Crashing in BGs

xpolockx · Post by **xpolockx** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:18 pm

Hmm, weird that I haven't crashed at all lately... of course, now that I've said it, my next AV I'm sure they'll come back

Runstadrey · Post by **Runstadrey** » Sat May 24, 2008 2:32 am

I've been seeing the same problem. It crashes to the desktop with a WoW error reporting dialog. I've been sending them all to Blizz. But, I have to restart the WoW client.

I'm running WinXP SP3, Radeon HD2900 XT, 2 GB Ram & Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4GHz, so I know I've go the horsepower.

When I reported it on the Tech Support forum a blue said I should do the delete WTF, Cache & Addons directories. I didn't think it would help but I did so anyway (except the directories containing the macros - BGing a warrior w/o macros is a dreadful thought). And it did help, I did an AV, AB & WSG w/ no crashes.

So I restored the directories and it promptly crashed. I thought since my only addon that runs periodically is the C+ I would disable it. Did the AB, AV & WSG rotation w/o incident. The C+ file is only 1.5 MB on my low pop server.

I logged on here to ask that we be given an option to disable the client during battlegrounds, but found this thread and realize I am not alone.

Until the exact cause of the problem is determined can you make a quick update to disable during BGs? I'll have to disable it always until then.

Thank you for your time.

[edit] Here is the link to the WoW tech support forum post: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/threa ... 1523&sid=1

Post by **Rollie** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:00 pm

I was actually going to do just that today. Put in a change that will basically disable C+ while in BG's and see if that helps.

Runstadrey · Post by **Runstadrey** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:35 am

Rollie wrote:I was actually going to do just that today. Put in a change that will basically disable C+ while in BG's and see if that helps.

Could you post a message here when you do? I'd happily be your guinea pig.

TYVM.

[edit] But, I really believe these crashes are due to something Blizz did in 2.4.2. Before that patch I ran C+ all the time, everywhere. It wasn't until that patch that I started having these crashes. But, of course their solution is 'disable addons'. Odd, given their supposed open support of addons.

Post by **Rollie** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:09 am

I have a local version working but I haven't had as much time to test it as I'd like. ANd the next few days are going to be very busy with me out of the house most of the time.

If you are interested in testing it out, you can grab the test version here:

http://www.warcraftrealms.com/temp/CensusPlus.lua

Just drop that into your /World of Warcraft/Interface/Addons/CensusPlus directory.

As this is a local debug version, you'll likely see a few extra messages here and there that you are not used to seeing. Just let me know if you get any wierdness, or crashes (or not!).

Runstadrey · Post by **Runstadrey** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:39 am

OK, I've got the update. Will try it asap. This is Memorial weekend in the US and I've got family obligations - so it might be a while before I do any serious BGing.

But, I will post as soon as I do a rotation AV, AB, WSG; EotS will have to wait, the toon I'm bging now is only 59.

Balgair · Post by **Balgair** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:02 pm

Dowloaded it and will test as well, very much hoping it helps!

Balgair · Post by **Balgair** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:49 pm

First observation - this version has introduced the "guild window pops up all the time" issue for me... I know others have had it already but I never got it except on zoning or people joining/leaving the guild... now it's every other second while scan runs, ie whenever the /who is run

2nd observation:

Census+: You are currently in a Battleground so a Census cannot be taken
Census+: You are currently in a Battleground so a Census cannot be taken
Census+: You are currently in a Battleground so a Census cannot be taken
Census+: You are currently in a Battleground so a Census cannot be taken
Census+: You are currently in a Battleground so a Census cannot be taken
Census+: You are currently in a Battleground so a Census cannot be taken

...you get the idea

Good idea putting a notification up but every 2-3 seconds is maybe a little extreme; a spam reduction option to cut it to every 1-2 mins would be handy

No crash yet but then I disabled autocensus partway through the game because I couldn't read BG chat

Post by **Rollie** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:24 pm

Was trying to remove all the 'taint' issues that I could, which probably introduced the added window pops.

The other messages are due to debug work =)

Balgair · Post by **Balgair** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:38 pm

Well after making a 2nd chat window so I can see the BG messages it seems to work alright, no crashes so far and censuses successfully not running while in the BG. Here's hoping that this does cure the crashing!

xpolockx · Post by **xpolockx** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:25 pm

Once this is introduced, it would be nice to have the option to run a census during a BG at our own peril. I usually have it running nonstop while I'm in BGs and don't crash all that much, so I'd be unhappy if it was a forced change and I couldn't take any while I BG

Of course, I'm all for fixing it for the people that crash more often than I do, so I'll take one for the team if necessary

Balgair · Post by **Balgair** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:21 am

Ok, got my new pc and installed Census without the new .lua, wondering if the crashes would still happen. Been pretty quiet for a day or so but...

World of WarCraft (build 8278)

Exe: C:\Program Files\Games\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe
Time: Jun 1, 2008 9:10:26.171 AM
User: CatrionaR
Computer: CATRIONA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This application has encountered a critical error:

ERROR #132 (0x85100084) Fatal Exception
Program: C:\Program Files\Games\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe
Exception: 0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 001B:00630595

The instruction at "0x00630595" referenced memory at "0x00000318".
The memory could not be "read".

WoWBuild: 8278
Realm: Draenor [80.239.179.54:3724]
Local Zone: Mage Tower, Eye of the Storm
Local Player: Sagart, 00000000003728DA, (2250.66,1716.17,1163.71)
Locked Target: Wnafmyatt, 00000000010CB8F7, (2263.37,1707.23,1170.86)
Last Enemy Target: Wnafmyatt, 00000000010CB8F7, (2263.37,1707.23,1170.86)
Add Ons: AllPlayed Atlas AtlasLoot AtlasLoot_SetsandPvP CensusPlus Decursive diMapCoords diMapCoordsOption EquipCompare GFW_Levelator FocusFrame Gatherer Grid GridStatusHealingReduced GridStatusHots Identity ItemRack Ace2 FuBarPlugin-2.0 Recap sct SellFish TradeskillInfo TuringTest UnitButtons UnitClass WR_KillingFields XRS DBM_Battlegrounds DBM_API
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/sigh

Was at least worth trying to see if the change in hardware/system setup helped, but seems not

Downloading the modified version now!

(Unrelated note: if anyone's thinking of getting a new pc, do it - I had no idea how good the game looks on maximum graphics settings, and I cannot get it to go to low fps no matter what I do now, it's amazing

)

xpolockx · Post by **xpolockx** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:25 pm

Balgair wrote: (Unrelated note: if anyone's thinking of getting a new pc, do it - I had no idea how good the game looks on maximum graphics settings, and I cannot get it to go to low fps no matter what I do now, it's amazing )

Yeah, if I wasn't back in school I'd have the money to do so, hehe

On a side note, I haven't crashed in a month+ now, even with Censusplus on and running a census in a bg. That counts both my PC and my laptop, which both have Censusplus installed. I haven't really run bg's extensively tbh, but I've made it through probably 30 on my PC and 10 on my laptop so far with no crashes.

Post by **Rollie** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:05 am

I have been running with my 'modified' version for a bit now and have not had any BG crashes. I'll be releasing the new version shortly.

Balgair · Post by **Balgair** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:08 am

Great news

I too am crash-free with the modified version so hopefully this fixes it for good

xpolockx · Post by **xpolockx** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:52 am

Well, I finally crashed during an AV last night

Looking forward to the updated version.

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Crashing in BGs

Crashing to desktop w/ ERROR #132