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Hang on Downloading Data, on certain tracks only

Groovelle Covenant Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Subscribers Posts: 764 Joined: Jul 15, 2009 Howdy, just started playing and I love this game. It's like interstate 76 all over again, only better. The problem I'm having is a hang during downloading objects on certain tracks. Basically if a track loads for me I know I'll always be able to play it whereas other tracks I know will hang. If allowed to finish downloading objects on those tracks I get timed out and kicked back to the lobby. Here's a list of tracks which are a no go for me: (more added later) Northern desert Racing Circuit Elmsfield Lake Track Gates of Somerset I just want to get everything running right so I can go for a subscription, can't believe I'd never heard of this game before. Note: This is during downloading objects, not data ......................... vet wv0,2,0 Posted Jul 18, 2009, 9:06 pm Last edited Jul 19, 2009, 7:19 am by Groovelle

Groovelle Covenant Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Subscribers Posts: 764 Joined: Jul 15, 2009 Solved! From this thread.  Just needed to disable windows firewall http://www.dark-wind.com/indexJava.php?page=gang.php&id=0 ......................... vet wv0,2,0 Posted Jul 19, 2009, 10:37 pm

Marrkos 88 MPH Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Members Posts: 3,711 Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Groovelle said: Solved! From this thread.  Just needed to disable windows firewall http://www.dark-wind.com/indexJava.php?page=gang.php&id=0 Uhhhh...that's not a forum thread.  ......................... vet wv community Posted Jul 19, 2009, 10:57 pm

Groovelle Covenant Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Subscribers Posts: 764 Joined: Jul 15, 2009 Oops.  This thread: http://www.dark-wind.com/forums2/index.php?a=topic&t=5022 I switched from open gl to d3d and the problem is back again.  switched back to open gl but its still sticking.  I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it. The weirdest thing was that on the tracks it had trouble it would stop where it always sticks, then the windows default mouse icon would jump up and show the busy hourglass for a few seconds then dissappear and the rest of it would download.  Then I could play. ......................... vet wv0,2,0 Posted Jul 19, 2009, 11:19 pm

Groovelle Covenant Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Subscribers Posts: 764 Joined: Jul 15, 2009 -Fluff edited out- I'm wondering if this is caused by certain cars. I'm unable to scout, so far. I've tried to go out twice and no luck, other than my squadmates got my men back safe. I can load gates of Somerset and road to somerset fine in travels and DW tactical but can't get either started in a scout. The last one I tried to spectacte and couldn't was S127989 on road to somerset. ......................... vet wv0,2,0 Posted Jul 20, 2009, 12:06 am Last edited Jul 20, 2009, 11:51 pm by Groovelle

Groovelle Covenant Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Subscribers Posts: 764 Joined: Jul 15, 2009 Weird update, needs to be looked at. I spent half a day trying to run town events and I couldn't get into any of them. I had a race or deathrace coming up and I was talking to Mercubio about some different weapons. When my event popped up in the client I clicked close, instead of race, to hear what Merc was going to say. After he said his piece I tried the race, knowing full well it wouldn't work. It worked. I scratched my head fora while after the race then tried another event. This time I think a combat. I clicked close on the pop up, waited a while, then boom, I could play. It didn't work the third time but on the fourth I waited till the server event time passed before I tried to join. It worked! And it kept on working that whole day, but only if I waited until the official start time to try to join an event. Any ideas on what this is? Because I'm pretty sure the people I'm racing/deathracing/combatting with are going to get annoyed soon. ......................... vet wv0,2,0 Posted Jul 25, 2009, 11:23 pm

*sam* The Salthill Sluggerz Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Lead Developer Posts: 16,782 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 This has been a problem that seems to happen to certain people and not others. Certainly the firewall is one cause. But I haven't managed to pin down exactly what else causes it. When it freezes up, it does so at exactly the same point on the loading bar each time? ......................... marshal vet deathrce1 paintladder combat1 wv ped1 cont slay2013 Posted Jul 28, 2009, 1:07 pm

Groovelle Covenant Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Subscribers Posts: 764 Joined: Jul 15, 2009 Oh, I solved it, for the most part. Forget about everything else I said. If I log on and try to join an event I won't be able to. The way to solve this is: A. Have a squad travel and get an encounter. It does a funky jump on loading then puts me into the game. or B. Create a custom game. I don't think the track/cars used really matter much. It does the funky jump on loading then puts me into the game. After I've raced a race or run from the pirates on a scout I can go about my business and can get into just about every race/deathrace/combat I want to. I can even scout. I can continue doing whatever I want until I close the client or it crashes. Then I have to repeat A or B to get into any events. **Edit: One weird thing I've noticed is that all tracks, arenas, and wilderness areas I've loaded so far load differently after I've done A or B. They load quickly on parts of the bar where they normally load slowly, and usually they pause, pop up a windows hourglass, then jump forward to loading completion or close to it. Hope this helps. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that I'm way under what I think you said were the system requirements. Either way, for me it's solved. Good luck with the others. If it helps here's what I'm running: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 7/28/2009, 22:19:59 Machine name: NEWBIE Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Compaq System Model: Evo D500 BIOS: 686Y2 v2.06 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70GHz Memory: 384MB RAM Page File: 506MB used, 415MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: Vanta/Vanta LT DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_002C&SUBSYS_007210DE&REV_15 Display Memory: 16.0 MB Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6693 (English) DDI Version: 7 Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 10/29/2004 16:50:00, 3736704 bytes WHQL Logo'd: n/a WHQL Date Stamp: n/a VDD: n/a Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys Mini VDD Date: 10/29/2004 16:50:00, 2826944 bytes Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-436C-11CF-4B69-7820B4C2CB35} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x002C SubSys ID: 0x007210DE Revision ID: 0x0015 Revision ID: 0x0015 Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D Deinterlace Caps: n/a Registry: OK DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Enabled DDraw Test Result: Not run D3D7 Test Result: Not run D3D8 Test Result: Not run D3D9 Test Result: Not run ......................... vet wv0,2,0 Posted Jul 29, 2009, 6:24 am Last edited Jul 29, 2009, 6:29 am by Groovelle

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