104th_Maverick Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 After hours of trouble shooting I think I found a fix for this!!!! You must delete all the text from your mission briefings! I have just confirmed this with the 104th Server... If I host a mission with a briefing it will not show in the MP list. If I host the same mission with all the text deleted from the briefing it shows in the MP lobby! Please report back with your findings! 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 104th Phoenix Wing Commander / Total Poser / Elitist / Hero / Chad www.104thPhoenix.com www.facebook.com/104thPhoenix My YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m9matt Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Well done Maverick. Looks like that is the answer. I deleted the text from the briefings in the mission editor and others could join the new mission. Nice one. Now I must send in my server crash logs, but have to go out for the evening to see a comedian. Will try to post them tomorrow. Where would you guys like the logs to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregzagk Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) Hello. Xcom also did it yesterday in one mission that way but that didn't seems to work on every mission :( This particular mission had some specific aircraft inside and few triggers. There is something else also there that prevents the missions to show up. Maybe a module? Does the mission you test has any scripts or specific triggers? Thanks Greg Edited October 3, 2015 by gregzagk "ARGO" DCS UH-1H DLC SP Campaign 373vFS DCS World squadron (Greece) - www.buddyspike.net "ARGO 2.0 Project Phoenix" UH-1H DLC Campaign - WIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
104th_Maverick Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) No scripts just DCS triggers Greg. I deleted all text from Mission Briefing, Red Brief and Blue Brief. I also have it stripped to the bones for stability, the only aircraft are FC3 + A-10C & KA50 for now. No CA or Mig21/15, Sabre etc. As stability improves I'll start adding more bells and whistles. Sadly it doesnt look like this solution is bullet proof, the server shows in the list for many people but not for others. It also seems to be appearing then disappearing from the list, despite the server not crashing. Will post when I know more. Edited October 3, 2015 by [Maverick] [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 104th Phoenix Wing Commander / Total Poser / Elitist / Hero / Chad www.104thPhoenix.com www.facebook.com/104thPhoenix My YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFoxRomeo Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 ;2500074']After hours of trouble shooting I think I found a fix for this!!!! You must delete all the text from your mission briefings! I have just confirmed this with the 104th Server... If I host a mission with a briefing it will not show in the MP list. If I host the same mission with all the text deleted from the briefing it shows in the MP lobby! Please report back with your findings! I can confirm this fix. Thanks a lot. Fox Spoiler PC Specs: Ryzen 9 5900X, 3080ti, 64GB RAM, Oculus Quest 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahdoh Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Can not duplicate. Removed all text from all briefing areas, removed all images and removed all triggers. Server still does not show in the list on pre-1.5 mission. Mission does have at least 1 of every released aircraft (no-mods). Will keep trying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) I tested removing the briefing, mission name and pictures yesterday. It did make a certain mission appear and we could connect to it but, there were duplicate connections done and various clients got CTDs. I'm guessing it is part of the issue but not the whole issue. I've went through the mission file, the only changes I found were the coalitions in the old converted missions did not have neutral coalition while new mission did. I tried to rectify it manually but this unfortunately was still not enough to fix it. I hope ED gets a fix on this. EDIT - We have found that removing the briefing plus a combination of some modules and then saving, will solve the issue. Once we have a complete fix on how to workaround this we will update here. Edited October 3, 2015 by xcom [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] BuddySpike Website | Live Map & Statistics BuddySpike Twitch Channel Buddyspike Discord Buddyspike Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 Update - We have found that the issue is the combination of miz file size and briefing/mission name. If miz file size exceeds 150kb, it will not show. If briefing/mission name is in, it will not show. Make sure that both these factors do not violate the above and it should work fine. We also saw this issue might be relevant for newly created missions with the latest patch. 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] BuddySpike Website | Live Map & Statistics BuddySpike Twitch Channel Buddyspike Discord Buddyspike Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FubarBundy Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Nice detective work! That's me scuppered until the net patch tho cos our missions are closer to 500 kb :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahdoh Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Mission is now under 120kb, no briefing information at all, still not showing. What is the mission name area you are referring too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 Mission name is where the briefing is, maybe it's sortie name? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] BuddySpike Website | Live Map & Statistics BuddySpike Twitch Channel Buddyspike Discord Buddyspike Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahdoh Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Ok, I seen Sortie name and cleared it, still no go. B( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m9matt Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Guys, are we talking about missions built in 1.5 or ones built before and re-saved in 1.5? The missions I've built and tested so far are all with the new build of 1.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahdoh Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 As stated in OP thread title, pre-1.5 missions not loading, but, apparently, new missions are having some issues too. My prior comments were about an old mission. With that on hold, a friend and I have started rebuilding it from scratch in 1.5. We are currently having an issue with a newly created mission that starts off showing in the server list, but then within a few minutes, no longer visible. Direct IP connects still work. Mission is 91k in size and no briefing or sortie name. Its a large number of available client a/c. Though way less than I have created in older missions. Will be testing with less client a/c to see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m9matt Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Interesting Shahdoh, Will try and do some testing with missions this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 Yeah we are having the same issue with newly created missions. About the newly created missions ,remove briefing will make it show in case it doesn't show. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] BuddySpike Website | Live Map & Statistics BuddySpike Twitch Channel Buddyspike Discord Buddyspike Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m9matt Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Yes, I've done some more testing this morning, and Newly created missions with no text in briefing or mission title, will show in server list, but will eventually disappear from the list. Strange one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59th_LeFty Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Nice work guys, BUT, how about re-saving the mission in vanilla 1.2.6 DCS (not open beta) as it is still previous version, then reopening it in 1.5? [sIGPIC]http://www.forum.lockon.ru/signaturepics/sigpic5279_1.gif[/sIGPIC] I could shot down a Kitchen :smartass: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m9matt Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I'm wondering if it's the number of clients that make it disappear after a period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahdoh Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I'm wondering if it's the number of clients that make it disappear after a period of time. I do not think it is that, mine disappeared after only a few were in the mission in just a few minutes. ATM I have a mission up and so far so good. Only a couple in there plus myself. Changes made to the mission: Reduced Client available aircraft down to 129, (VA server on 1.2 has over 250 client available a/c in the mission). Also ensured Group names and pilot names were all unique. Keeping fingers crossed. Server name: North American Free Flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahdoh Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 New mission that looked like it was doing well, has dropped off the server list. Clients were around 6-10 when it happened I think. Also, I can not put in server information when creating the server or it will not show up either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
104th_Maverick Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I'm not sure about the client numbers being the cause of not seeing servers in the list. I've seen one or two servers that had approx 20 clients connected.. however it very well could be, it will need more testing :( [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 104th Phoenix Wing Commander / Total Poser / Elitist / Hero / Chad www.104thPhoenix.com www.facebook.com/104thPhoenix My YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahdoh Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Not sure either, just throwing numbers out there to see if there is any relevance. 1st day I had the mission up I was getting 10-20 people connecting, So thinking mission size or number of client slots has something to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 Guys, I'm betting it's a specific module that creates the problem or pilot name. Let's go over what we know - - Briefings create issue. - Mission file size (miz). Briefing is showing in the multiplayer window, once it's gone the server is then listed. What else is shown in the multiplayer window? - Server description. - Mission description. - Pilot information. - Module information. - Rules. The only 2 issues that I see are most dynamic are the Pilot information and Module information. I bet one of those cause problems when the master server tries to pull info from your servers and then fails, at that point probably it stops requesting due to the failure and the server is left unlisted. This is quite an annoying test as we need to test module module, special characters in pilot name etc... Hopefully someone has the time. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] BuddySpike Website | Live Map & Statistics BuddySpike Twitch Channel Buddyspike Discord Buddyspike Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
104th_Maverick Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Hopefully someone has the time. I'm up for trouble shooting you with you if you need extra manpower! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 104th Phoenix Wing Commander / Total Poser / Elitist / Hero / Chad www.104thPhoenix.com www.facebook.com/104thPhoenix My YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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