Multiplayer troubleshooting
From EECH Central
Items that can improve multiplayer stability:
- Remove eech.ini everytime you launch a new game version.
- There's no need to delete
game.cfg
.
- There's no need to delete
- Do not enable rotor downwash.
- This causes entity crashes.
- Disabled Windows firewall when running another firewall.
- Allow incoming ICMP requests by your firewall. ICMP request are also called echo requests or "pinging" another computer.
- More information: ICMP
- Turn off campaign commander
- Only the server/host can run campaign commander.
- It can causes bad connections.
- Don't hand off PFZs to AI.
- Choose only default helicopters (i.e. Hokum, Havoc, Comanche, Apache). All other helicopter are suspected for crashing the server. The Black Hawk could be an exception.
- Avoid joining servers at the same time. The server can't handle the amount of data upstream and downstream.
- Delete any IP address in the connection box, or fill in the server's IP address.
- When the IP address box is cleared, restart the game.
- Do not click on enemy map items.
- Don't move the active waypoint.
- Change the pilot name after a crash.
- This can also help in other situation.
- Recon cannot be send by client side.
- The slewable chain gun doesn't act as a slewable chain gun. Rockets seem to have aiming trouble as well.
External links
See also
- FAQ - General game FAQ
- troubleshooting
- multiplayer