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RAMPANT MDs AND DCs -- What was changed????

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RAMPANT MDs AND DCs -- What was changed????

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Within the past several weeks, the MDs and DCs have gone absolutely wild...

This is no longer like MDs and DCs of old, where typically just one person would MD out....last night I played a game and FOUR people MDed at the same time....just played a game tonight where FIVE people MDed at the same time (a sixth MDed after exiting)....other regular players have reported similar experiences....

The situation online has gotten really bad, really bad, and there is a noticeable difference between now and before several weeks ago...

I don't know if the servers got changed, the most recent update did something or what, but as of late I've played more games with multiple simultaneous MDs/DCs than not....

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Reply #76 from Sins Forums Top

Also try updating your videocard drivers, I updated mine recently and I'm seeing a ton less minidumps.

Reply #77 from Sins Forums Top

Yes. Verify your game cache through Steam. If there are any issues Steam will fix it automatically. I am still stuck on dealing with Trinity lol. However, I would still delete the Ironclad Games folder located in C:\Users\"Your User Name"\My Documents\My Games

What that will do is get rid of any older settings, or old leftover files from past updates that could conflict with the current version of Rebellion. We did this with Original Sins, and Trinity with every update, and it does help. Make sure you back up screenshots, and mods before you delete the folder. Rebellion will automatically create a new Ironclad Games folder when you run the game again. You will have to redo your game settings.

Though it hasn't been confirmed yet. It is suspected that the "Runtime Error's" are video driver related. I haven't had any more runtime error crashes since the last patch. Then again i am playing on a newer computer, and i don't play MP. I think it is partially related to the 2 gig issue. Though Rebellion doesn't use 2 gigs in a normal game. I think it can be pushed to use 2 gigs by "Maxing everything out". As in playing the biggest map in the game. Using Max AI's, and Having your settings on max. Combine that with ICO, and everything sins needs to run MP, and we might have a recipe for a crash. It is possible, and It is worth looking at.

If that is not the problem then i am at a total loss, and i have no clue what could be causing the issues.

 

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Reply #78 from Sins Forums Top

Runtime errors are video driver related, so far as we can tell. It's very important to use the latest video driver available for your card. Details on this are available in the readme.txt file in your install directory.

Reply #79 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Yarlen, reply 78
Runtime errors are video driver related, so far as we can tell. It's very important to use the latest video driver available for your card. Details on this are available in the readme.txt file in your install directory.
End of Yarlen's quote

Fun fact:

I got lots of minidumps before i updated my drivers

I updated my drivers

Now, i got -sometimes- runtime errors and -a lot less- minidumps...