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Topic: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects

Arcilite_I Title: VN's Most Wanted Posts: 34,414 Registered: Jan 27, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 33,674 User ID: 633,598	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	They always happen around the sound of flowing water, like waterfalls. It never came to realization until just now. I jumped off the ledge in Gundrak into the water below, landed right under the water stream that fills the bottom, disconnected. I hear the running water at the loading screen for about 30 seconds, soon as I materialize I am immediately dc'd. Tried logging in about 9 times now. This got me thinking, every other area during WotLK I've had dc issues had running water close by. Anyone else notice this... -----signature----- PvPing since 1977
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Kriegprojekt Posts: 2,653 Registered: Apr 12, '10 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,591 User ID: 1,390,814	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	Yup. But I always attributed it to the water graphics myself, not the sound. But yeah, I was getting DC'ed when I went near water for the first few weeks after the water upgrade patch. Hasnt happened since. Or at least I havent noticed it. -----signature----- http://www.immortal-guild.com/ Deepstrike Server Milkman - Guardian Bard
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Arcilite_I Title: VN's Most Wanted Posts: 34,414 Registered: Jan 27, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 33,674 User ID: 633,598	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	Turned sound off in options, materialized with the usual second or two long loading screen. Soooooo, is this a hardware issue? lol -----signature----- PvPing since 1977
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Cawlin Posts: 20,754 Registered: Feb 22, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 20,667 User ID: 1,030,445	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	Arcilite_I posted: Turned sound off in options, materialized with the usual second or two long loading screen. Soooooo, is this a hardware issue? lol Sounds like it must be (a hardware issue). I have had issues with my sound getting "stuck" and repeating the same sound endlessly until I restart the game (not just log out/in). I use on-board sound rather than a sound card. Before that I had other issues with disconnects that would persist until I rebooted the game entirely - eventually I would just keep a second instance of the game running at the login screen so that when I got one of these disconnects, I could just re-log in, boot myself off of the other instance and get back into the game in the usual few seconds as opposed to the 5 minute delay. -----signature----- If ignorance were painful, half the posters here would be on morphine drips. Everyone playing WoW knows everything about playing two classes: 1) their own and 2) Hunters
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Arcilite_I Title: VN's Most Wanted Posts: 34,414 Registered: Jan 27, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 33,674 User ID: 633,598	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	Cawlin posted: Arcilite_I posted: Turned sound off in options, materialized with the usual second or two long loading screen. Soooooo, is this a hardware issue? lol Sounds like it must be (a hardware issue). I have had issues with my sound getting "stuck" and repeating the same sound endlessly until I restart the game (not just log out/in). I use on-board sound rather than a sound card. Before that I had other issues with disconnects that would persist until I rebooted the game entirely - eventually I would just keep a second instance of the game running at the login screen so that when I got one of these disconnects, I could just re-log in, boot myself off of the other instance and get back into the game in the usual few seconds as opposed to the 5 minute delay. I like that, good call on the 2nd instance, thanks. -----signature----- PvPing since 1977
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GrimTempest Title: Board Manager Anime Aikousha Posts: 37,523 Registered: Dec 21, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 36,478 User ID: 567,005	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	man i wish i could remember where i first saw this so i could give you a link....long story short though this isn't the first time i've heard of this issue and i think the only resolution the other person ended up finding was turning the sound for it off too. updated drivers and such didn't work. -----signature----- MyAnimeList - http://myanimelist.net/profile/Grimtempest - Chaotic Neutral - El Psy Congroo
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_Warlucky_ Posts: 1,255 Registered: Jul 20, '08 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 1,251 User ID: 1,310,012	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	I noticed that also. and Tuskers are hitting harder after this patch. -----signature----- (none)
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DragonKeeperofThi Posts: 5,026 Registered: Jan 23, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 4,997 User ID: 1,020,758	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	<blockquote>_Warlucky_ posted: I noticed that also. and Tuskers are hitting harder after this patch. -----signature----- Corsair H50 SAPPHIRE, Vapor-X 5870 1GB http://speccy.piriform.com/results/f8SnRC6xW5sa1EoyObGv8yS PS3 60gb, updated to 320gb.
