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Legacy_Jenna WSI

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Crashing in server, not in local testing?
« on: May 05, 2011, 08:56:05 pm »


               Has anyone even heard of this before? Playtesting is fine but once it's loaded onto the server and a player enters the area, it crashes them and puts them into an endless crashing loop if they try to reload the game and login again.
               
               

               
            

Legacy_kalbaern

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Crashing in server, not in local testing?
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2011, 09:02:57 pm »


               All players or just a spefic one or few?
               
               

               
            

Legacy_Calvinthesneak

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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2011, 10:07:38 pm »


               Depends on how much playtesting you did, it might be a script firing in an OnEnter of a zone, it might be incompatible haks.  Does the client side log file produce anything pertinent as an error when they crash out?
               
               

               
            

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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2011, 11:44:32 pm »


               It doesn't. Tried with completely different characters. What happens is the area starts to load, the blue bar gets around 3/4, then NWN crashes. Says the usual message that NWN met with an error and had to close itself. Happens to 99% of players that have tried, There is one that has reported they can get through (out of about 10ish that hit this error every time).

*edit* Have tried disabling various settings and turning down my graphics, it has been no help at all (right down to the minimums once).
               
               

               


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Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon

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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2011, 12:16:52 am »


               Sounds like a problem I had with a couple of NWN2 placeable merchant houses.  I set one to static and removed another, and haven't had a problem with anyone loading the affected area since.

It can also happen if you are using one or more of the mythallar crystal placeables that is set to static (the BioWare-made one or one of the ones I made from it).  These have animations and emitters that don't like being set to static.  You have to uncheck the box for these particular ones.  There might be other placeable models that behave the same way.
               
               

               
            

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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2011, 12:52:03 am »


               hello-

Ive had this issue several times before... it all depends on the players: pc, graphics card (ie perhaps the area uses an object with high graphivs level), what objects are in place in that area, how many are in that area, and the tileset itself...

Every modder has to remember that not every player has an up-to-date pc like we do '<img'> and if you have a buggy tileset sometimes the players system wont be able to handle it... which has happend to me on a few occasions...

hope that helps! and cheers!

-Kye
               
               

               
            

Legacy_kalbaern

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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2011, 02:59:34 am »


               BTW ... I can't seem to connect to your Forums anymore. Anyone else having issues? (WSI Forums)
               
               

               
            

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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2011, 04:15:10 am »


               Ah Jen is doing something with that main splash page. The forum is still there. Try here:
http://jenshumate.com/wsibbs/index.php

What you said sounds plausible Amethyst. The area in question is the Raven's Bluff Magic District so I wonder if she actually did put one of those mentioned placables down like that. Thanks so much for the tips!
               
               

               


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Legacy_Jenna WSI

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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2011, 04:38:25 am »


               Yeah that really does sound like a good thing to check, thanks AD. '<img'>