Multiplayer issues: sonobuoys = DSRVs and other oddities...

CNYBubblehead · 09-17-09, 04:39 PM

Hi, all!

Long-time player of "Dangerous Waters" with a group of other enthusiasts, and recently, we started experiencing a very odd instance...

My friend, who's using the European version of DW published by Black Bean, in conjunction with LWAMI 3.09 hosted a game today, and for some reason, every time his P-3 would drop a buoy, it'd show as a DSRV on my screen. When I'd ask him what channel his buoys were on, I couldn't set my FFG sonar to those channels to pick up the buoy data. Anytime I tried to drop a buoy with my FFG-borne MH-60, I wouldn't see a buoy...and I wouldn't even see the DSRV his were showing as -- I'd see cargo ships in the spot where my buoys dropped!

In addition, I was seeing odd loadouts on my MH-60, including the "Bester ARS-34," "ARS-36," and "Avalon".

I just recently did a clean reinstall of the DW version from Strategy First from my CDs, patched it to v1.04, and then reinstalled LWAMI 3.09. I'm wondering if he's got a corrupted install, since we've seen the error "can't connect to game because of error" without any elaboration on a couple of occasions, too. I'm leaning toward asking him to do a reinstall, but I don't want him to have to unless that's the best course of action.

Any thoughts, all? I'd appreciate any assistance....or, if there are threads out there that could help me, I'd appreciate a nudge in the right direction.

Thanks, everybody...glad to see the DW community is still alive and well!

09-17-09, 04:39 PM	#1
CNYBubblehead Watch Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 15 Downloads: 73 Uploads: 0	Multiplayer issues: sonobuoys = DSRVs and other oddities... Hi, all! Long-time player of "Dangerous Waters" with a group of other enthusiasts, and recently, we started experiencing a very odd instance... My friend, who's using the European version of DW published by Black Bean, in conjunction with LWAMI 3.09 hosted a game today, and for some reason, every time his P-3 would drop a buoy, it'd show as a DSRV on my screen. When I'd ask him what channel his buoys were on, I couldn't set my FFG sonar to those channels to pick up the buoy data. Anytime I tried to drop a buoy with my FFG-borne MH-60, I wouldn't see a buoy...and I wouldn't even see the DSRV his were showing as -- I'd see cargo ships in the spot where my buoys dropped! In addition, I was seeing odd loadouts on my MH-60, including the "Bester ARS-34," "ARS-36," and "Avalon". I just recently did a clean reinstall of the DW version from Strategy First from my CDs, patched it to v1.04, and then reinstalled LWAMI 3.09. I'm wondering if he's got a corrupted install, since we've seen the error "can't connect to game because of error" without any elaboration on a couple of occasions, too. I'm leaning toward asking him to do a reinstall, but I don't want him to have to unless that's the best course of action. Any thoughts, all? I'd appreciate any assistance....or, if there are threads out there that could help me, I'd appreciate a nudge in the right direction. Thanks, everybody...glad to see the DW community is still alive and well!