[BUG]Game crashes to desktop soon after multiplayer game starts

[Staberinde]

Almost every multiplayer game ive tried to participate in the game crashes before i can finish constructing my first building. The tutorial runs fine. I am behind a firewall though the crashes happen both when im the host and client.

I have had a few games where ive been able to last much longer thougb it almost always happens within the first minute.

Heres the last part of warnings.txt,

23:09:00.2 GSPeer::RoomMessageCallback - broadcast chat received
23:09:00.2 Lobby - LOE_Chat received
23:09:00.5 GSPeer::Dispatch::OnPlayerJoined( havedeath-gs )
23:09:00.7 GSPeer::RoomMessageCallback - broadcast chat received
23:09:00.7 Lobby - Net GAMEDATA received
23:09:00.7 Lobby - LOE_Chat received
23:09:01.3 GSPeer::RoomMessageCallback - broadcast chat received
23:09:01.3 GSPeer::RoomMessageCallback - broadcast chat received
23:09:01.8 Lobby - Net GAMEDATA received
23:09:01.8 Lobby - LOE_Chat received
23:09:01.8 Lobby - Net GAMEDATA received
23:09:01.8 GSPeer - leaving group room
23:09:01.8 Lobby - Net GAME START received
23:09:01.8 Lobby - LOE_GameStarting received
23:09:01.8 Lobby - sending badge for our player (1)
23:09:03.8 Lobby - Net GAMEDATA received
23:09:03.8 Lobby - Unknown Net message
23:09:03.8 BadgeHandler::OnMsgPlayerBadge - 9b4579ec, 0 left
23:09:03.8 Lobby - badge message received for 0
23:09:03.8 Lobby - LOE_GameStart received
23:09:03.8 Lobby - LIE_ClearBanList received
23:09:03.8 removing lister 8cc83e4
23:09:03.8 APP -- Game Start
23:09:03.8 GAME -- Ending FE
23:09:04.0 GAME -- Beginning mission 8P_BURIAL_GROUNDS (2 Humans, 6 Computers)
23:09:04.0 GameObj listens
23:09:04.0 adding lister 1cf8690
23:09:05.7 MOD -- Loading Win Condition(DATA:Scar/WinConditions/ANNIHILATE.SCAR)
23:09:07.0 GAME -- Preloading all models
23:09:07.5 RENDER ANIM -- Art/EBPs/: Unable to open file!
23:09:15.1 GAME -- Applying Team Colours
23:09:33.1 GAME -- Precaching Events
23:09:47.3 GAME -- Remote player (Era_Iso) finished loading
23:09:48.0 GAME -- Loading completed (44 seconds)
23:09:48.0 SIM -- Setting SyncErrorChecking level to Low
23:09:48.0 GameObj::MissionLoadDoneMP
23:09:48.0 GAME -- Starting mission...
23:09:56.8 GAME -- Frame 64 - Received drop request from peer 9B4579EC

[Staberinde]

forgot to mention my specs:

amd 3200+
GF3
soundblaster live value
768mb ram
nforce MB

[ArchMagnolia]

I have the same kind of problem its that mmine freezes completely too the point where I have to reboot my computer even in the tutorial.And my specs aren't that bad either. My specs are :intel pentium4, 2.8GHz, 512MB, ATI Radeon 9200 w/ 128MB video memory.

[Staberinde]

My comp doesnt freeze it just drops to desktop about 60 seconds after a multiplayer game starts with the "wh40k.exe has encourntered an error blah blah" box popping up. Ive sent to log files via the box with a brief description. Was hoping perhaps someone might be able to offer a quick fix here however.

Would be interested to know what the final line in error message means as it seems quite ominous:

23:09:56.8 GAME -- Frame 64 - Received drop request from peer 9B4579EC

[nohbdy]

i have experienced this as well... also the game creates a specific log for this crash with the date... if u go to the folder, you will see logs for everytime it crashes in multiplayer (which is every game for me) I have about 100 such logs saved

[ÜberJumper]

My buddies were having this problem last night, with fresh installs.

I'll follow up with Relic see if they can tell us what was happening.

[Staberinde]

Yeah forgot to add, i tried a fresh install, problem still persisted.

[INVICTI]

Hi, first post on this forum,
Im having this exact same problem, at some point in mutiplayer game, sometimes right away sometimes after say, 15 minutes of play the game will freeze then quit me to the desktop with that bug report wh40k.exe has an encountered an error, it seems completely random this looks like (and in tutorial it was!) a really fun game, ive tried reinstalling,the problem persists, what the heck is going on and how do i fix it? any help is very much appreciated
thanks

724 kb/s connection
1.9 ghz AMD Athlon processor
256 ddr ram

[WNxHellSpawn]

i have the same exact problem. before i build my first building it crashes.
i played the tutorial just fine.
this problem is so annoying.

[Notforprophet]

I have the same issue. Tutorial runs beautifully. Multiplayer craps out to the desktop after a few minutes of game play (maybe 2 or 3) with an option to report the problem, but even the report hangs up.

I run an AMD Athlon XP 2800+, with 1GB DDR 333 RAM, nVidia GeForce FX 5600 256. Have current video/audio/DirectX files. Running Windows XP Pro SP-1.

NFP

[Elvizs]

i have this problem too. I am actually happy many others are having it since that will make it likely to get fixed. The game has run fine on my system till this last patch with this problem.

[cwal213]

Same problem here. I believe it is the firewall because it worked back at my University but crashes at home. Any help would be wonderful :werd:

[tristam]

well, without adding anything to this thread, I too have the same problem.

