1. Post #1

    October 2013
    21 Posts
    I can play the game perfectly fine for about 1-5 minutes, then all of a sudden i cant loot boxes, trees, rocks or anything anymore. I cant fight mobs either, but they can kill me. It's extremely frustrating, this happened while the game was browser based, and it still happens, this doesn't happen to any of my friends, and i can't find any fixes anywhere. My drivers are all updated i've tried reinstalling but that did not help.

  2. Post #2

    September 2013
    174 Posts
    It's internet lag.
    If you can move fine, but can't open doors/storage boxes, than it means that something is wrong with your connection to the server.

  3. Post #3

    October 2013
    21 Posts
    it happens on all servers, also i dont have any connection problems in any other games, just rust.

  4. Post #4

    October 2013
    21 Posts
    bump

  5. Post #5

    November 2013
    13 Posts
    I can play the game perfectly fine for about 1-5 minutes, then all of a sudden i cant loot boxes, trees, rocks or anything anymore. I cant fight mobs either, but they can kill me. It's extremely frustrating, this happened while the game was browser based, and it still happens, this doesn't happen to any of my friends, and i can't find any fixes anywhere. My drivers are all updated i've tried reinstalling but that did not help.
    Same here. In order to play I have to net.disconnect and net.reconnect about every 4 minutes. Seems like a network timeout or certain messages get dropped or garbled without recovery. Once the server has stopped listening for my movement/coordinates and I end up running around oblivious until:
    1) I try to loot and find the loot panel doesn't appear
    2) gather resources and don't get any console msg with the results of the loot
    3) I hear radiation but see zero on my rad level
    4) a friend tells me that I've stopped running (and an animal may be attacking my frozen body (which I do take damage from) to add to the frustration... then I die while I've been thinking that I was far enough away.
    5) (this one is not reliably repeatable but...) sometimes can't place a crafted object

    As well, No new Zombies, player made structures, or ore nodes appear other than those already rendered.

    I can open doors fine and even open doors for other players (to the other player it's like a ghost opened a door) so the world still responds somewhat to my actions.
    So this in total looks like a timeout issue only instead of the server disconnecting me it lets me carry on until I interact and realize the long distance I just ran was for nothing as my body actually didn't move for the past few minutes. This issue is a little different for some servers as the time may vary which I think still leads to a timeout.

    Loading Trees:
    The latest issue since yesterdays patch is the crash when trying to load the rust map or trees. The loading trees issue seems to me that the server simply can't determine a spawn point for me. The reason I say this is because I was on the server before but I figure I died or my body was killed; and when I see 'loading trees' I can hit escape and see the 'random respawn' or 'camp respawn' options on a black screen only I can't move the mouse to select an option. So my spawn location is in limbo.
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  6. Post #6

    October 2013
    21 Posts
    Same here. In order to play I have to net.disconnect and net.reconnect about every 4 minutes. Seems like a network timeout or certain messages get dropped or garbled without recovery. Once the server has stopped listening for my movement/coordinates and I end up running around oblivious until:
    1) I try to loot and find the loot panel doesn't appear
    2) gather resources and don't get any console msg with the results of the loot
    3) I hear radiation but see zero on my rad level
    4) a friend tells me that I've stopped running (and an animal may be attacking my frozen body (which I do take damage from) to add to the frustration... then I die while I've been thinking that I was far enough away.
    5) (this one is not reliably repeatable but...) sometimes can't place a crafted object

    As well, No new Zombies, player made structures, or ore nodes appear other than those already rendered.

    I can open doors fine and even open doors for other players (to the other player it's like a ghost opened a door) so the world still responds somewhat to my actions.
    So this in total looks like a timeout issue only instead of the server disconnecting me it lets me carry on until I interact and realize the long distance I just ran was for nothing as my body actually didn't move for the past few minutes. This issue is a little different for some servers as the time may vary which I think still leads to a timeout.

