Rewriting game client

by SW » Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:40 pm

I updated about 75% of the game client so far. I've been improving a lot of the networking stuff as I go. That's the reason there are a few bugs (also a few old little bug fixes) tonight, and are likely to be some more in the future.

It's all for the good of the game, though. This work is the next step towards a JS/mobile client. :poker:

by **VolMan** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:37 am

SW wrote:I updated about 75% of the game client so far. I've been improving a lot of the networking stuff as I go. That's the reason there are a few bugs (also a few old little bug fixes) tonight, and are likely to be some more in the future.

It's all for the good of the game, though. This work is the next step towards a JS/mobile client.

Keep on keeping on man! Great job. :drinks:

by **ALLSTAR41** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:11 am

The best is yet to come!

by **Frost** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:56 pm

I strongly support this effort!

by **SIX DAY WAR** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:07 pm

The penny finally dropped, and I know now that this game will once again be addicting to many players some day soon...

by **Molekula** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:30 am

Yo yo SW, Ive been unable to run TP for over a week since updating java. I get the pop up tick box when opening the TP homepage, but whenever I accept it, chrome just crashes. what's his name suggested just waiting for the page to respond instead of killing pages, but even if that method works im pretty sure thats not how you want it functioning/it should be functioning. Have also cleared all caches so am outta ideas now. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Cheers in advance

by SW » Tue Oct 22, 2013 1:36 pm

Have you tried a different browser?

Have you tried reinstalling Java again?

Have you tried updating Chrome?

Sounds to me like it's a problem with Java or Chrome....

by **D I B E L L O** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:36 pm

was playing just fine until the tourney started. I was still in the regular map, but i froze as soon as the tourney started. refreshed the page and i've been getting this ever sense

Same thing is happening on my laptop too. Both are using chrome by the way.

by **Erock** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:16 pm

D I B E L L O wrote:was playing just fine until the tourney started. I was still in the regular map, but i froze as soon as the tourney started. refreshed the page and i've been getting this ever sense

Same thing is happening on my laptop too. Both are using chrome by the way.

Yeah simplicity and I are getting the same screen (tried it on both safari and chrome)

by **eldawg51** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:24 pm

Confirmed, it happened to everyone.

by **lefty** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:10 pm

screen of death :facepalmmmm:

by **Molekula** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:52 am

SW wrote:Have you tried a different browser? - Yes, Tried firefox.

Have you tried reinstalling Java again? - Yes, both 32 and 64 versions.

Have you tried updating Chrome? - Yes, updated and restarted browser multiple times.

Sounds to me like it's a problem with Java or Chrome....

Appreciate the help SW, thanks. Still no joy with any of these suggestions tho... Java suggested that I need both 32 and 64 java versions if im using Win 64 and chrome 32. Really dont wanna have to cease playing due to compatibility issues :shrug:

by SW » Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:10 pm

Have you tried other browsers? Have you tried installing both 32 bit and 64 bit version of Java?

by **CoolkylemaC21** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 3:01 pm

I cant even play for months now. tryed to download new java like 4 times but still dont work... lol

by SW » Fri Oct 25, 2013 3:10 pm

What happens when you try to play?

Is your browser blocking Java?

by **savin** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 3:14 pm

You guys seriously can't load the client? Or are you fucking with us lol? :clueless:

by **Molekula** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:39 am

Tis not often im serious Savin, but when it comes to TP, shits serious! :irate:

Ive got both 32 and 64bit Java installed (re-installed both versions twice)
Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Chrome all crash in the same place.

This is the Java prompt I get after clicking 'Play' on the homepage (same thing in all 3 browsers) -

Once I click to allow access for java, all 3 browsers crash. Sometimes the java logo appears and loads 20%-30%, other times the java logo doesnt appear and the browser instantly crashes (same again in all 3 browsers)

When my client was last working, I had the java runtime settings set to Xmx2048m . Since then, ive tried loading the client in all 3 browsers using 512m and 1024 (duno why I thought that would make a difference) with no success.

Have since turned down the security settings to minimum, still with no joy..

Am pretty much willing to try anything at this point (except anal), so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! :loading:

by **shermanfrombf** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:42 am

sorry, anal isn't off the table no matter how much you say no anal

by SW » Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:15 pm

Molekula wrote:Am pretty much willing to try anything at this point (except anal), so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

AIM me sometime and we'll try to debug it.

gottahavemybowl

by **Tragic** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:07 pm

its not bugged-he needs to put a - in front of the Xmx so that it looks like this: -Xmx2048m

also you can use 2G as opposed to typing in 2048 (works fine with all gb representations)

so: -Xmx2G will work the same as -Xmx2048m

also unless a person wants to have to do this manually every time they restart they have dl a program like prio that saves system changes

p.s. be sure you know how much RAM you can allocate to java because too much allocation will cause the system to freeze and such

:lb:

.....Sunny?

by **Molekula** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 2:19 pm

Thanks for the advice Tragic, I did notice that mistake not long after my post, but its made no difference in fixing the problem. I tend to allocate anything upto 2GB as im only rocking 4GB and Win 7 uses about 2 :pissed:

General Lucy just emailed me with this -

TankPit Account Deletion‏

contact@tankpit.com (contact@tankpit.com) 28/10/2013
To: wroejames@hotmail.com
Picture of contact@tankpit.com
Hello molekula,

We're emailing you to let you know that the http://tankpit.com account "molekula" associated with this email is being deleted because it is inactive and has no tanks.

If you're interested, we'd invite you to try the game again (you'll have to register a new account). Many enhancements have likely been made since you last visited. Otherwise, your records are no longer in our database and you won't be contacted by us again.

Thanks!
General Lucy

Just logged into tankpit and all my tanks are still there so am a little anxious.. what be this? :ohnoes:

Charrz!

by **Tragic** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:21 pm

mole pull it back to 1024 and sse if that knocks out the issue...this always requires a little tweaking for your system so do some trial and error and see where it gets you

also clear your java cache-this is something i had to do last night to make mine function properly after some testing as well

work in gigs and half gigs on the way back down

so 2 gb
1 1/2 gb
1 gb
512 mb
256 mb

find a happy medium that will make it work

by SW » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:02 pm

I kinda doubt this parameter has anything to do with the problem....

Do you have AIM? It would be best to chat with you directly.

by **Tragic** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:10 pm

yes it does

I know because I use the game site for my java guinea pig

I did it with this comp last night just to see just how much I could actually allocate before it crashed the browser well applet

you know where it just sits at the bottom of the screen and stays stationary even though you are scrolling the browser up and down :pissed:

try it with yours and watch

by **Molekula** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:31 pm

Tragic was right :facepalmmmm:

I cleared the RAM input and reset to default. Worked first time... Yes im severely lacking in common sense :whack:

by SW » Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:57 pm

Glad it worked. Also surprised Tragic was actually helpful. Thanks Tragic!

by **Tragic** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:14 pm

........

I have alot to offer and often go out of my way to try and help people as long as time allows.....

by **eldawg51** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 9:11 am

Anyone know what a "Stack Overflow" error means? I get it every time I start my computer up now.

by **Tragic** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:01 pm

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/145799

go there and read that and see if that makes sense to you if not just ask

by **eldawg51** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:32 am

I'm using Windows 8 and it's been a long time since I've taken any kind of computer science class. Anyone care to walk me through this process?