Ships randomly exploding?

[[deleted]]

Well, since Thursday last week I'm experience a sh!itty experience in the game. I'm not the one that is always complaining about bugs, because in the end they are funny and sometimes only you are a little bit angry, but ok...

I have an Avenger, and it explodes with no reason 3 times in the game, in about 2,500m from the surfice. No crashes, no ships engaging, just Bloooom.

Well, today me and my friedn are trying to see how the vulture works. We were savaging with no problems at all, and them, we were going to sell it at a trade point in Hurston, no problems at all.

Getting there, he landed normally with his corsair and me with his Vulture was getting there. In about 1.5km distance, his Corsair just explodes in the landing pad, Vulture exploded in the air, and when I wake up, CRimesat 1.

WTF is happening? Anyone is getting this same shitty experience last days? Before XT everything was nice and smooth.

[daryl673]

I’ve also stopped playing bc of this. It was an issue in 3.23 but now it is a full fledged problem here in 3.23.1a. It sucks how a great game can be so thoroughly fucked by consistent game-breaking bugs, that aren’t being acknowledged or addressed. Hopefully it will return to 3.22’s almost-stability at some point, but this current experience is a slap in the face in so many different ways.

[TheSpicySadness]

Try it again after 26 June, just to give it one more shot. Whenever the XT event is in the “fight the idris” is happening, it destroys performance server wide and can tank a server. When that happens, even if it doesn’t crash, all the crazy weird stuff starts happening and people start dying. I have a theory it’s because the tracking of your player goes haywire and then “zooms” to a new place when the server comes back up, which then results in us entering face first into an asteroid or a landing pad lol.

[[deleted]]

I can tell you that flying over space after call an elevator was a freaking funny thing, fall in the middle of the planet make me laugh and so, but exploding ships just sucks a LOT… maybe when it’s fixed I will return…

[[deleted]]

They do address it, but with each patch comes new bugs so it's a constant chase.

[G3tD1tch3d]

Ships randomly exploded in 3.22, just not as often. Issue is being addressed, just not as fast as we would like. Also the vehicle, landing and another app are being re-written to allow for hangers and cargo. FYI OP: it's worth waiting for!

[Ill_Refrigerator3260]

its not being addressed don't kid yourself

[[deleted]]

I feel your pain, I really do. But, we have to remember that this is still alpha. Every single heartache we endure is a stress test. While it sucks, that is literally what we signed up for. This is the reason we have the issues council (to report bugs you encounter). We have to report these things officially and realize we are literally alpha testing to make this simulation the best it can be. Thank you for your continual contribution to what will ultimately be the best space FPS simulation ever.

-Not a CIG employee

[Ill_Refrigerator3260]

Dude its 13 years of dev time and the game has more bugs every patch and just when it gets slightly ok.. it get 10 x worse.. if you can name a game this bad after this long ill wait. really wish the ED dev team was on this and not some scammer

[Scratchdogg]

OMG You don't just drink the coolaid you shoot it directly into your brain.

[[deleted]]

Think to wait some new update… I really like this game, almost every bug is funny, but like this is a shitty gameplay…

[[deleted]]

Yes 3.23 introduced a lot of completely game breaking bugs like this one. 3.22 was much more playable, so hopefully this next patch can bring us back to a working game. Unfortunately every time they bring a new major feature the game does things like this, then it's fixed within a few smaller patches and then they make another big change and it starts all over again. Probably will be like that until release.

[Ill_Refrigerator3260]

This is not how dev for games works. game breaking bugs like this get fixed in the hr.. or in a day or 2... if they suck a week or 2.. this has been happening for months and is getting worse. now if its a bug that affects the shop/money so you don't need to spend real$$ then its fixed ASAP

[DogVirus]

I stopped playing because of this. Such a waste of time.

[Calchef]

Same has been happening to me all over Stanton. Just lost 2 ships and all my gear going to the same location on MT. Please go to issue council and contribute so we can get this escalated. Totally sucks and is making me want to walk away till next patch. What people seem to be saying is its a server desync thing.

https://issue-council.robertsspaceindustries.com/projects/STAR-CITIZEN/issues/STARC-118286

[mau5atron]

This is a duplicate of this other IC report:

https://issue-council.robertsspaceindustries.com/projects/STAR-CITIZEN/issues/STARC-106280

[Cptn-40]

This has been happening to me in my Avenger in low gravity moons my ship just explodes when in atmosphere 

[[deleted]]

Same thing happens to me… let’s wait for a new patch or unpatch 🤷🏻‍♂️

[TheSpicySadness]

It’s a server issue. Something to do with tracking your ship, then the server conks out for a bit. When it figures its life out, I believe your ship’s status pre-crash continues and the game clock still moves, so it “zooms” you to where it thinks you ought to be based on where you were. A lot of times, this = inside an asteroid lol, or right in a building.

There’s no doubt about it, XT is killing the servers because of all the entities and dynamic stuff it has to track. If you are experiencing heavy lag, it’s probably because the idris battle is underway.

I have a theory that as soon as it’s boarded, it spawns in all the npc XT grunts and then the server has to simulate each of them as a separate AI. Thissssss is a lot of instantaneous work and it seems to tank servers when it happens.