    Loading Trees:
    The latest issue since yesterdays patch is the crash when trying to load the rust map or trees. The loading trees issue seems to me that the server simply can't determine a spawn point for me. The reason I say this is because I was on the server before but I figure I died or my body was killed; and when I see 'loading trees' I can hit escape and see the 'random respawn' or 'camp respawn' options on a black screen only I can't move the mouse to select an option. So my spawn location is in limbo.
    Exactly, same thing for me, its impossible to play this game, it seems there are a few others with this problem but no fix at all. it sucks having to spend 30-50 seconds disconnecting and reconnecting every 4 minutes, this game is fun but not in 4 minute increments. I hope someone can help us.
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  7. Post #7
    PatGlynn's Avatar
    October 2010
    190 Posts
    Could you guys confirm that occasionally these things below happen as well when your noticing the other issues described in the post?
    - unable to switch weapons
    - unable to throw grenades or drop item sacks
    - chat does not pop up automatically or messages show up very briefly

  8. Post #8

    November 2013
    13 Posts
    Exactly, same thing for me, its impossible to play this game, it seems there are a few others with this problem but no fix at all. it sucks having to spend 30-50 seconds disconnecting and reconnecting every 4 minutes, this game is fun but not in 4 minute increments. I hope someone can help us.
    Exactly, same thing for me, its impossible to play this game, it seems there are a few others with this problem but no fix at all. it sucks having to spend 30-50 seconds disconnecting and reconnecting every 4 minutes, this game is fun but not in 4 minute increments. I hope someone can help us.
    I just achieved some success on the 'gowing trees' / 'loading' character' issue for me. I'm using an NVidia 8800GT.
    I wasn't aware of the OpenGL switch so I tried it and now I can get past a loading screen and into the map.

    Game Startup flags that I'm aware of pertaining to graphics:
    -force-opengl
    -force-d3d9


    -force-opengl worked for me. Try either.

    [edit] Additional flags you can try: (found these in the forum)
    -force-d3d11 -force-feature-level-9-3
    -force-gfx-direct
    So from these flags you can see that you could try different versions of DirectX that might be compatible. DirectX 9/10/11 (d3d11 = Direct 3D version 11)

    To do so...:
    Within Steam goto rust. properties. On the General tab -> 'Set Launch Options' button.

    Once in the game, before joining any server I enter in console (F1) what I assume to be a memory/poly leak fix:
    grass.on false

    I still could not gather any resources though so that issue is still outstanding. I reconnected and was able to gather resources. But disconnected for this post. I'm assuming that I'll post back in 4 minutes to tell you that I can gather :-(

  9. Post #9

    October 2013
    21 Posts
    I just achieved some success on the 'gowing trees' / 'loading' character' issue for me. I'm using an NVidia 8800GT.
    I wasn't aware of the OpenGL switch so I tried it and now I can get past a loading screen and into the map.

    Game Startup flags that I'm aware of pertaining to graphics:
    -force-opengl
    -force-d3d9


    -force-opengl worked for me. Try either.

    To do so...:
    Within Steam goto rust. properties. On the General tab -> 'Set Launch Options' button.

    Once in the game, before joining any server I enter in console (F1) what I assume to be a memory/poly leak fix:
    grass.on false

    I still could not gather any resources though so that issue is still outstanding. I reconnected and was able to gather resources. But disconnected for this post. I'm assuming that I'll post back in 4 minutes to tell you that I can gather :-(
    ive got -force-d3d11 on launch options and that helps with any graphics issues, but i still have the no looting problem.

  10. Post #10

    November 2013
    13 Posts
    Could you guys confirm that occasionally these things below happen as well when your noticing the other issues described in the post?
    - unable to switch weapons
    - unable to throw grenades or drop item sacks
    - chat does not pop up automatically or messages show up very briefly

    I've had a hunch that I was missing out on chat once I realized I was dropped.
    Switching weapons has never been an issue.
    Dropping item sacks and throwing grenades will take awhile to test as the first I've been able to play since 2 days is now (+server reset). Takes a very long time to get established reconnecting.

    Edited:

    I'll note that I'm running 32bit XP (which my friend has crucified me for. But my system is extremely OCDish clean and runs everything nicely. My hunch is that this is a Q3 engine so I figure I'm perfectly compatible.

    Edited:

    I mentioned that -force-opengl worked for me however there's a slight downside. When I exit the game I hear the game crash sound and then My desktop is left in the in-game resolution. I can live with that for now :-P

    Edited:

    Separate bug: Another issue I've noticed is that the 'use' key cannot be rebound in-game. You have to rebind it in the launcher window (world use')

    Edited:

    Could you guys confirm that occasionally these things below happen as well when your noticing the other issues described in the post?
    - unable to switch weapons
    - unable to throw grenades or drop item sacks
    - chat does not pop up automatically or messages show up very briefly
    Messages so display fine.

