Way to recover when connection to server is lost?

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by patrickkidd, March 31, 2014.

  1. patrickkidd

    patrickkidd New Member

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    Sometimes I am playing a long-running game and the connection to the server is suddenly lost, and I can't find any way to reconnect to the game. Is this possible? It's a pretty big bummer when I have my mega army about to load on a teleported array and the game dies.

    Thanks!
  2. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Restarting the game normally brings up a dialogue to reconnect to a lost match. :)
  3. patrickkidd

    patrickkidd New Member

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    And if it doesn't does that mean it's a fatal disconnect?
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    stuart98 Post Master General

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  5. bluestrike01

    bluestrike01 Active Member

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    Never ran in such a fatal disconnect, but I have had instances where I could not load after a reconnect.
    In beta you did not have to exit the game to have the reconnect dialog show up if I remember well. So I guess it is a bug that you need to exit the game first now and many people probably don't know this or even know its possible to reconnect to a running game.
  6. SXX

    SXX Post Master General

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    In Beta you was able to log out and login again right in menu.
  7. keterei

    keterei Active Member

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    There's a mod on pamm that adds a reconnect button. Handy!
  8. bluestrike01

    bluestrike01 Active Member

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    Yes but it believe the game also detected the disconnect when yo went to the lobby while still logged in.
  9. ORFJackal

    ORFJackal Active Member

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    When that happens far into a big game, it usually means that the server crashed.
  10. patrickkidd

    patrickkidd New Member

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    Do you know what the mod is called?
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