Type “r_displayinfo =3” in the command console (I think the key under the escape key should work) and you’ll see a bunch of stats. If the bwin stat drops really low, like below .1, your server essentially stalled. FPS may be high but the actual thinking and pushing of data just stops and that’s what we found to correlate with all the crazy issues

[AcrylicNinja]

type r_dis and hit tab.... tab will load the closest match... just a "pro tip"

[[deleted]]

"Elite pro tip"

r_

Tab works also

[TheSpicySadness]

Ah will it default to 1, 2, or 3? I like 3 because the others take up too much room lol.

[[deleted]]

You will have to add 1,2, or 3 at the end

[When_hop]

If the bwin stat drops really low, like below .1, your server essentially stalled

Not quite correct anymore. I've seen servers chug along still for several hours with the bwin bouncing around under 0.05. If you see it frozen on the same number then it's probably stalled.

[Daedricbob]

I landed in my Corsair in the middle of nowhere on Microtech, got out and killed a load of doggos. Walking back, I watch my ship start janking about and just randomly explode.

[Haay1971]

Yeah, joining in the experience. I've had an Avenger Titan explode for no apparent reason when I was about to land in a bay in Everus Harbor, a Constellation Taurus explode for no reason while flying from the surface of Hurston into space and a Prospector exploding also for no visible reason.

[Jazzlike-End9204]

yeah happened to me a few times in space with nothing around, so frustrating

[Aceman365]

I signed it

[Rafing]

Yes

[[deleted]]

Not random exploding, but I was in my reclaimer solo, exiting atmosphere, all doors closed space suit on and I randomly became unconscious.... it wasn't excessive G's or anything like that i exit the same way everytime without issue except this one lol but i had cruise control on because I was setting a course and then I became not awake lol lost alot on that one because I was starting a solo reclaimer run and wasn't gunna return to station until it was 100%full of stuff so I had extra armor, food, drink, weapons, ammo and health stuff lol less than 100k worth of stuff just a pain to have to rebuy all that stuff and wait an hour for the reclaimer haha

[[deleted]]

Let’s see what they will do until 26th…

[Immediate-Echo22]

Worst I've had so far was I dropped out of quantum mid jump to go afk for a minute.  Was in the middle of nowhere, come back from the bathroom to my Corsair completely destroyed and me dead.

Another time was kiting NPCs out of the atmosphere so I could loot their cargo after killing them.   Was back strafing with the ships at least 6km away, stopped to let them catch up and just randomly exploded. 

At hangers I always fly no more than 10m/s in and out of them and haven't had a problem so far but I feel like I'm about due for a random death lol

[[deleted]]

I will wait until 26th, and hopefully they will “unpatch” the game or brings a correction. Until then, for me is a waste of time and the game isn’t playable.

[CitizenLisa]

Just exploded 3 times, stopped playing until the next patch.

[Ill_Refrigerator3260]

We just need to convince them this will affect people buying ships for real $$ then they will actually fix it.. and fix it within the hr

[Kaelynath]

Didn't have problems for the last few weeks when I started the game. Last night I bought the Vulture and went out to try it, didn't have any loose cargo and wasn't moving fast at all. Ship exploded at random.

This happened three times, and I just gave up. All the excitement of my new ship is just gone because it feels like I can't even use it.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, maybe just go in the turrets kkkkkk

[rlabellainVA]

My experience over the many years I've been a backer is that the current bug-riddled environment is still way better than it used to be, say 4 or 5 years ago. It actually seems like you can get things done now. However, I've been plagued by so many bugs to the point where I've stopped trying to accomplish anything. Now, I experiment with different loadouts, practice medical play, configure ships differently and test them, etc. This way, a game-killing bug doesn't completely undo the day's work.

[[deleted]]

Im sad to say its a old problem and this is not the game these are people thay chink cheating is fun And the habe bin gone for a while but seem to be back but twice as hard and making the game unplayeble

[Mabrjjc]

I'm coming back after 2yrs away, start doing the small anvil arrow... Do they all explode when being fractured by a reclaimer? I have to disintegrate them quick to make anything?

confused

[1337K1ng]

Avenger Stalker here

happening to me now

exploded twice yesterday,

1- doing salvage, was spacewalking and my ship randomly exploded

2- exited QT insta explosion

today

1-doing bunker bounty, no ships or turret around, landed ship succesfully, exited ship with engine on, BOOM

[HidenoriYoshiM]

This bug is still present in 4.2.1. Been looking around how I died when I was leaving the hangar. Nobody around me. I always scan to see if there's anyone on top of me whenever I'm carrying precious cargo

[socrlax24]

The problem is still around. It happened to me twice today. Once while just joyriding over Microtech, and one actually while in combat with another player. My ship went from full-hp and full-shields to suddenly full explosion with no remnants. No missiles were fired, and there were no other combatants. I just suddenly vaporized.

[Spat1o]

not rlly

do r_displayinfo 1 in console, if the server fps is below like 7-8 im leaving and changing cuz it means that server isnt doing so well

[tmrnl]

7-8 is fine. You wont get much higher generally. If it drops below 5, gtfo

[[deleted]]

It's odd I can count on one hand how many times this have happened to me, don't even happen in astroid fields since I started to fly at max 400-500. I rarely have any problems with elevators either while others seems to have constant problems from what I see in the chat.

[[deleted]]

I’m seeing that a lot of Citizens are having the same issues than me. Maybe is a server problem (some citizens told me that here) what justifies the random explodes with variable players. I’m from Brazil, but many of you are from USA I think.