  11. Post #11

    November 2013
    13 Posts
    Exactly, same thing for me, its impossible to play this game, it seems there are a few others with this problem but no fix at all. it sucks having to spend 30-50 seconds disconnecting and reconnecting every 4 minutes, this game is fun but not in 4 minute increments. I hope someone can help us.
    Apparently I can attack other players while ghosting. I ran inside another guys hut. He ran out. He came back in and lit his campfire. I started chopping away but he had no idea how he was getting hurt. (sorry dude/whoever)

  12. Post #12

    October 2013
    21 Posts
    really hope we can get some insight on how to solve this problem.

  13. Post #13

    November 2013
    2 Posts
    I can play the game perfectly fine for about 1-5 minutes, then all of a sudden i cant loot boxes, trees, rocks or anything anymore. I cant fight mobs either, but they can kill me. It's extremely frustrating, this happened while the game was browser based, and it still happens, this doesn't happen to any of my friends, and i can't find any fixes anywhere. My drivers are all updated i've tried reinstalling but that did not help.
    Same for me, only started happening today.

    tried on 6 different server and get same thing.

    Able to log in fine, can play for 3 mins or so, then theres a slight glitch (like ive been de-synced to the server) after that unable to gather or loot items

    if i reconnect it repeats the process

  14. Post #14

    September 2013
    173 Posts
    I have a few suggestions, give them all a go.

    1) In Steam set the Launch Options to '-force-d3d11'
    2) Try running the Dev build, if you are running the dev build try the regular build.
    3) Do you have 2GB FREE memory?
    4) Lower your graphics settings.
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  15. Post #15

    October 2013
    21 Posts
    I have a few suggestions, give them all a go.

    1) In Steam set the Launch Options to '-force-d3d11'
    2) Try running the Dev build, if you are running the dev build try the regular build.
    3) Do you have 2GB FREE memory?
    4) Lower your graphics settings.
    ive done everything here, plus i have 16gb of RAM so i hope the memory wouldnt be the problem, also i always do "grass.on false" in the console, all of these things have eliminated graphics lag for me, but unfortunately i still have to disconnect and reconnect every 4 minutes.

  16. Post #16
    walter853's Avatar
    July 2013
    9 Posts
    I'm having the same issues listed above. I desync from all the servers. Can't loot, can't mine from generated piles on the map BUT I can gather from trees. I go into rad zones, hear it, but it stays at 0. Also, the loot won't spawn. There's also no animals that spawn.
    My specs -
    Windows XP 32 bit
    GTX 550ti x2 SLI
    3gb DDR2 ram
    Intel Core Duo E8400
    Several 500gb drives
    Coolermaster 750w

  17. Post #17
    Legen -- wait for it.. -- Dary

    July 2013
    58 Posts
    I'm having the same issues listed above. I desync from all the servers. Can't loot, can't mine from generated piles on the map BUT I can gather from trees. I go into rad zones, hear it, but it stays at 0. Also, the loot won't spawn. There's also no animals that spawn.
    My specs -
    Windows XP 32 bit
    GTX 550ti x2 SLI
    3gb DDR2 ram
    Intel Core Duo E8400
    Several 500gb drives
    Coolermaster 750w
    XP? O.o Wow! I'm surprised people still use XP today.
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  18. Post #18

    October 2013
    31 Posts
    ive done everything here.
    Hey, same for me but i have one different. Im losing my connection after some seconds...
    And the game is working on every other computer at home instead of mine :/

  19. Post #19

    October 2013
    21 Posts
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  20. Post #20

    November 2013
    13 Posts
    Very frustrating. Been trying since yesterday to get cloth or a sleeping bag back to my hut (I claimed an abandoned house). Hard to get anywhere when your body is back getting mauled by zombies,wolves, or players. 3 minutes of gameplay to gather a few mats and then you're body is vulnerable while you think you're making progress running like Forest :-(
    It would be better to simply get disconnected instead of not knowing that you've left your body behind somewhere. Is there a netgraph for the game? I can see spikes in an external meter I use whenever I encounter players or player made structures.