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Unstruck Posts: 1,531 Registered: Mar 24, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 1,524 User ID: 907,325	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	Thought this was gonna be about the alt-tab disconnects. If I'm flying somewhere, manually or on a flightpath, and I alt-tab out while in full-screen mode, 99% of the time I am disconnected from the game during the flight. Googled it, known bug, and the only solution was to play the game in full-screen windowed mode. That causes a drop of like 10 fps for me, which I don't like lol, so I don't bother. But thanks for the warning Arc. -----signature----- (none)
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Auenwing Title: straightface Posts: 8,837 Registered: Dec 27, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 8,717 User ID: 752,779	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	Brought this up with the tech guys in my guild and their first response was: "was it sound?" and the second response immediately after was "Blizzard has had trouble with sound files before". Thanks for the heads up, we will be paying more attention. -----signature----- There are those who play tank classes, and those that tank. The weapon is only as good as the person wielding it. Free advice is often worth what you pay for it: nothing.
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Malachi256 Posts: 2,454 Registered: Nov 12, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,433 User ID: 737,559	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	Unstruck posted: Thought this was gonna be about the alt-tab disconnects. If I'm flying somewhere, manually or on a flightpath, and I alt-tab out while in full-screen mode, 99% of the time I am disconnected from the game during the flight. Googled it, known bug, and the only solution was to play the game in full-screen windowed mode. That causes a drop of like 10 fps for me, which I don't like lol, so I don't bother. But thanks for the warning Arc. Wow, that's been my experience exactly. Now playing in windowed mode, mostly cause I'm grinding archaeology, which means I've got lots of flight time to surf the web or w/e. The biggest problem with the DC, especially on my wife's computer, is the very long load-in to get back in the game. Her's lasts upwards of 3-4 minutes sometimes, totally ridiculous. -----signature----- Explorer / Soloer+Small groups / Some PvP MMOin' since UO beta, still waiting for UO 2.0 done right
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Foojo Posts: 2,429 Registered: Aug 18, '08 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,417 User ID: 1,315,578	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	I held off a few days before buying Cata, and once I used the key for my account, and it downloaded or did some data stuff, I started crashing occasionally. -----signature----- ...
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Arcilite_I Title: VN's Most Wanted Posts: 34,414 Registered: Jan 27, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 33,674 User ID: 633,598	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	Foojo posted: I held off a few days before buying Cata, and once I used the key for my account, and it downloaded or did some data stuff, I started crashing occasionally. I've had intermittent crashes across multiple machines over the years. That is more what this was about, narrowing down a client problem. That said, when the 4.0 patch dropped, everyone I know who plays on the east coast had persistent and random dcs for the first few weeks. One of my cousins is still getting pwnt like 10x a night, even after changing from wireless to a hard line. EDIT: I only narrowed it down during WotLK. -----signature----- PvPing since 1977
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kyrv Title: Lord Logicus Posts: 14,420 Registered: Jan 31, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 14,357 User ID: 639,081	Subject: I found an odd common trait to my disconnects
	Cawlin posted: Arcilite_I posted: Turned sound off in options, materialized with the usual second or two long loading screen. Soooooo, is this a hardware issue? lol Sounds like it must be (a hardware issue). I have had issues with my sound getting "stuck" and repeating the same sound endlessly until I restart the game (not just log out/in). I use on-board sound rather than a sound card. Before that I had other issues with disconnects that would persist until I rebooted the game entirely - eventually I would just keep a second instance of the game running at the login screen so that when I got one of these disconnects, I could just re-log in, boot myself off of the other instance and get back into the game in the usual few seconds as opposed to the 5 minute delay. Same here. One game I just played with the sound I think until the game told everyone a fix in the settings. -----signature----- CO, LOTRO, RoM, PWI, CoH Dragon Age
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