Why is invalid gamestate problem more common then ever now?

I thought this crap was fixed in 1.3

from Demigod Forums

Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing more invalid gamestates then ever since 1.3? As soon as one person leaves he takes the whole game with him. It used to be limited between fridays and saturdays thanks to the bug that Ptarth found however, what the hell, it is happening every single day now (Well from what I've seen so far).

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

The bug that I found only applied in a relatively few number of cases, that is only when

  • At least one player was using the Russian localized language version AND
  • The Forces of Light gained flag control AND
  • The Forces of Light lost flag control

As you can see, very infrequent. I can't tell you why you are seeming to experience more invalid game states.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Could it be that people are playing without updating their game? It seems like that would cause an invalid gamestate in the first few seconds though. I don't know if you would actually be able to join a game without updating, but I suppose it's possible if you leave your game up. 

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

Nah Ptarth, I'm getting gamestate errors upon a russian player (Or who I assume to be russian) leaving the game. No map control and no lost flag take place, it is just triggered on leave.

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Ptarth, reply 1
The bug that I found only applied in a relatively few number of cases, that is only when


At least one player was using the Russian localized language version AND
The Forces of Light gained flag control AND
The Forces of Light lost flag control

As you can see, very infrequent. I can't tell you why you are seeming to experience more invalid game states.
This is fixed with the recent patch though.

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Spooky__, reply 4
This is fixed with the recent patch though.

It sure is nice to be able to say that.

"Recent Patch"

Ahh, life is good.

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting OMG_Teseer, reply 5
It sure is nice to be able to say that.

"Recent Patch"

Ahh, life is good.
True ;). Hopefully there will be another one somewhere down the road.

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

The other morning (right after I installed the patch) I had three invalid states in a row within 3 minutes of the game starting. The same russian player was in every game, I can't remember his name, but he has very good english.

 

He suggested that it occurred each time someone played their first game with the patch. I have no way of verifying that. But it had nothing to do with flags, I can testify to that.

Reply #8 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Pfizzyhead, reply 7
The other morning (right after I installed the patch) I had three invalid states in a row within 3 minutes of the game starting. The same russian player was in every game, I can't remember his name, but he has very good english.

 

He suggested that it occurred each time someone played their first game with the patch. I have no way of verifying that. But it had nothing to do with flags, I can testify to that.
Yeah this sounds like some players with unpatched versions were somehow able to join the lobby of others.

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Interesting... hmm... hopefully this works itself out... or something...

Reply #10 from Demigod Forums Top

Players haven't updated their hax yet.

Reply #11 from Demigod Forums Top

From what I saw in the non-executable files, the solution that GPG chose to implement was to update their Russian Language Localization file (it now contains Cyrillic and English). It is possible something is going wrong with that, but I'm currently favoring the idea that people are able to join without updating. I'd need more information before I can make more ungrounded speculation.

Reply #12 from Demigod Forums Top

I havent seen any.

Reply #13 from Demigod Forums Top

I've had an increase in crashes on this build.  I'm doing a fresh install of DG now. 

Reply #14 from Demigod Forums Top

Can someone who hasn't updated try logging in and hosting a game? For the sake of science  :thumbsup:

Reply #15 from Demigod Forums Top

I've played like 4 or 5 games only with the new patch, but I haven't had an issue.