  21. Post #21
    walter853's Avatar
    July 2013
    9 Posts
    XP? O.o Wow! I'm surprised people still use XP today.
    Sadly, I'm on my dad's computer since mine screwed up. I tried to install 7 on the system but would fail me everytime. I really think that it's either the Processors+Related and/or the OS XP.

  22. Post #22

    November 2013
    4 Posts
    I have the same issue as well. It's ridiculous, and there are no fixes out there. So I guess we just get to wait until its fixed until we get to play.

  23. Post #23

    October 2013
    21 Posts
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  24. Post #24

    November 2013
    13 Posts
    I mentioned that I was able to resolve the game crash at startup by issueing -force-opengl however with this graphics mode I can't lay a foundation. I have to get a friend to place it for me. When I switch to the foundation assigned hotkey. I lock until I switch to another hotkey.

    At this point I won't be able to play since my house was raided and I can't reestablish without a foundation.

  25. Post #25

    October 2013
    21 Posts
    Bumpin so it doesnt get lost
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  26. Post #26

    November 2013
    6 Posts
    Hello, I have been quietly searching the forums for the past week for an answer to this lag issue that I have been experiencing. Now i have 3-5 minute intervals ingame where I can interact with the world, then after that time I get stuck in "limbo". I can run around and try and interact with the world but server side i'm standing around somewhere. this "limbo" lasts anywhere from 3-5 minutes aswell. I had to have people confirm this for me.

    these are my specs

    AMD FX(tm)-6100 six-core 3.3GHZ
    16 GB RAM
    64 bit OS
    AMD radeon 7800 series graphics
    1 TB hard drive

    anyways, these are the things that I have tried but hasn't fixed the problem.
    Turned down to lowest settings
    played in windowed mode
    tried all the console commands that I've seen in the forums
    disabled all firewalls/antivirus
    connecting directly into modem
    All drivers are up to date
    clock has been resync'd
    rust re installed
    dev build/reg build
    speed test shows my ping anywhere from 10-90 but down/up always hangs around 39down/6up. the servers I tested showed ingame ping anywhere from 60-120.

    There has to be something going on server side, because it isnt me, i tested everything i could find to test that would cause weird problems like this. if all these people, there are something like 10 threads within the first 4 pages crying about this problem. There has to be a better answer than check my ISP. I really hope this helps and someone finds an answer to this problem.

    In hopes of quick reply,
    lunchbox

  27. Post #27

    November 2013
    5 Posts
    Bump! Having the same problem, hopefully this gets resolved soon. It's a real bummer.

  28. Post #28

    September 2013
    174 Posts
    This can be fixed simply by reconnecting - It's a bug that's caused by slow internet, Rust thinks that you disconnected due to not getting information, and as a result it stops sending back information.

    Didn't get what I said? Here's a simple example for simple people:
    Your internet was too slow that rust force-disconnected your connection to the server.


    This is no bug, Gary just needs to change the time the server waits before DCing you. And for god's sake, stop bumping this thread, it's been bumped about four times.

  29. Post #29

    October 2013
    21 Posts
    This can be fixed simply by reconnecting - It's a bug that's caused by slow internet, Rust thinks that you disconnected due to not getting information, and as a result it stops sending back information.

    Didn't get what I said? Here's a simple example for simple people:
    Your internet was too slow that rust force-disconnected your connection to the server.


    This is no bug, Gary just needs to change the time the server waits before DCing you. And for god's sake, stop bumping this thread, it's been bumped about four times.
    People with this problem have to disconnect and reconnect every 3-5 minutes and in rust loading into a server takes usually 30 seconds to a minute. Also i dont know if its caused by slow internet or not but thats not my problem, i have better internet then both my friends who also play the game, and yet im the only one with the problem. Also if the server force disconnected us wouldnt it just kick us out instead of letting us roam around while other people see our body standing still?

  30. Post #30

    November 2013
    6 Posts
    This can be fixed simply by reconnecting - It's a bug that's caused by slow internet, Rust thinks that you disconnected due to not getting information, and as a result it stops sending back information.

    Didn't get what I said? Here's a simple example for simple people:
    Your internet was too slow that rust force-disconnected your connection to the server.


