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Map download problem

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i'm not sure if this has been posted before.

when i join a game and it start downloading the map 14% then it said map downloaded but my background does not change to map and when i click view map warzone closed, so i open again and join the same game it start downloading map 65% then map downloaded but still no map on background so i click ready and hope it will be OK even i know it's not :lol2: and when everyone ready warzone is closed :|. third experiment had 95% download then i tried 4th it automatically said map downloaded but there were still no map and i was kicked out :roll: probably i should open ticket

some last log file, nothing seems useful though
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Re: Map download problem

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This will happen to you more often as time goes by. :^(

Some maps, usually the cool ones, will cause such issues.
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Re: Map download problem

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Ezio wrote:then i tried 4th it automatically said map downloaded but there were still no map and i was kicked out :roll: probably i should open ticket
Are you saying no map because Warzone did not show it, or that nothing transfered to your map folder? I suspect you have a partial map in you map folder. Getting "kicked" as you put it because of a map transfer, is because there is already a map with the same name in your map folder, and is probably only a partial file. This was a big problem since the original game. I usually only Host so I don't know if the problem still exists. If this happens to you often I would try using flow control if its not on already. And yes make a ticket if there is a partial or corrupt map in your map folder because it should not be there even if flow control is off.
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Re: Map download problem

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Are you saying no map because Warzone did not show it, or that nothing transfered to your map folder? I suspect you have a partial map in you map folder.
Probably download corrupt, as far i remember i have that map, probably warzone want to display it but downloaded file is corrupted so it not showing and when i click view map or start game it load the corrupted map then crash
Getting "kicked" as you put it because of a map transfer, is because there is already a map with the same name in your map folder, and is probably only a partial file. This was a big problem since the original game.
no, host kicked me since he think i'm a game ruiner after i click ready even map not showing :)

probably something like "if client download map from host, client should match checksum and size of downloaded map with host, if not same then re-download" could fix the problem
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Re: Map download problem

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Ezio wrote:probably something like "if client download map from host, client should match checksum and size of downloaded map with host, if not same then re-download" could fix the problem
Lol, I wrote the exact same thing in original post then decided to delete it. Each packet has a checksum already, so checking a checksum for entire file when you are not receiving the packets could send you into a never ending loop. There could be a dialog box that says file checksum does not match, Delete / Retry map transfer? You could also try turning on flow control for your network card, for both receive and send. Flow control keeps track when your buffer is full and keeps packets from colliding. I have it on all the time. The host you connected to could have bad internet or crappy network card, so the problem could have been on the other end. With Warzone one of the drawbacks is you don't know the actual ping to the host before you join the game. From what I read that might change in the future. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7900#p81044
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Re: Map download problem

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Ezio wrote:Probably download corrupt, as far i remember i have that map
You need to delete that partial or corrupted map or it will continue to give you problems. This is one of those undocumented glitches that I just got use to dealing with for 12 years. We use to always tell people when they could not get into a multiplayer game to delete the most recent map or move all maps out of their map folder.

I reinstalled my operating system today, and joined a few games. I got a partial map download. Flow control for my network card was off because I reinstalled my operating system and had not yet turned it on. Was it just a coincidence I don't know.

I don't see a ticket for this, you should make one. It would be nice if it was fixed for ver 2.3.8 because your suggestion is a good one.
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