Constantly Desyncing

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grafvonzan 4 years ago Hello all. I am having some pretty rough de-sync issues, even when I am hosting. I have three friends who play ZK as well, and they do not have any de-sync issues at all, so it must be something on my end. However- I consistently play on different networks, and all of them are pretty decent. I find it hard to believe that all the networks I play on all have the same issue causing a de-sync, but none of my friends have any similar issues. Any ideas? +0 / -0
Chesti 4 years ago is it a real de-sync where the games tells you are desynced? If yes try to clear the path cache or maybe even a real install. Do you have an example game where this happened? Maybe it is just the ping, do you go over VPN? regards +0 / -0
Aquanim 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago) Assuming you installed through Steam try verifying file integrity. If you can grab an infolog.txt (from the install folder, there is a link in the help menu) after a game where you desynced and share it that would help a lot. +0 / -0
Porkchop 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago) There's a recently added setting that lets you adjust some of the network properties for when you host a game. Look in the Game tab for Network Connection. I don't know which option is best for your situation (Fast or Reliable) but one of those might be an improvement over the Balanced option. +0 / -0
GoogleFrog 4 years ago It sounds like broken game files. Redownloading should work. +0 / -0
grafvonzan 4 years ago Alright, thanks for the tips. I have re-validated in the past, to no avail, but I have done so again. I'll let you guys know if the issue continues. For reference, here is one of my desync reports: https://github.com/ZeroK-RTS/CrashReports/issues/32909 I appreciate all the help, my friends and I greatly enjoy the game. :) +0 / -0
esainane 4 years ago [f=0010723] Warning: [BufferedArchive::GetFile(fid=4999)][!vfsCache] name=Z:\Programs\Steam\steamapps\common\Zero-K\games\zk-stable.sdz ret=-1 size=0 [f=0010724] Error: could not load model "correap_dead.s3o" (reason: [S3OParser] corrupted header for model-file objects3d/correap_dead.s3o) [f=0010729] [Game::ClientReadNet][LOGMSG] sender="grafvonzan" string="could not load model "correap_dead.s3o" (reason: [S3OParser] corrupted header for model-file objects3d/correap_dead.s3o)" [f=0011415] Sync error for grafvonzan in frame 11410 (got 6d82c0ff, correct is 809b9aa1) Looks like corrupt game data to me. Specifically, the Minotaur wreckage model. I suppose the thing to try would be to see if you regularly get desyncs after a Minotaur is destroyed. +0 / -0
Aquanim 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago) I think previous errors of that kind have been fixed by validating the game files so hopefully your issue is now resolved. If you get the same error with "correap_dead.s3o" after revalidating you might need to try a reinstall. +0 / -0
grafvonzan 4 years ago I can confirm that re-validating the game files does not fix the issue. After experiencing this issue just now, I immediately re-validated, and got another de-sync in the very next game. This is consistent with issues I have had over the past few months of on and off games with my friends, where I try re-validating to fix the issue and get inconsistent results. I will experiment with routine re-installs and report back. +0 / -0
grafvonzan 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago) Looking through my recent log files it definitely is a corrupted file issue related to destroyed unit models. That said, I have re-installed and re-verified the game multiple times and I am still encountering this issue. Any ideas? I am going to see if my friend will send me his copy of the destroyed unit files to see if that helps. Edit: I did try setting the network drop down to "reliable". This had no discernible effect on fixing the issue. +0 / -0
GoogleFrog 4 years ago Being unable to load some models will certainly cause a desync. Check whether you're having permissions issues, or perhaps your hard drive is broken. +2 / -0
grafvonzan 4 years ago My SSD should be in working order- I have no issues with file integrity in any other context. Random and Sequential read write speeds are nominal for my drive and I have experienced zero file corruption. That said, I do have approximately half the drive un-allocated after a failed attempt at setting up an Arch Linux install. Due to limitations with the windows partition manager, I can't add all of this space back into my main partition. I set my main partition into dynamic mode in a failed attempt to fix that, and I can't change it back without risking all of my data. While my stuff is backed up, I don't want to spend the day re-configuring all my stuff if I mess up my partition. TLDR: Do you think my partition being in Dynamic NTFS instead of Basic could cause problems with Zero-K? Permission wise, I am the primary (only) user of my machine, and the account that I use for daily use has full control over the drive Zero-K is installed on. +0 / -0
RandomX 4 years ago If I had those problems, I would get a standalone version of ZeroK to install alongside the Steam one just to take Steam out of the picture. Then look at the logs for that version. ZeroK uses a VFS, and I think there is a chance that the way it handles files may not be 100% compatible with the dynamic disk management being done by the OS. +1 / -0
grafvonzan 3 years ago Okay, an update: I finally got around to "fixing" my partitions, and the one that stores Zerok is now in "Basic" instead of "Dynamic" mode. This did not fix the issue, and I still experience de-syncs pretty consistently. I also tried forcing steam to use an entirely different drive for Zerok, but that didn't have an effect on the de-syncs either. I tried installing a standalone version of Zerok a while back, but I still had de-sync issues with that installation. Now that I have my partitions fixed up, though, I will try again to see if there is any improvement. +0 / -0
Shaman 3 years ago Delete path cache? +0 / -0

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