a weird error

[world idiot]

i was playing a game, it starts and this screen comes up
http://img103.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot2007060101ll2.png
then it attempts to resync
and then the screen comes up again

the blackbox report is as follows:
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= BLACK BOX REPORT =
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Defcon 1.42 built May 3 2007
Date 18:20, 1/6/2007

ERROR : 'Assertion failed : 'm_world'

..\..\source\app\app.cpp
line number 923'

=========================
= STACKTRACE =
=========================

retAddress = 00410F15

i am running windows 2000
pentium 3 1ghz
256mb ram
ati mobility radion unknown model -16mbVRAM
ps, there aren't any drivers avaliable for mobility radeon and windows 2000

[Ace Rimmer]

The image is too small, can't read the error message.

[KingAl]

It's a plain old 'out of sync, resynchronise?' error. It may be that the connection is just really shitty (which you can test over here).
Did it actually crash at all, or did you simply have the sync error? It may be that blackbox error is from a previous issue. If this is a genuine error, have you only just installed Defcon to this computer, or if not have you made any changes recently? Windows 2000 is a notoriously bad gaming platform.

[NeoThermic]

From the specs quoted, I wouldn't be surprised if a low framerate was the cause of the desync. Hammer F1 to see your framerate, and see if it dips below about 10 (that's about the time that a desync would occur).

NeoThermic

[shinygerbil]

Hammer F1 to see your framerate

I wouldn't use a hammer, as then you'd get sync errors for sure.

[world idiot]

the point is that it wouldn't resync

it only happens on certain games but it happens
as for the framerate, it runs smoothly so it can't be that

[KingAl]

Is it consistently under certain conditions? The current evidence isn't much to go on. Try doing a connection speed test when it's messing up, and comparing that with a test when it's fine. It could just be that your connection quality is variable.

[torig]

It's a plain old 'out of sync, resynchronise?' error. It may be that the connection is just really shitty (which you can test over here).
Did it actually crash at all, or did you simply have the sync error? It may be that blackbox error is from a previous issue. If this is a genuine error, have you only just installed Defcon to this computer, or if not have you made any changes recently? Windows 2000 is a notoriously bad gaming platform.

I don't think that speedtest accounts for proxies and other caching technologies.

9449kb/s download and 242 kb/s upload just seems a bit much to me.

[xander]

It's a plain old 'out of sync, resynchronise?' error. It may be that the connection is just really shitty (which you can test over here).
Did it actually crash at all, or did you simply have the sync error? It may be that blackbox error is from a previous issue. If this is a genuine error, have you only just installed Defcon to this computer, or if not have you made any changes recently? Windows 2000 is a notoriously bad gaming platform.

I don't think that speedtest accounts for proxies and other caching technologies.

9449kb/s download and 242 kb/s upload just seems a bit much to me. :lol:

As near as I can tell, that site, like others of its ilk, measures your speed by first sending you data from one of their servers, then by having you send data to their server. So, it is testing your connection to their server, and it accounts for any proxies or caches that you have to get through to get there. It won't give you an entirely accurate picture of how good your connection is on a peer-to-peer basis, as you might both have bottlenecks close to home, but it should be about right.

xander

[torig]

As near as I can tell, that site, like others of its ilk, measures your speed by first sending you data from one of their servers, then by having you send data to their server. So, it is testing your connection to their server, and it accounts for any proxies or caches that you have to get through to get there. It won't give you an entirely accurate picture of how good your connection is on a peer-to-peer basis, as you might both have bottlenecks close to home, but it should be about right.

xander

Actually you seem to be right. Somehow I thought they expressed speed in KB/s whereas it's expressed in Kbps. So you have to divide by 8, which then is about right (1MB down and about 30 to 60 KB/s up).