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RE: Random Crashing as of the March 27 Version Update
by Chiitoo on Friday March 30th 2012, 9:48
Indeed it does!
The most useful backtrace I have the time to get right now is the one I posted above already.
As for what triggers it, as in my initial post, I am fairly certain it is related to the Xbox-fix(es) they did. Check the posts I linked for more detailed information about that.
As a short note, it mainly deals with effects such as those from weaponskills but it does not mean you can trigger a crash every time you use one. Not to mention that the client may crash in the title-screen as well.
I have been running it with WINEDEBUG=relay for some time now, in-game and in the title-screen, but it has not yet crashed (which is not uncommon at all when running something with +relay after all).
It is a bit difficult in that it seems pretty random, even though being rather frequent, but when I have more time, I will try to get more info out.
Note that this is from the title-screen. I have noticed it often does it when certain areas happen to load there. When going to the title from the character selection screen, and the 'camera flies' out of the Delkfutt Tower in Qufim Island, it has crashed at that same screen more than once while in Gustaberg for example it has not (as far as I can remember).
I will try to get it to crash when actually in-game as well, but with +relay, it is quite horrible to even move around so it's not exactly fun...
RE: Random Crashing as of the March 27 Version Update
by Megas of Vecanti on Friday March 30th 2012, 12:58
When a Job Ability or Weapon Skill is triggered by you or any other nearby player, there is a very noticeable chance of FINAL FANTASY XI crashing midway into the animation. (1 in 10?) Turning effects during battle off really doesn't seem to affect this for me, though it seems that it might for others.
All but one of my crashes to date seemed to involve using the Weapon Skill Requiescat. The remaining crash seemed to be triggered by a nearby party member using either a JA or WS (unrelated to Requiescat).
If you want to reproduce this crash, I suppose the best way would be to unfilter all combat effects and follow a nearby EXP party (at Abyssea - La Theine Conflux #6, Abyssea - Uleguerand Conflux #4, etc.) until you see a WS go off that crashes the game. Staying by a Planar Rift and watching a Voidwatch battle would probably have the same effect.
