[Crash] Problems in modifying WC3 campaigns to make them multiplayer

[johndoehere2016]

I used the World Editor to make a campaign multiplayer.

Level: Frozen Throne Night Elf Campaign - The Brothers Stormrage

I went to Scenario > Player Properties and changed Malfurion's Force controller User.

I then used the Local Area Network to get into this map with my buddy.

But shortly after the game starts, my buddy gets disconnected.

We tried this multiple times and the same result happens, so it should not be the internet connection that is at fault.

We also tried changing the trigger from "Allies with shared vision and full shared units" to "Allies with shared vision", but the issue has not been solved.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[DaneTheBeast]

That means that there's probably a desync happening somewhere in the triggers, either that or your ports aren't open.

 

[MyPad]

First thing to look at is this:

• Wait 2.00 seconds of real-time

Waits can cause desyncs in multiplayer, so the only way to avert this is to make it work with timers.

 

[IcemanBo]

Waits can cause desyncs in multiplayer

Could you explain?

 

[Gismo359]

Check for 'Pan camera as necessary', thats the usual culprit

 

[Dr Super Good]

Could you explain?

I believe TriggerSleepAction is net synchronized. However usually it just causes massive lag for everyone once the server is overloaded.

 

[MyPad]

Waits can cause desyncs. One proof is when you check the game and its' replay. You can most often notice that the replay will deviate from the actual gameplay session, whether it be alive units in game that are dead in the replay, or vice versa.

 

[Kaijyuu]

I've never seen a wait cause a network desync, which is what most people are talking about when discussing desyncs.

 

[IcemanBo]

Not sure with arbitary time delays in replays, but a proof should cause 2 clients being desynced from each other.

 

[Daffa]

Gismo made a clear point. Usually, that one is the culprit of desync (I remember failed to fix a desync map from a fellow hiver until I found the native issue)
Fixing SmartCameraPanBJ Desync

Other than that, it might be cinematic related.

 

[HappyTauren]

Doesn't a multiplayer version of this campaign already exist?

 

[Daffa]

But I recall it changes the gameplay quite at a significant level.