A minidump is some info created by Sins when there is a crash. From the tech FAQ:


Apples and oranges.

The functionality of "Alloy" lies in the fact that it is "tunneling" netcode which means it bypasses routers/firewalls instead of relying on user-control. Alloy is netcode, not server-state tracking software and as such is only the "vehicle" by which data is transported.

It probably isn't your machine. You should definitely put in the elbow grease to make sure it isn't your system (read TheMonk's guide, change router settings, game patches, driver updates, reinstall, etc. etc.), but I've done all of those time and again, even switching to other systems and a new PC I recently put together. Despite the multiple claims on the SOASE forums that this is a "small" problem, a LOT of people SEEM to have run into trouble with it and the number of posts referencing it is way up there. The actual word "minidump" is the Sins game logging the error, but the bottom line is that the game is crashing, and so many other commercial games seem to get released without this level of instability. I've found it to be an incredibly frustrating issue with this game (in addition to having to beg for a serial key after I bought the retail game because it was declared "in use"), and actually stopped playing as a result of it. I was never big into the online play through SD/IC, but was trying to play regularly over a LAN with some friends and we got nowhere. We held out for the more recents SD/IC patches with little improvement. I wouldn't be surprised if that's why the game isn't as popular as one would expect given the good reviews it has gotten. A lesson to be learned...

Also, if you're new to the game, don't bother reloading a saved game after it hits a minidump, it will generally encounter the same error despite repeated attempts.

I have the english verison & my first multiplayer game was a minidump funfest.  Maybe I should get the French version

 

Well, I'm not the monk, but in answer to your question, I suppose it is possible.  The problem is that since the game is hosted locally, the game would need to remember the IP address of where the game was and then would need a feature for you to rejoin; no such feature exists right now. 

There is another way to get around this problem.  If the people you are playing with are kind, you can rehost the game using the auto-saved copy.  If an auto-save isn't available, one of the people would need to save the game and then e-mail it too you.  I have done both before and it works fine.  Please note that this only works if you disconnected for reasons other than mini-dumping.  If you mini-dumped, then the game will just mini-dump again when you reload it.

I won't touch solo with a ten foot pole, boring as easy as hell.  I only play multiplayer, and although I am semi-new, I play quite a bit.  In all my games I have had only one minidump, and it was after I won and I said to keep playing.  I play on a cheap laptop (without  a graphics card too), so I have the game close to the lowest settings.  I have never had a problem with SOASE besides the occasional tiny bit of lag, I am glad I don't get the minidumps, cause this is pretty much the best game ever.