Does Commander rollback after crash?

thebigJ_A · 04-22-11, 01:41 AM

I have Commander set to auto rollback when sh3 closes. Does it work properly if the game crashes? I don't mean a full pc crash or lock up, just when you get an appcrash and kicked back to windows.

Pisces · 04-22-11, 06:26 AM

Dunno, I guess Jscones is the propper one to answer that.

frau kaleun · 04-22-11, 10:36 AM

That's a good question, I don't know the answer either.

But after any crash you can always open Commander and click the Rollback button to do a manual rollback, I would assume that would make it as much of a non-issue as possible.

thebigJ_A · 04-22-11, 12:02 PM

That's why I asked. It crashed and the button wasn't there. Which would be normal given that it's supposed to automatically roll back, but would also be the case if it hadn't.

Anyway, I disabled the mod that crashed it, and it seemed to run fine, so I'm going to assume it worked.

frau kaleun · 04-22-11, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by thebigJ_A

That's why I asked. It crashed and the button wasn't there. Which would be normal given that it's supposed to automatically roll back, but would also be the case if it hadn't.

Anyway, I disabled the mod that crashed it, and it seemed to run fine, so I'm going to assume it worked.

Oh, I gotcha. The Rollback button only shows up if there's stuff that has been changed and not automatically rolled back, so if it's not there one would assume that an auto-rollback was done even after a CTD. Even if it wasn't, but how would you know...

Interesting question, I'd be curious to know what triggers the auto-rollback to occur. If all that's required is for SH3.exe to stop running, any method of "closing" that program - including a crash - should suffice.

Fish In The Water · 04-22-11, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by thebigJ_A

I have Commander set to auto rollback when sh3 closes. Does it work properly if the game crashes? I don't mean a full pc crash or lock up, just when you get an appcrash and kicked back to windows.

Don't quote me on this, as I've never proved it empirically, but my *IMPRESSION* is that it does seem to roll back even in the event of a crash.

I say this mostly based on the fact that I've yet to encounter any data loss or corruption as a result of incomplete or aborted file transfers.

Would be interesting to look into this, perhaps by renaming a test file and then trip a mod to cause a deliberate crash.

04-22-11, 01:41 AM	#1
thebigJ_A Loader Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 85 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Does Commander rollback after crash? I have Commander set to auto rollback when sh3 closes. Does it work properly if the game crashes? I don't mean a full pc crash or lock up, just when you get an appcrash and kicked back to windows.

04-22-11, 06:26 AM	#2
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	Dunno, I guess Jscones is the propper one to answer that. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

04-22-11, 10:36 AM	#3
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	That's a good question, I don't know the answer either. But after any crash you can always open Commander and click the Rollback button to do a manual rollback, I would assume that would make it as much of a non-issue as possible.

04-22-11, 12:02 PM	#4
thebigJ_A Loader Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 85 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	That's why I asked. It crashed and the button wasn't there. Which would be normal given that it's supposed to automatically roll back, but would also be the case if it hadn't. Anyway, I disabled the mod that crashed it, and it seemed to run fine, so I'm going to assume it worked.