    This is no bug, Gary just needs to change the time the server waits before DCing you. And for god's sake, stop bumping this thread, it's been bumped about four times.

    This isn't really helpful, having to reconnect every couple of minutes kind of ruins the game for me. It is not my internet being slow, not unless the speedtests/ingame ping is lying to me. Suggesting slow internet may solve a couple cases of this, but the amount of people on the forums with this problem. Coupled with the fact that we don't get disconnected all the way, instead we are stuck in some kind of limbo watching the world happen around us. Could we get some better suggestions? No other internet application or game that I play has any kind of connection problems like this.

  31. Post #31

    October 2013
    21 Posts
    This isn't really helpful, having to reconnect every couple of minutes kind of ruins the game for me. It is not my internet being slow, not unless the speedtests/ingame ping is lying to me. Suggesting slow internet may solve a couple cases of this, but the amount of people on the forums with this problem. Coupled with the fact that we don't get disconnected all the way, instead we are stuck in some kind of limbo watching the world happen around us. Could we get some better suggestions? No other internet application or game that I play has any kind of connection problems like this.
    yeah his suggestion was complete crap, and im pretty sure he just posted to be an asshole because thats what he sounds like.

  32. Post #32

    November 2013
    6 Posts
    There Is No Reason To Assume He Is An Asshole, Either Way No Need To Kill The Thread With Name Calling.Can Anyone Offer A Fix Other Than Internet Connection Or ISP. Apologies For The Weird Punctuation, I'm On Mobile ATM.
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  33. Post #33

    September 2013
    174 Posts
    yeah his suggestion was complete crap, and im pretty sure he just posted to be an asshole because thats what he sounds like.
    I'm not being an asshole, I'm just stating my theory from what I've heard - I don't have the bug myself so I'm making an hypothesis of what caused the bug based on what you mentioned.

  34. Post #34

    November 2013
    2 Posts
    I can play the game perfectly fine for about 1-5 minutes, then all of a sudden i cant loot boxes, trees, rocks or anything anymore. I cant fight mobs either, but they can kill me. It's extremely frustrating, this happened while the game was browser based, and it still happens, this doesn't happen to any of my friends, and i can't find any fixes anywhere. My drivers are all updated i've tried reinstalling but that did not help.
    same for me

  35. Post #35

    October 2013
    7 Posts
    I had the same problem all it turned out to be was that i was running the dev mode on a non dev mode enabled server, to check this.

    go into steam right click on rust then properties then click on the betas tab.

    and make sure that its set to (NONE - Opt out of all beta programs)
    and not on (Dev - Live Developer Branch)

  36. Post #36

    November 2013
    2 Posts
    I had the same problem all it turned out to be was that i was running the dev mode on a non dev mode enabled server, to check this.

    go into steam right click on rust then properties then click on the betas tab.

    and make sure that its set to (NONE - Opt out of all beta programs)
    and not on (Dev - Live Developer Branch)
    thank you TazLorD , but it does not change anything :(

  37. Post #37

    December 2013
    22 Posts
    posted 3 weeks ago and still getting the same issue

  38. Post #38

    December 2013
    1 Posts
    posted 3 weeks ago and still getting the same issue
    I can't connect at all. Tried the dev branch, toggling windowed mode, resolutions, and graphics qualities. Nada. Checked all firewalls and antivirus, and I have 6GB+ of RAM available.

  39. Post #39

    December 2013
    10 Posts
    I have the same problem, can't loot items! HELP!!!

  40. Post #40
    saintmerc's Avatar
    December 2013
    69 Posts
    Greetings all.

    Having read what has been posted here. I to am unable to loot or collect items after about 3 min,
    and like others have to disconnect and reconnect to the server, which I've tried many servers since
    I brought the game from steam, all are the same even the new UK servers with pings under 50ms.

    My system is
    Win 7 64bit
    intel i7 2.8 GHz
    Radeon HD 6900 2 GB
    12GB DDR3 memory
    250GB SSD.

    internet
    Virgin 100Mb connection

    I have ruled out its my system as I can run any game on it and I have the best internet available
    in the UK.
    So any help welcome as I've followed this game for month and would very much like to play it now
    I have brought it.

    Thanks.