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I have:
1.3ghz Dell Dimension 8100, 256k ram,
30gbytes free on my hard drive.
I upgraded to a Sony trinitron monitor, and have a Gforce 2 mx/mx 400 graphics card.
I have DSL through SNET (southern new england telephone- our baby bell). Dslreports.com says my connection is great, no errors with a very low ping. ip address:169.... Given all that...
Presently I have reinstalled 1.14f. Game seems to be working "acceptably" in all aspects but one, a very important one:
Multiplayer- at end of the first move in every game I get "OUT OF SYNCH MESSAGE DETECTED" and the game ends.
I have spoken to other players and some of them only get that message when I try to play with them. I have played large, small and two-player games and it happens. This error happens whether I host a game or someone else does. I have come to the conclusion that this error is originating with me. I cannot play multiplayer at all at this point.
I was playing multiplayer prior to this with many different errors, which mostly seem to be fixed with the 1.14f patch. However now this "out of synch", which was prior to this, an occasional error, is occurring 100% of the time, preventing multiplayer play completely.
I tried things suggested on your and others help/faq pages, have called tech support several times and have tried everything they have recommended, even if it made no sense. I have tried the following individually and collectively:
Changed monitor settings, decreased colors & resolution, increased refresh rate.
Downloaded and installed most up to date monitor and graphics card drivers.
Reduced hardware acceleration.
Cleaned up the hard drive, deleted temporary files, defragged
Uninstalled PTW and all patches, removed directories, and reinstalled.
Gone into startup, stopped all startup group items so that nothing else is running.
Tried to release/renew/change my ipaddress with no success.
As I said, it was working. I could play a multiplayer game maybe 1 out of 10 tries. Now with the new patch and all the tech and faq help, I pretty consistantly get into a game, say 1 out of 2 tries. But then at the end of the first turn I get "OUT OF SYNCH MESSAGE DETECTED" every time and can't play at all. I have to change my screen name - people don't want me to play with them.
I am very frustrated. Suddenly it seems that everyone can play except for me.
1.3ghz Dell Dimension 8100, 256k ram,
30gbytes free on my hard drive.
I upgraded to a Sony trinitron monitor, and have a Gforce 2 mx/mx 400 graphics card.
I have DSL through SNET (southern new england telephone- our baby bell). Dslreports.com says my connection is great, no errors with a very low ping. ip address:169.... Given all that...
Presently I have reinstalled 1.14f. Game seems to be working "acceptably" in all aspects but one, a very important one:
Multiplayer- at end of the first move in every game I get "OUT OF SYNCH MESSAGE DETECTED" and the game ends.
I have spoken to other players and some of them only get that message when I try to play with them. I have played large, small and two-player games and it happens. This error happens whether I host a game or someone else does. I have come to the conclusion that this error is originating with me. I cannot play multiplayer at all at this point.
I was playing multiplayer prior to this with many different errors, which mostly seem to be fixed with the 1.14f patch. However now this "out of synch", which was prior to this, an occasional error, is occurring 100% of the time, preventing multiplayer play completely.
I tried things suggested on your and others help/faq pages, have called tech support several times and have tried everything they have recommended, even if it made no sense. I have tried the following individually and collectively:
Changed monitor settings, decreased colors & resolution, increased refresh rate.
Downloaded and installed most up to date monitor and graphics card drivers.
Reduced hardware acceleration.
Cleaned up the hard drive, deleted temporary files, defragged
Uninstalled PTW and all patches, removed directories, and reinstalled.
Gone into startup, stopped all startup group items so that nothing else is running.
Tried to release/renew/change my ipaddress with no success.
As I said, it was working. I could play a multiplayer game maybe 1 out of 10 tries. Now with the new patch and all the tech and faq help, I pretty consistantly get into a game, say 1 out of 2 tries. But then at the end of the first turn I get "OUT OF SYNCH MESSAGE DETECTED" every time and can't play at all. I have to change my screen name - people don't want me to play with them.
I am very frustrated. Suddenly it seems that everyone can play except for me.
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