Need some help with a confirmation

07/03/2008 08:26 jackcracker#1
And what better place to find confirmation or disprove my theory than someplace with so many...searching souls?

As anyone who play the "Official" server for RF knows, the DC problem is getting quite intense. Now granted, some of this could be and no doubt is because of all the hacks and dupes going on. Not My concern truthfully.
My concern is a suspicion that CM servers are sending DC packets to clients. And that is why I am here. Being as blind as I am to the inner mystical working of the packets contents, I have sought out those more in tune with these creatures than myself.

I notice that even in the logs that the game generates line 50 invariably states the following: CNetworkMgr::Close : Request Close ( 1 ).now I can admit that I am noob when it comes to stuff such as this, but I cannot find a corresponding command anywhere on my system.I also usually obtain a few more OddMsg lines in the logs as well..one coming from(supposedly har har) the USPS in Virginia, at least according to the IP.
Now I realize that the networkmanager referred to is created by the program and that the program asks to shut it down. But invariably, in all my logs except the one I popped a circuit breaker on, the closure does not happen until right before the DC.I can be cast spells on My chandra which will show in the logs, then the closure and then " The End" while to me its a DC right in the middle of a battle. Such as what follows:

[157] 06/29/08 3:31:06: 1-1) sf sc => Increase Speed : 3156 ( 2, 98.53 )
[158] 06/29/08 3:31:08: 1-1) sf sc => Elemental Shield : 2932 ( 2, 91.07 )
[159] 06/29/08 3:31:09: 1-1) sf sc => Soul Ballad : 5800 ( 3, 20.00 )
[160] 06/29/08 3:31:12: 1-1) sf sc => Revealer : 5728 ( 3, 19.45 )
[161] 06/29/08 3:31:26: MacroUpdateRequest_clzo 0 0
[162] 06/29/08 3:31:26: MacroUpdateRequest_clzo 0 1
[163] 06/29/08 3:31:26: MacroUpdateRequest_clzo 0 2
[164] 06/29/08 3:31:26: MacroUpdateRequest_clzo 0 3
[165] 06/29/08 3:31:26: MacroUpdateRequest_clzo 0 4
[166] 06/29/08 3:31:26: MacroUpdateRequest_clzo 1 0
[167] 06/29/08 3:31:26: MacroUpdateRequest_clzo 1 1
[168] 06/29/08 3:31:26: MacroUpdateRequest_clzo 1 2
[169] 06/29/08 3:31:26: MacroUpdateRequest_clzo 1 3
[170] 06/29/08 3:31:26: MacroUpdateRequest_clzo 1 4
[171] 06/29/08 3:31:57: CNetworkMgr::CloseClientCheck : Disconnect
[172] 06/29/08 3:31:58: CNetworkMgr::Close : Request Close ( 255 )
[173] 06/29/08 3:31:58: The End

The only Macros I am using are the ones in the game which is legal. No "hacking or exploiting" software running, nothing.

Usually the only things that change about the last 3 lines are the line number, date and time.

So wise ones of the fiber threads in the gossamer realm..can You help this searcher discover the answer he seeks?
07/04/2008 00:57 jackcracker#2
No one is even willing to scoff at my request? Seriously this is the only thing I can think of causing all my DCs.bandwidth is fine, system is capable of more than handling the demands of the game, no overheating, tried both wired and wireless, router in and router out, firewall on firewall off...everything.I have tested my system every 10 minutes for the last 24 hours and no dips in bandwidth or connection speed...nothing. Yet in RF, but not in any other Online MMO is where I still have the problems. Thats the reason I even started looking in the games logs in the first place.
07/04/2008 03:36 WingZero[Custom]#3
it's not like no one willing to give you an answer, but maybe hey can't give you any answer.

And which "official" server you're talking about ?
07/04/2008 05:24 jackcracker#4
Novus on CodeMasters servers. I wasnt trying to imply anything against anyone here. Just kinda wondered if maybe they considered my post to be "too noobish" to bother responding to. I have stood in Hq for hours now with no DCs, but if i do anything at all, like running the HQ circuit, it will lag, glitch whatver in 38-46 second intervals with a corresponding "leap" backwards of around 3-5 seconds of running distance.My connection reliable runs at at least 6700Kbps download and 500 Kbps upload with measurements taken at 10 minutes intervals for extended timeframes.The values posted are the lowest and I have frequently obtained over 6900Kbps download. Both motherboard and DCPU are running with a 1333 FSB.
Sorry if i dont make a ton of sense, been trying to fix this issue on my own for days with not much sleep. Change a setting, play, confirm better or worse or same, reset setting confirm.Rinse and repeat.I can safely and honestly say i have the most up to date drivers for every piece of hardware in My system From the MotherBoard, to the router to the chipset. By the way, I even installed the game on My system drive(which I never install anything on system drive but OS and drivers) which is a Sata drive with 10MB buffer. EVERY other game and program runs like a dream, just have issues with this one.Also, DCPU is running at a constant 40 C and motherboard constant 37C so its not overheating.Measurements taken using Asus Probe 2 since its an Asus Motherboard.
07/04/2008 06:04 jaidee#5
Hmm something is fishy on your end. Can you try running tracert and check where the packets go to. Also who is your ISP? A lot of fishy things are happening now.
07/05/2008 21:32 jackcracker#6
My ISP unfortunately is Road Runner as they are the best that we have in this area.