[INVICTI]

the game crahses happen randomnly (or seemingly) what firewall is everyone behind? im using Norton

[OVFellblade]

Behind a hardware router. Game appears to just randomly crash in MP on occasion. Very frustrating.

[Crimson Slace]

yeh i'm having a bit of a problem with that too. I just got it to sign in and now this. It's just one problem after another >_< but i guess thats beta for ya.

[Dead-Thing]

This has happened to me also.

[Despoiler{BG}]

This happens to me 80% of the time. If I crash it is within first 30 seconds of map start.

[snoopfrogg]

I also am having this problem in Multiplayer. I can't complete a single game. Sometimes it let's me in for 5-10 minutes before a crash to desktop. Other times, as soon as I select a unit,builder, or building. Sometimes all I have to do is scroll around the map or move my mouse over a target. Anyway I try ends up with the same result. Crashed.

This is becoming increasingly annoying, and I've never been in a BETA that was as horrible bugged as this one. If this is any indication as to how the Full release will be, I'll definitly NOT be purchasing it. Which is really too bad, since I'm an avid 40k player and wsa really looking forward to this game

Hopefully they start to acknowledge the fact that MP is horribly bugged and start to come up with some explinations or workarounds to solve this issue.

[Despoiler{BG}]

I think most of my crashing was due to a new router firmware version I had installed. I have a Linksys BEFSR41 (original version). I had installed the 1.46.00 firmware (note the 1.45.11 has same issue). It also caused Counterstrike to crash soon after getting into a game. To get Counterstrike to work I had to add a parameter to the .exe launch line +clientport 27006. I believe the new firmware it has a problem establishing and allowing traffic on non-standard ports. Atleast automatically. I had even done the port forwarding to no avail. I went back to 1.45.7 firmware and think it helped. I need to do more testing though. I will update this thread later tonight when I get home.

[nohbdy]

i tried increasing my virtual memory and multi now works but it is veeery laggy even though myself and the host had cable modems

[terrific]

Yes, the exact same thing here. I have played i'd say 30-35% of the multiplayer games i've tried. Within the first 2 mins it will crash to the desktop. If it dosent crash withinthe first 2 mins then i usually make the whole game fine. If it helps here is what i have.


p4 2.4 ghz
1GB ddr 266
ATI 9800pro (stock speed) Tried Cat 4.7 and the beta 4.9's.
300gb WD 8mb cahe HDD
Sound Blaster Live Platinum (tried high/low acceleration)
Latest VIA 4 in 1 Drivers.
Linksys SR41 router adn Mcafee Internet firewall Configed for port 6112.

I will try to disable mcafee and see how it goes:

[Staberinde]

I tried putting myself as the DMZ on my router, still no joy.

Im using Linksys SR41 router also.

[Despoiler{BG}]

I tried putting myself as the DMZ on my router, still no joy.

Im using Linksys SR41 router also.

I tried the DMZ also and it also did not work for me. Obviously it should eliminate any connectivity issues, but did not. The bummer about this problem is that several different causes will produce the same results. The rumor is that the devs are going to issue a patch this week for the crashing. That is one cause. You can also have connection related issues from your firewall or router. You could also just have people with faulty or overheated hardware causing the game to crash. It is annoyiong never the less. I just want to play this great game continously!

[terrific]

Could be the heat for some people, but its not for me the single player works fine, although a bit laggy. Im taking my pc to work tonight that uses a different firewall and see how it works there. Are we all using the same router???

[VisionThing]

I get dropped to desktop in tutorial and in multiplayer, any solution yet?

[Elvizs]

I have this problem and I also have the the lynksys router. I believe that is our culprit.

[Despoiler{BG}]

So far so good. I had no crashing tonght when playing. It is definately the firmware version in my Linksys that was causing the issue. Again I am using the 1.45.7 version currently. The 2 most recent versions (1.46.00 and 1.45.11) have this issue.

[terrific]

I will try the firmware fix. I took my machine to work tonight and they use a smoothwall fire wall. After setting it up for DOW i played 8 games without a single crash. I take my machine back home to my trusty sr41 linksys and same problem again. I'm going to try a direct connection bypassing the router. If that works then i will try the firmware downgrade.

[Staberinde]

Hmm im not having problems with any other games only WH40k.

I am reluctant to sort out the firmware as last time we did our entire network disconnected from the net randomly every few hours, then went back to normal when i reverted to old firmware.

[terrific]

Wow very annoying. Tried to go back to a linksys 1.45 bios, still no effect crashes almost everytime. However a direct connection to my DSL modem works great. . . :fight:

[cyclonite51]

What linksys sr41 version is everyone using? (It says on the bottom of the router.) Im using the sr41 Ver 2 with the 1.46 the most updated firmware and the game crashes after a few seconds in any multi game. If I pull the SR41 out of the equation and do a direct connect from my modem to my computer, the game works just fine in multi. I've tried DMZ and different port forwarding setups and nothing works except direct connect.

--UPDATE--

I switched to 1.4.7 firmware (ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/befsr41/befsr_fw_1457.zip) and the game works fine now.

[Staberinde]

Yeah tried Direct Connect to modem also, works fine when i do it that way so its deffo a router problem.

Using Linksys SR41 here, latest firmware doesnt help. Direct connect to modem is not a long term option for me since im sharing connection with others in flat.

[terrific]

Hmm, double check that firmware, and thanks a TON for the link. I downloaded that firm ware 1.4x.7 and it works fine now with my router. I've played 5 games without a single crash. Kudos :yippee: