Can't play online anymore

[Unrealnut]

I,m realy fedup can't play online anymore as old unreal keeps crashing,
someting about actors and non open packet.
Unless someone here knows what to do, i have tried every thing look like sticking to
single player. I have uninstalled re-installed unreal, tried a old backup of Unreal,
even tried a restore of my system but it still crashes.
Thanks.

[TCP_Wolf]

This can have many issues, including bad network drivers. One of the few things Unreal is not always the culprit for.

For example, if your network card is an SMC and you are using Win XP, you might try installing explicitely the Windows 2000 drivers for the card, because these work better in some cases. But still, could be almost anything. If you have another computer, play from that one for a bit and see if it still happens - I would guess not...

[Unrealnut]

Hi
Thank you for your reply.
I can't play on another puter as i only have this one.
The modem i am using is a motorola usb cable modem sb4100 on Telewest.
The strange thing is it was working fine and i was playing on-line for a few weeks then
all of a sudden it started crashing, old Unreal IS the only game i play and i don't know
what to do. Thank you.

[Hyper]

My guess is that the Non_open_packet error IS actually an Unreal bug. At least I'm sure it also happens at my Windows 2000 system with gigabit (Broadcom) ethernet.

[Smirftsch]

could u post your logfile plz ?

[Unrealnut]

Thank you for the reply
How do i post the log as it is too big?.

[Unrealnut]

Hello Again
Here are the Critical notes from the log, if you want all the log you will have to tell me how
to post it as it is about 50k in size!. Thank you.

Critical: appError called:
Critical: New actor channel received non-open packet: 0/1/1
Critical: Windows GetLastError: The operation completed successfully. (0)
Exit: Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError
Exit: UGalaxyAudioSubsystem::ShutdownAfterError
Exit: Executing UWindowsClient::ShutdownAfterError
Log: DirectDraw End Mode
Exit: UD3DRenderDevice::ShutdownAfterError
Critical: InitialClientActor
Critical: UActorChannel::ReceivedBunch
Critical: (Actor None)
Critical: UChannel::ReceivedSequencedBunch
Critical: Direct
Critical: UChannel::ReceivedRawBunch
Critical: DispatchDataToChannel
Critical: BunchData
Critical: UNetConnection::ReceivedPacket
Critical: UNetConnection::ReceivedRawPacket
Critical: UTcpNetDriver::TickDispatch
Critical: UpdatePreNet
Critical: ULevel::Tick
Critical: (NetMode=3)
Critical: TickLevel
Critical: UGameEngine::Tick
Critical: UpdateWorld
Critical: MainLoop
Exit: appExit
Uninitialized: Name subsystem shut down
Uninitialized: Log file closed, 10/14/06 19:49:58

[Unrealnut]

Hi
I have found a solution to the problem thanks for everyones help.

[Hyper]

Hi
I have found a solution to the problem thanks for everyones help.

Great. But can you post your solution? Maybe it can help others too.

[Unrealnut]

Hi
Yes i'm sorry i forgot to say what i did.
It was so simple all i had to do was unplug the cable modem for a few minutes
then plug it back in!.
It was only by accident i found out because i phoned my isp as my internet speed was very
slow and they said to do that and my speed went up so i thought i'll try Unreal and that
worked too. So if it happens again i will just reset the modem that way. .

[jackrabbit]

yes if your having simple connection issues with bandwidth delay, there can be bad reactions with unreal. Most likely somthing was going on with your internet at the times when you were playing your unreal and it would loose major packets and crash.