Game crashes leading to 6 hour bans

I have tried several drivers, new, old, "pro", and normal for my graphics card... also, I know in your thread (@gamadar ) you were mentioning something around updates. I just got it on the first launch of the program today and I dont have any updates since dec 26. That being said, it let me validate the instant I closed the program this time.
 
Hey ! The exact same situation happened to me 10min ago, got a VPK crash out on nowhere. I got 135Hours in this game and got this crash 4 times. I also have AMD hardware, GPU and CPU. Both pretty new (7900 XTX and 7800X3D).

The things is, I also got 24h ban even tho I could go back in the game 6minutes later (impossible to launch the game right after the crash, I need to resart, launch a different game and pray). I finish the game (as unpleasant as it was because of the souls gap). I didn't quit this game and apart from the 4 crashes, I NEVER rage quit or anything, never. But still got a 24h ban, for 4 crashes on 135h.

Not very happy about it tbh...
bro same. i just posted in another thread the same issue you had above. its incredibly sad as the game is fun as hell. would be lovely if they could review true crashes vs. rage quit type scenarios. ive seen full teams crash at once due to this bug and it completely ruining matches. i get its still an alpha game, but the heart can only be punched so many times before it gives out. ive resigned myself to wait. wait a few months for the devs to get back in the office, warm back into work and start waving their wands and fixing up some stuff. i can only imagine the boatloads of work they will be coming back into.
 
Have you ran memtest86 @gamadar or @travisthornton21 ? https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm

I just checked mine and I do have an error, so I am throwing in some new ram. I don't know if it is the cause or not, but figure it doesn't hurt fixing in general.

I just wish there were ways to:
1. Allow us to fix the issue and get back in on a crash before the 5 minutes elapses
2. Allow us to reset the ban timer so it isn't 24 hours between crashes.

I have been trying bot matches so many times (it's pretty boring at this point because the bots are not very good) and it crashes way less, to not at all almost. That makes it tough to have confidence going into real player matches considering I have had the vpk crash more than once in a match before.
 
Have you ran memtest86 @gamadar or @travisthornton21 ? https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm

I just checked mine and I do have an error, so I am throwing in some new ram. I don't know if it is the cause or not, but figure it doesn't hurt fixing in general.

I just wish there were ways to:
1. Allow us to fix the issue and get back in on a crash before the 5 minutes elapses
2. Allow us to reset the ban timer so it isn't 24 hours between crashes.

I have been trying bot matches so many times (it's pretty boring at this point because the bots are not very good) and it crashes way less, to not at all almost. That makes it tough to have confidence going into real player matches considering I have had the vpk crash more than once in a match before.
I don't have any ram issues. Fwiw, I swapped the install of Deadlock from one hard drive to another (a slower one), disabled shader cache, verify all files before launching, and then do a quick local bot round before queuing up and I haven't seen this corruption issue in a few weeks.
 
I have had 3 rounds of success. I am only playing with friends to get as much out of it in case the ban happens haha... I just finished #3 and my game says there is an update and so I am doing the validate thing you suggested and crossing my fingers
 
I don't have any ram issues. Fwiw, I swapped the install of Deadlock from one hard drive to another (a slower one), disabled shader cache, verify all files before launching, and then do a quick local bot round before queuing up and I haven't seen this corruption issue in a few weeks.
kinda lame you had to downgrade your computer to play a modern day game XD.

ive had this happen again recently. not sure if there are specific corrupt files to look for and purge before each match? shits getting old fast.
 
kinda lame you had to downgrade your computer to play a modern day game XD.

ive had this happen again recently. not sure if there are specific corrupt files to look for and purge before each match? shits getting old fast.
Well - I jinxed myself. I just saw the crash again and ironically it was the one time I didn't queue into a bot round first or verify my files. I had played like 3 hours ago so I figured it was fine.
 
@Yoshi - there's quite a few threads on the forums about people hitting this corruption issue on start and then getting banned as a result. Is there anything that can be done to make it so we don't get penalized when the game crashes like this? Steam does log when this happens so it is detectable versus someone artificially force closing the game...
 
@Yoshi - there's quite a few threads on the forums about people hitting this corruption issue on start and then getting banned as a result. Is there anything that can be done to make it so we don't get penalized when the game crashes like this? Steam does log when this happens so it is detectable versus someone artificially force closing the game...
bro...im so sorry XD. the only fix ive found is legit making a new account, put 5 bucks on that bitch, and invite it from your original account. give it 2 days or so and ya should hav e the invite in your email.

i feel bad playing in the lower brackets too as its how i feel when im playing against a full internus team. shit suuuucks
but only work around ive found thus far man.
 
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bro...im so sorry XD. the only fix ive found is legit making a new account, put 5 bucks on that bitch, and invite it from your original account. give it 2 days or so and ya should hav e the invite in your email.
Thanks, yea, I've seen a few other people do that but it seems silly when we're being punished for a playtest crashing. None of us mind the crashing, we know it comes with the play test, it's just frustrating when we do get banned though.

On the bright side, at least for now I think the prevention is to 1) Verify all files before every startup 2) Queue into a private bot match and play a few minutes.
 
Thanks, yea, I've seen a few other people do that but it seems silly when we're being punished for a playtest crashing. None of us mind the crashing, we know it comes with the play test, it's just frustrating when we do get banned though.

On the bright side, at least for now I think the prevention is to 1) Verify all files before every startup 2) Queue into a private bot match and play a few minutes.
i just crashed in sandbox too so clearly its exactly what you said. ima start verifying every time before start-up i suppose. My brother in agony thank you for suffering for the betterment of this community along side me. i will say a fresh start is a fun time to convince your buddies to play that haven't it truly feels like how most of us did at first. sucking super hard at most things til ya finally figured out the difference between this MOBA and others.
 
i just crashed in sandbox too so clearly its exactly what you said. ima start verifying every time before start-up i suppose. My brother in agony thank you for suffering for the betterment of this community along side me. i will say a fresh start is a fun time to convince your buddies to play that haven't it truly feels like how most of us did at first. sucking super hard at most things til ya finally figured out the difference between this MOBA and others.
lmao.....verify integrity of files, do bot match, goes fine. crash mid game. done with this not gonna keep making alt account after alt account. its been a pleasure fellas. but until this game releases or i hear that this bullshit bug is fixed, im out.
 
I almost don't want to say that I have been lucky following the "verify first" rule, but so far it's worked. What has also happened however, is I have played a lot less because I am so worried about the crash so I only play when I have a bunch of friends on too. So maybe I just have fewer games in to trigger the chance crash...

I would really love to know if there was someone at least seeing this. Even if there is no commitment to a fix - just a "we have heard you" message from @Yoshi or some dev :(
 
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