or crash (as it consumes system resources).

[dmddmm]

Ok thnks for taking the time to help me out. It seems to be a really odd problem because it is not a mismatch it just crashes for all of us at the same time.We never play with bots.My one friend does play with Cyber Gen every time so maybe it is that. Does anyone know of a safe map that does not crash?
Are there any other fixes that have not been mentioned in this thread? Any other tips to prevent this stupid crash would be much appreciated.

Edited by dmddmm, 29 June 2011 - 03:17 PM.

[dcesarec]

Tournament island and defcon are the most played maps on garena. 1/15 games are crashed on them,and they are mostly because of some new player who doesnt have all fixes.Also,try to end game in one hour,one and a half.If you play long,and turtle,you can expect many units,many contradictions on field which would cause crash.Play more agressive and raise your experience to become better player.

[A Patient Person]

I would appreciate the names of some Official maps that crash the least. I play LAN games frequently and have this issue, with a Fully Patched Contra 007 with Fixes. Thank you.