Player cannot join the game (sees everything blank)

[pr114]

I am testing my new map, unfortunately, some players have the issue that they cannot see anything, everything remains blank.

They report that the download loading bar stays at 0 and then skips it.


I as game host sometimes just see a flash of a blue player with blank name entering, and leave within .1 sec.


On the other hand, a player that kept leaving and rejoining did manage to get in at the end. So it is not 100% unjoinable, but still very bad.
In solo play I have zero problems whatsoever.


Now I have to add following:
-map was converted to SLK format
-did no MPQ edits at all
-I put nothing in the Map Init trigger (main) > stuff starts at 0 sec game timer

So I guess the only cause can be something like corrupted imports? The map is rather large at 16MB.

 

[Wrda]

Why is the map slk in first place?

 

[pr114]

This is an optimization, shaves of 1MB and increases load times.

I just tested with normal format. Only changes are removal of wtg, w3c, w3r, and wct through MPQ edit.
The issue still persists, but some people are able to get in. Sometimes it needs closing down and re-opening WC3 to be able to start download on the map.

 

[Wrda]

and increases load times.

WHAT? Optimization does the opposite. Also why are you worried about 1MB? Max map size is about 256MB.
Anyway, this issue is common when the map is being downloaded to blizzard server first, if a player joins before it is complete and attempts to download then this happens.

 

[pr114]

Sorry, meant to say 'improve' and not 'increase'.

Oh allright, so this problem should go away if the map has been hosted a while before. That is reassuring, thanks.