MegaMUD Lockup Fix? [Archive] - ForumsHQ

[Necrosaro420]

Its happened to me on 3 computers, so I know its megamud and not myself.



When sometimes one of my characters hangs up, and I click to relog back on, itll lock up the entire computer for a few minutes at a time. Does anyone know why, and how to fix this? Its driving me nuts. Thanks!

[ari]

I've had it happen when trying to reconnect sometimes as well, almost as if the telnet connection is lagging the system. If you slam on the escape key a bit, it'll normally kill the attempt, and if you have a respectable reconnect time setup, you can then kill the attempted reconnect.

I have no idea if there's a memory leak from megamud, but obviously, rebooting your computer occasionally is just a good idea.

[Mwuhaha]

It doesn't matter about the computer i've had the same problem. When running in several different muds. One hangs up, sometimes it locks on connecting. I usually have to control alt delete to kill the process, then reboot the puter. It's been doing that for a couple of years and i have not found a fix yet.

[Raybdbomb]

forgot who told me this

if it starts to lock, keep pressing the connect/disconnect button. it gets out of being locked up VERY fast, instead of waiting for the process to hog 100% for minutes...

[ari]

forgot who told me this



if it starts to lock, keep pressing the connect/disconnect button. it gets out of being locked up VERY fast, instead of waiting for the process to hog 100% for minutes...



Which is essentially the same thing as hitting ESC key a few times (When it's attempting to connect, at least).

[Mwuhaha]

once in a while, not very often, hitting the escape key does prevent the lock up. Sometimes though the lock up is so severe that i have to press the power button on the pc to shutdown.

[Daede]

once in a while, not very often, hitting the escape key does prevent the lock up. Sometimes though the lock up is so severe that i have to press the power button on the pc to shutdown.



Hold ESC. it will unlock in 3 - 5 seconds, max. Also need to click on display window first (whether it registers or not, windows gives it input focus)



Cheers :cheers:

[Mwuhaha]

sorry daede been there done that when its severe not even holding it down works.

[erek[NOT BANNED]]

i blame it on bad tcp/ip or winsock programming by the developers of megamud

[We AllShallDie]

i blame deathblow being down