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Luny Pilot	posted 05-28- 03:40 AM Well it seems to work here at least.. Being fed up with crashing to desktop up to 10 or 12 times in a row when trying to join a mission online i have tried a couple things to avoid it. Apparently freeing your memory (or more truly removing SDOE from RAM) before relaunching it, seems to prevent ctd when retrying to join. Two ways to do it: Launch a huge app (another game...) and close it before restarting Sdoe or use a util that can free Ram like winsystem 98. Hope it works for those to whom it also happens. ------------------ -=BAB=- Luny [This message has been edited by Luny (edited 05-28-2000).] IP: Logged
slk unregistered	posted 05-29- 02:44 AM I've done this with other programs and it has worked in the past. I'll try it next time and see if it works. Thanks for reminding me of this technique... Psi IP: Logged
Luny Pilot	posted 05-29- 07:29 AM Btw, The only idea behind this is to reload a clean verson from hard drive not the corrupted one still in Ram. Chain Ctd seems to happen more often on sys with lots of ram (128meg+) and good enough cpu allowing for complete reload from memory... IP: Logged
Himdog Pilot	posted 06-02- 11:21 AM Thanks Luny. Had this happen to me on Wednesday, I knew I had read about this on the forum. Just wanted to push this back to the top. Don't forget, this Friday (June 2) at 7:00pm EDT on Cali12. We're going East Coast time baby! Hope to cya there. Himdog out IP: Logged
spin Pilot	posted 06-02- 11:46 AM One of the observations I have noted is that this type of ctd occurs more frequently (for me anyway) when the number of missions in my multiplayer folder gets too high. I often move them all out into a backup folder when the number exceeds 200. This is important for mission hosts as well. If the host has an excessive number of missions it takes longer for the game to prepare the mission lobby and if people try to join during this time they very frequently will desktop. At one point I had put the files into a par file (it's available for download at Dogma's site or Tailslide's - it needs to be updated to include the newer planes though). This helped to improve load time but the file contained too many missions and a smaller one would be better. Another thing that helps is to wait a few seconds before trying to enter a new mission lobby. This lets the host's system complete its set up before trying to talk to 8 incoming players at once. IP: Logged
spin Pilot	posted 06-02- 11:47 AM oh yeah, a link to the par file is below: ------------------ Spin Fortunae Nihil RCAF 429 Download the current Multiplayer mission pack - over 250 online missions - Spin's campaign to stop the desktop Get it here: Multiplayer Mission Pack IP: Logged
Mark_Walsh Pilot	posted 06-05- 04:14 AM I have a program called Rambooster. Clears the RAM or some such thing: is that what you are all talking about? S! MW IP: Logged
Luny Pilot	posted 06-06- 03:50 AM Yes for instance Mark. Spin I noticed that too... and usually if I crash the first time I join, I m gonna crash several other times before it works. Freeing memory helps connecting on the second try. The par file is nice but its getting out of date with the missions for contest planes and all. IP: Logged

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