out of synch error

[Ketch1]

Hello everyone,I just want to ask the question about the above error,i hav'nt played on the net for a little while and it used to work ok,but when i try now i get the above error message,is this anything to do with a patch or upgrade?? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif

[Togakure]

Hi Ketch1. Are you playing MTW, MTW/VI, or Shogun MI/WE?

Most of the time if you get dropped out of sync in a Shoggie game it means that your version does not match that of the host's. Not always though--sometimes it just happens. I only encounter that when I swap statistics from 1.02 to 1.03 or 1.05 and the host is running another patch. If it's a 1.12 player who hasn't upgraded to 1.02 yet, they can't join games that are hosted using 1.02 (they get a network version mismatch error).

I realize the chances are high that you are playing MTW or MTW/VI and not Shogun, but I thought I'd offer this just in case. If you are playing Shogun, download and reinstall the 1.02 patch. This might help (and might not ...).

[Agravain of Orkney]

Hmmmm......out of sync errors usually occur when the stat file on all the players computers don't match in a multi-player game.

Could be several things. Have you modded the game or changed any of the stat files on your machine? If you play a game in single-player, campaign, or custom battle mode and then go directly to multi-player without shutting it down it can also give you sync problems. Game loads different sets of stats for the two modes of play. Tell us a little more about the problem and I'm sure someone could help you figure it out.

As a last resort, you could try removing the game from you computer and doing a clean install.

[Gregoshi]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif Welcome Ketch1 and Agravain.

As the others said, could you provide more information like which game, what patches installed, internet connection type, hardware and software specs for your system.

I seem to recall that the single-player-straight-to-multiplayer problem is an issue with STW only, i.e., they fixed the problem with MTW/VI. I could be mistaken though.