Damage_inc- Posted October 11, 2011 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Posted October 11, 2011 this happens alot I cant get back in for up to ten minutes after waw crash I saw this,seems to help The Problem:We've located a problem with select (but popular) routers. I won't call them out by name for obvious reasons, but it's safe to assume that a good segment of you have one of them. Depending on the firmware version (when you bought it) and a whole bunch of other potential variables, it doesn't handle concurrent connections very well. This will cause intermittent Server Authentication Failures, and once the connection to our master server is lost entirely, it will always Server Authentication Fail until you reboot the client (at which point it may start failing again depending).Sounds familiar right? So we think we have found it, but there could be any number of things that cause this, as well as other hardware / software obstacles that compound the problem we may not have found yet. So we'll see after Patch 1.2 how many instances of this problem are resolved (like I said, hopefully most if not all). It's just that everyone has different software and hardware configurations, getting them all is unfortunately impossible.The Workaround:Simply setting the rate at which the game browser tries to populate all the server info seems to help the issue. The unfortunate side-effect is a slower performing browser. But at least you won't hit a road block. We are looking into a better solution for 1.2 that won't cause a decrease in server browser performance.Setting cl_maxppf to 1 or 2 will help mitigate the load on the router, and appears to be solving the problem temporarily while we test internally. So you can try this out yourself by following the below instructions.Note: if you already refreshed your browser, restart your game before trying this.1] Enable the console from "Multiplayer Options"2] From the main menu, drop down the console by pressing the Tilde key (~)3] Type: cl_maxppf [1 or 2] (then press Enter to execute the command)4] Press the Tilde key again to get the console to go away.5] Refresh your server browser, and try joining a server.Additionally, if you have a desktop shortcut, add this to the VERY END (after the close quotation mark) of the "Target" field, and it will set this every time you run the game, automatically:+set cl_maxppf 1(Or 2 if you find that has better results for you).Shortcut instructions:1] Right-click on your Call of Duty: World at War Multiplayer icon.2] Click "Properties"3] On the "Shortcut" tab, locate the "Target" field.4] At the very end of that field (after the closing quotation mark), add +set cl_maxppf 1 (or 2 if that worked better for you).5] Hit "Apply" and "Ok".Sample "Target" field: "C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty - World at War\CoDWaW.exe" +set cl_maxppf 1 \ gl Awards
Sonovabich Posted October 11, 2011 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 07:44 AM Device: Windows Posted October 11, 2011 Chile says just hold the esc key on map changeover and you should not get the problem.
chris4874 Posted October 11, 2011 Member ID: 2491 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 37 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 354 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 04/20/1961 Posted October 11, 2011 good i am glad i was not the ony one getting this problem.as you know i have just started playing.waw,fun or whatcheers for the info.now what about the lag?
HarryWeezer Posted October 11, 2011 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted October 11, 2011 Hate leaving the game as per Chile's fix. I've found that if you simply keep maps up to date, you won't have this problem. A duplicate Q port simply means you're still logged to the game server, which happens when you crash on a map changeover. Your system receives an instruction to load the new map, and your computer doesn't have it. So your computer returns a message to the server to the effect that the client machine doesn't have the map, and in the case of this game, the game crashes. But, even after the crash, you're still logged into the game server for that map and can't reconnect because the server thinks you're already connected. This error will go away when the map you failed on runs its course on the server, and the server refreshes. So, either wait a few minutes and you'll be able to reconnect, or, keep your maps updated using the downloader. Awards
Sonovabich Posted October 11, 2011 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 07:44 AM Device: Windows Posted October 11, 2011 You should'nt have to leave the game when you hold the esc key Harry, i never do.
Unchileno Posted October 11, 2011 Member ID: 101 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 110 Topic Count: 764 Topics Per Day: 0.13 Content Count: 8139 Content Per Day: 1.42 Reputation: 6768 Achievement Points: 61591 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 21 Birthday: 01/23/1974 Device: iPhone Posted October 11, 2011 Sonovabich Chile says just hold the esc key on map changeover and you should not get the problem. Thats right....if not ..xfire me ..Ill kick your ass out... Awards
2_MANY_BEERS Posted October 11, 2011 Member ID: 96 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 108 Topic Count: 1049 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 8817 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 3309 Achievement Points: 62219 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19 Birthday: 06/30/1954 Device: Windows Posted October 11, 2011 SgtHarryWeezer Hate leaving the game as per Chile's fix. I've found that if you simply keep maps up to date, you won't have this problem. A duplicate Q port simply means you're still logged to the game server, which happens when you crash on a map changeover. Your system receives an instruction to load the new map, and your computer doesn't have it. So your computer returns a message to the server to the effect that the client machine doesn't have the map, and in the case of this game, the game crashes. But, even after the crash, you're still logged into the game server for that map and can't reconnect because the server thinks you're already connected. This error will go away when the map you failed on runs its course on the server, and the server refreshes. So, either wait a few minutes and you'll be able to reconnect, or, keep your maps updated using the downloader. You are right Harry but most people don't delete the map that is giving them the problem and let the server load it back up or use the down loader to load it back up. Cheers Beers
HarryWeezer Posted October 11, 2011 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted October 11, 2011 UnChileno Sonovabich Chile says just hold the esc key on map changeover and you should not get the problem. Thats right....if not ..xfire me ..Ill kick your ass out... (Pppssstt: Rugger says Chile sucks donkey dicks. Please keep this to yourself.) Awards
chris4874 Posted October 11, 2011 Member ID: 2491 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 37 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 354 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 04/20/1961 Posted October 11, 2011 cl_maxppf to 1 or 2? mine was on 5 according to my config file.so i have just changed it to 2,[lets see what happens]
Paperman Posted October 11, 2011 Member ID: 207 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 18 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 790 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 263 Achievement Points: 5015 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 21, 2015 Birthday: 01/18/1966 Posted October 11, 2011 Just changed mine to 1. I get the same crap u guys r. I blame chile
vipersniper Posted October 13, 2011 Member ID: 371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 67 Topic Count: 64 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 854 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 382 Achievement Points: 6772 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 22, 2020 Birthday: 04/02/1962 Posted October 13, 2011 I can't find the map names in my main folder to delete them? I have map name.... iw_00.iwd . just the middle changes from 00 to 01 then 02 and so on . bet i'm lookin in the wrong place . tired of gettin error. Awards
METAL_SLUGZ Posted October 21, 2011 Member ID: 2912 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 41 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 231 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 25, 2012 Birthday: 11/02/1990 Posted October 21, 2011 this is wat i do,i just restart my pc and it fixes it for sum reason it looks like it keeps your game key online even tho ur not so yea my 2 cents
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