getting unread bits sometimes when joining MM-games

[Bonedaddy]

I get error message saying unread bits and a very high number, last was 19000, sometimes when a MM-game Im in is starting. When I try to rejoin the game I get to 75% on the loading screen then I get unread bits again and a higher amount. It happens mayby 1/8 games I play and only in matchmaking.
Restarting game or cpu doesnt do anything. 2/4 times Ive tried to restart the router Ive gotten into the game again.

[IAmRoot]

Could you try running Wireshark (a network analysis tool). Try to get a snapshot of the network data from when you're getting the unread bits error. Then, search through the dump to see if there's corrupted packets.

[Bonedaddy]

¨Yea I installed Wireshark but I didnt understand anything of the instructions how to use it....

any easier way to find out what the problem is?

[IAmRoot]

You could try reinstalling. As the wiki says, unread bits are often caused by outdated mods or a corrupt install. If you read the wiki you should have done that already, though.

[Bonedaddy]

Im gonna try reinstalling the game, Ive search around on the forums and I havent found anything about unread bits, the wiki isnt that easy to find stuff on though....
Noticed today that every now and again the error-message says Unkown entity: Bad snapshot, if that says anything to you

thanks for the help

[Tobias]

Let us know if reinstalling works.

[Bonedaddy]

Hi again, I have reinstalled the game and I havent had any problems with unread bits the last 10-15games so it seems it worked

There is another matter however that Ive completly forgot to mention.
When in matchmaking, mostly when playing with friends, when we are in queu I go offline even though I am still online and I have to relogg and we have to queu up again
My guess has always been its the chatserver cause that have been a problem since I played the beta, that I get disconnected from it.

[YawningAngel]

Sounds like a connection issue to me. Can you post the details from the wiki page on network troubleshooting please?

[Bonedaddy]

Hi, my problem almost went away so after I couldnt find the page you are refering to I just learned to live with it, but now after the DDOS-attacks it has flipped out completly.
Would you mind linking the page you are refering to cause I cant find it either on the real wikipedia or the honwiki, when I search for network troubleshooting I get nothing on both so Im not sure what info you need

regards Bone