connection failed

[DONT_SHOOT]

I use cox@home service. I noticed this happening right after a steam update about 3-4 moths ago. I have noticed it across several servers. I cannot find any discernible patterns other then I installed a steam patch. The disconnects are completely random for me. Some nights are better then others.

 

[Joker 13]

Connect to the server, start playing...3 minutes in connection failed.
re-connect and play all day with no further problem......
I have learned to live with it.

 

[Vasili_Tyorkin]

I am getting the same thing.

Start RO, join map, play for about 3-5 minutes, connection failed. Re-join map and play for as long as I want. Not a game killer but can be very annoying.

 

[The Beast (nl)]

Kpnplanet, in the netherlands

http://www.kpn.com/

 

[Zetsumei]

Scarlet the netherlands
And UPC the netherlands

 

[{Core}Steven]

BT - UK

Happens most times I join a server

 

[worluk]

got the issue too, but i fail to see in how far this is ISP related.

 

[Rear]

Virgin Media Broadband (UK)

I don't get it as often as most ppl I know, but it still happens occasionally (usually on servers with few players)

 

[Mr|T]

I'm with entanet in the uk, also i'm agree with worluk i can't see how this is ISP related. This has happened to me only since the last patch.

 

[[TW]schneidzekk]

got the issue too, but i fail to see in how far this is ISP related.

Well, for some people it happens really randomly and i cannot really track down the problem.

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->Full article

 

[Luther]

With Telstra in Australia. Though does that matter, all members of my clan have as do most of the people on the Australian servers and are all with different isp. I read a thread that gave 4 options on how to fix it to no avail. Is really starting to test my own and others patience.

 

[The Beast (nl)]

wow they can`t find the clue. It isn`t the isp....failures are since the
last patch.

 

[Zetsumei]

As said it seemed to start happening since the last patch (the one that came with krivoirog not the hotfix), but it might have been a steam update or whatever but it happened around the same time. And i can remember dropping out a lot when testing we were testing.

I can vouch for that all of the clan IcM have got the issue so thats another 15? people to add to the list and everybody i talked to concerning the issue have said they got it.

I can say too that for me and most IcM guys sure we had an occasional connection failed before but that was like at max once a week, since the patch it occurs occasionally.

Since the last patch more network alike things have been reported and things of that i've been having myself too as if the server was having packetloss without showing it. Happens on all servers including servers twi used to test on like the wild bunch.

Before the patch people didn't drop out as rapidly, there were occasional disconnects yes. But not in the order it is now, i'm playing ro matches with people on team speak everyday, and i always hear of multiple people getting connection failed. Before the patch for me i had less that 1 connection failed per week, now i have 3 or 4 per day.
And see my entire clan drop out from multiple servers or when playing mixed matches/public while on ts seeing people drop by the minute.

Maybe there is a connection between this error and the error of people getting a packetloss like feeling without the server having packetloss. Something you can't really prove, beside the experience of people and the amount having the issue.

Often 1 or 2 people seem to drop at the exact same time too, and again it happens on all servers i've played on and i'm not the most active person i know but i still play around 30 hours every 2 weeks on average.

I hope there is some information here that might bring you guys a bit closer to solving it, as i simply cannot report bugs like this because i cant find the exact replication for it.

Anyway if i can somehow help you devs fixing this issue, just contact me i'll do the best i can.

 

[Noizekick]

Isn't there an automatic errorlog or something within RO?

 

[Dumba [cro]]

Happens to me as well... but thank you robo-jesus, it's not our server's fault yay

And ppl are from all over the world, it's not the ISP methinks

 

[Knighter]

I have this issue every day at random. I've enabled the netstat command but no packetloss shown. Also sometimes i experience weird things like disappearing tank turrets and warping back with 50-80 ping. I tried setting the netspeed to different values but no joy. Very frustrating

 

[rossmum]

I get this a lot, worse on some days than others, same with servers. I'm on Internode (Australia) and aside from the occasional flicker in service during nearby storms thanks to our oversensitive modem (rarely enough to even register let alone drop me from a server), I know of no issues which could cause it. One second I'm fine, then bam, connection failed. Never seemed to happen before the update, which leads me to think that something there is going wrong.

 

[ojf]

Hmmm ive never gotten connection lost in a game

 

[Atomskytten]

I got "Connection Failed" twice yesterday - Happens almost every day when playing RO though it didn't happen before the latest TW patch.

 

[[5thW]Rehakles[TRO]]

As said it seemed to start happening since the last patch (the one that came with krivoirog not the hotfix), but it might have been a steam update or whatever but it happened around the same time.

Im under the same impression, it seems to have started with the last patch.

Also, it seems to me that I get the these disconnects only at the beginning of a gaming session. I might lose connection 2-3 times within the first 10min or so, afterwards I can play for 3 hours straight without any disconnects...

Further, there might be days when I get no disconnection at all....