Sudden "Lag Crash"?

[TheBlackParrot]

When I enter an online game, Blockland does some kind of weird what I call "Lag Crash".

It lags for about 10 seconds, then the chat begins to work normally, but the 3D models, bricks, movement, etc. will just freeze.
[Single-Player, and LAN works fine.]

Is this an ISP problem, my computer's fault, or is it Blockland?

PLEASE HELP

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[phflack]

torque, just rejoin

[MtnDew]

Need more details, maybe a console log and what OS you're running?

[Ephialtes]

Are you able to talk during the crash, or can you just see everyone else talking still?

[Tolster]

Are you able to talk during the crash, or can you just see everyone else talking still?

Iv'e had this before so:
No, you cant chat by yourself.
You see the other chat, but you can't see anyone move.

This "lag crash" is really annoying, it happened to me when i was on cucumberdude's co-op challenge. :C

[Ephialtes]

This is a known issue and as such I don't think a solution has been found. I have noticed this is quite easily replicable if you have something using up a lot of your upload bandwidth (e.g. maybe you're seeding a torrent)

[Doomonkey]

2 solutions.

1. Reconnect.

2. IRC an admin and ask them to D-Wand you, this will fix the lag.

[TheBlackParrot]

I don't have the console log, since I played single player for a few hours yesterday.

Right now I'm in Ubuntu 9.10... *sigh* v14 better have linux support. D:

Yes, I can see other people's chat, but I cannot chat.

@MtnDew
Windows XP Professional SP2 w/ Ubuntu 9.10 as guest OS [Blockland DOES NOT work in Wine for me]
1GB RAM
EVGA GeForce 8600GT PCI 512MB VRAM
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz.

Oh, when I run my server, everyone can connect to it for about 5 minutes, and then everyone but me and everyone in the same house crashes.
IRC in RTB also glitches when this happens.

[TheBlackParrot]

I forgot to say:
I don't use torrents except when I download files over 500MB that have a torrent. [I wasnt downloading a torrrent at the time.]
When I'm the only computer/internet connection on the router, it still happens.
I tried restarting my computer, still does it.

On BOTH WiFi AND wired connections, it still happens.

My brother's computer is also doing this. We can only play Single-Player and LAN servers.


I guess I could try playing Badspot's server without addons in Linux, and I'll see if that works.

[Ephialtes]

What happens with the IRC when this glitch occurs?

We're fairly sure this isn't an add-on related issue but more a networking problem within the game itself.

[TheBlackParrot]

It disconnects, but if I'm not in the IRC Client's window, it shows a [Dissconnect (My IP)].

It's playing 90% [Sorta slower, but what do you expect. :P] in Linux.

I cant play Blockland in my Windows partiton, becuase of the amount of Add-Ons in it. My Linux [Windows Version w/ Wine] Blockland has no addons in it.

[TheBlackParrot]

Edit to last post:
It's playing fine with 65,000 bricks at Badspot's Server. My sound doesn't work though. D:

[Posh]

This happens to me sometimes where there is heavy lag but then ppl are talking but i cant move or nothing.

[phflack]

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=70583.0

[TheBlackParrot]

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=70583.0

So that just means it's Torque's fault... I never expected that.
I'll try my backup Blockland. I'll post if it works or not