Freezing when loading MP

[Grimnirsson]

Since we don't know which forum (Slitherine or Matrix) is actually the main forum for ToF here's a cross posting of a problem my partner and I have with the mp part of the game:

Hello,

I'm quite new to the game and never played a Multiplayer match before. Today I accepted my first challenge (Fall Weiss) and made my first game turn (as the Germans). There was nothing suspicious; I ended the turn and saved the game. My opponent got his email notification and made his turn. I then got his email notification and logged into the game.

When it was my turn again, I launched the game. In the "My Games" tab I could see our scenario and that it was my turn. When I start the game, the loading screen appears as normal, I can hear the music and see the picture with the Time of Fury logo, and the red loading bar. But when the loading bar is full, nothing happens - the music continues, the load screen and the (full) red bar remains, and I have to kill the game with the Task Manager in order to leave it.

My opponent didn't have any of these problems, he could play the turn and the game started almost immediately after the red bar was full.

I don't have any ideas why I can't load the MP game. I didn't have any problems with the SP campaign so far and my first MP turn went without any problems.


My system specs, just in case: I'm using Windows 7 64 bit, i5 CPU, ATI HD Radeon 5750, 4 GB RAM. The problem remained in full screen as well as in windowed mode.

Any ideas?

Thank you very much!

Hiimori

[doomtrader]

Are you able to try different scenario?

[Grimnirsson]

Yes, she did that but to no avail (see her post over at Slitherine)

[doomtrader]

I already asked her to send me the ConsoleOut.txt file.

[Grimnirsson]

Hi Doom,

Happy New Year to you and your team.

Any update on our problem? Would be great to begin the new year with our mp game [;)]

Thanx,

Grim

[doomtrader]

Looks like the problem is related to the code, so we are trying to duplicate the issue, so I think we will be able to put this in the patch.

[Grimnirsson]

What I fail to understand is if it's a code problem then why are others able to play via PbEM? When do you think is the patch available so we can play via PbEM together? You know, that was the reason we bought the games...

[JLPOWELL]

FYI I had a rather minor glitch the game froze during the the turn (Moving Slovakia) after closing the game and restarting it resumed normally. It appeared to be PBEM related but I cannot be sure.

[doomtrader]

Every PC is different, and for sure this is not a data related issue.

[Grimnirsson]

Ok, let me just quote myself then:

When do you think is the patch available so we can play via PbEM together?

Thanks

[doomtrader]

We are planning to release the patch in the middle of the month.

[Grimnirsson]

And you expect to have this loading freeze prob sorted out by then? That would be great [:)]

[doomtrader]

We are really hoping to have that solved

[Grimnirsson]

Cool...but please check your PM box, it seems to be full....