Sync Error

[Griffen]

Ok, I'm trying to do a game with 3 people, but one of the players keeps getting an out of sync error.  The versions all match, we all have updated CnCNet, etc.  Also, this only shows up when all three of us try to play; I have no problem doing a game with either one as a 1v1.  Any idea what's going on and what I can do?  Thanks.

[pichorra]

It can be much things:

1- Something is different between the versions, reinstall it

2- if Your computer is slow, the game will connect and load the music and the game, so, disable the music on "CONQUER.INI"

3- Someone is not using a NO-CD mode, so, if the CD-ROM driver is slow, it will load the music and the game on same time, so, disable the music on "CONQUER.INI"

4- One of your friends got a actualization, but, it can be corrupt, and something was not actualized, so, Reinstall the game.

5- SOMEONE WAS CHEATING!!!!!

[Irony]

1. Firstly make sure you're all using C&C 1.6br1, This is the only officially supported version to be used on CnCNet

2. Make sure that the conquer.ini file in your install directory (for C&C) has LanPlayers=6 not LanPlayers=2

[Myg]

Please read the following:

 

http://www.cnc-comm.com/community/index.php?topic=528.0

[Delphi]

What cncnet and I discovered yesterday is, that everyone needs to have to same language version. So if someone has not set Language=Eng it´s pretty sure that there will be an out of sync at the start of the game.

[Irony]

That's an interesting discovery, I've not personally run into that before, What language was it set to before?

[Nyerguds]

That's pretty bizarre, seeing as I've played against other languages with the old versions.

[pichorra]

the bizarre is it:

Got14Away is playing with me on westwood chat (no cncnet because he is on russia and i on brazil) ok, no error, no freezes, ok.

Restarted the game, westwood chat,  and go play agan, ok, connected, no problems, and when the game started the gosth of Sync error was here agan!

the out of sycs error was happening AT WE restarted the computer, after it, normally at first game, on second, it started agan! need fix it.

[Delphi]

ok, then perhaps the language setting is a false information, but we tried about 7 games and they all out of synced instantly. After I set my language to Eng it worked immediately.

[Nyerguds]

well, the language system in 1.06c is totally different, so I dunno if that'll make any difference.

[Irony]

There's a 1.06c?

 

or has it not been released yet?

[Nyerguds]

not released yet. The developement thread is in the commandandpatch.com forum.

 

http://www.commandandpatch.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=15

[Irony]

I just gave it a read.

 

Interesting stuff.

 

I noticed Hyper gave you some information that looked like an OOP style construct.

 

C&C95 wasn't programmed in an Object Oriented style, was it?

[pichorra]

Thank to Pichorra's report on the C&C Comm center website, I am one step closer to solving the mysterious radar crash bug.

 

I already knew it was caused by corrupting some trees and turning them into a certain type of desert-only rock, causing the radar to crash when trying to resize that (in that theater, nonexisting) shp-file. I already knew the object was replaced because it became an impassable cell which showed "Rock" as tooltip when hovering the mouse over it.

 

With the screenshot Pichorra posted, I was able to see that ALL trees of type T13 (which turns out to be exactly the same one I've had that problem with before) were gone on his map:

 

 

The one with the tiberium is the screenshot Pichorra posted. The one with the 2 extra trees is a screenshot of the original map in XCC.

 

This means that the corruption has nothing to do with savegames, as I thought before, but means that the actual basic blueprint object (used for the basic settings of all trees of that type) is corrupted. It's a LOT easier to trace the cause of that.

 

This is nothing, it is my shall help you, since you help me! (or try help you, because you are nyergus  ), but, i not remember see that bug on v1.06a. 

 

Edit: Ah, and about N64 Missions, there is something different on that missions too:

Nod Mission 13A

Nod Mission 13B

I ll post a screen shot later, because, im wihout the pj64 right now.

 

[Nyerguds]

I just gave it a read.

 

Interesting stuff.

 

I noticed Hyper gave you some information that looked like an OOP style construct.

 

C&C95 wasn't programmed in an Object Oriented style, was it?

Ehh? Of course C&C is OO. You think OO is such a recent developement?

[Irony]

I didn't think it took off until Java and C# became more mainstream languanges.

 

I know the paradigm has been around for ages, but I assumed everyone just programmed in functional C

[Nyerguds]

OO is a LOT older than programming teachers would make you believe. It's not because it's a recent addition in THEIR lives that it's actually new in the industry

[Irony]

Well that's very interesting.

 

I might decompile it one day and have a look.

[CCHyper]

Irony, gimme a nudge if you ever want databases for any of the games, i got CC95 though to Generals (dunno where it is though xD).

[Irony]

Generals?

 

Wow, that must be huuuuge!

 

And cheers for the offer, I may take you up on it one day

[CCHyper]

If i can find it ill tell ya how big it is, not much in the Generals anyways, mainly trying to help with some crashes.

 

My biggest IDBs are RA and TS, of course xD

[Jeod]

I read somewhere that Nyer's hotfix for 1.06b R1 causes OOS if one has it and another doesn't. That right?

[Nyerguds]

Never really tested it, but anyway, that can only happen if the others don't have it. Everyone should use it anyway, so that point is invalid.