So.. What causes a random CTD??

fastfed · 02-11-13, 02:18 PM

what??

What does that mean?

What are some ways I can tell I'm playing OHII and not vanilla game?

Philipp_Thomsen · 02-11-13, 03:54 PM

What causes a random CTD?

Well... it's random.

But I hear your pain. Software coding ends with something like "In case of any error, close".

Maybe eventually games could be more like operational systems.
I mean, if a part of the code return a result that is "out of bonds",
the game could pause, present us with alternatives, like "this part of
your game just crashed, would you like to restart it, or ignore the error,
or at least save your game and restart the game for you".

OS are more intelligent, being able to recover from an error and resume
operation like nothing happened. Maybe in the future games can be somewhat similar.

Or maybe I'm a dreamer... but am I the only one?

Trevally. · 02-11-13, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fastfed

what??

What does that mean?

What are some ways I can tell I'm playing OHII and not vanilla game?

OHII can show in your game in a few ways. This is due to the things included.

So if you can see new ships this shows that OHII is installed (also a banner in the main menu)
If you can see Buoys in harbours and your obectives match those in post two of the OHII thread - then the campaign part has loaded.

Do you see buoys in the harbours

fastfed · 02-11-13, 09:49 PM

buoys ??

Yep

Sure do, I like to actually follow the rules of the water with them too

I'm now south of Africa, so I think I'm playing OHII, also see the banner.

Don't know anything about new ships, because I never played the stock game more than 20 min. (It was terrible)

limkol · 02-12-13, 06:44 AM

Now I'm curious.

There seems to be more crashes going into port than coming out. Why's that? Seems to me that the computer has to load more information going through the port and outward than coming from the open sea.

It would be great to have a 'Start at Sea/Finish at Sea' button for those experiencing 'return to port' ctd's.

Trevally. · 02-12-13, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by limkol

for those experiencing 'return to port' ctd's.

If you have a CTD like this - load a save game further back if you can and wait a few days before returning to port.

limkol · 02-12-13, 12:19 PM

That's what I normally do Trev. I can normally avoid them by lowering the TC. But I see many posts where people have the problem. Just wondering why ctd's occur on the way in and not so much on the way out.

02-11-13, 03:54 PM	#2
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	What causes a random CTD? Well... it's random. But I hear your pain. Software coding ends with something like "In case of any error, close". Maybe eventually games could be more like operational systems. I mean, if a part of the code return a result that is "out of bonds", the game could pause, present us with alternatives, like "this part of your game just crashed, would you like to restart it, or ignore the error, or at least save your game and restart the game for you". OS are more intelligent, being able to recover from an error and resume operation like nothing happened. Maybe in the future games can be somewhat similar. Or maybe I'm a dreamer... but am I the only one? __________________ To each his own

02-11-13, 02:18 PM	#1
fastfed Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 786 Downloads: 254 Uploads: 0	what?? What does that mean? What are some ways I can tell I'm playing OHII and not vanilla game?

02-11-13, 09:49 PM	#4
fastfed Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 786 Downloads: 254 Uploads: 0	buoys ?? Yep Sure do, I like to actually follow the rules of the water with them too I'm now south of Africa, so I think I'm playing OHII, also see the banner. Don't know anything about new ships, because I never played the stock game more than 20 min. (It was terrible)

02-12-13, 06:44 AM	#5
limkol XO Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: looking in the bilge for a bottle opener Posts: 416 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	Now I'm curious. There seems to be more crashes going into port than coming out. Why's that? Seems to me that the computer has to load more information going through the port and outward than coming from the open sea. It would be great to have a 'Start at Sea/Finish at Sea' button for those experiencing 'return to port' ctd's.

02-12-13, 12:19 PM	#7
limkol XO Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: looking in the bilge for a bottle opener Posts: 416 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	That's what I normally do Trev. I can normally avoid them by lowering the TC. But I see many posts where people have the problem. Just wondering why ctd's occur on the way in and not so much on the way out.