Lock up in MP

hank · Post by **hank** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:39 pm

this has happened 6 - 8 time since 2.088 came out.

I will ESC to leave a game and it won't let me leave. I get a flashing message "can not leave while gunfire is ... " (or something similar) BUT most time there is no gunfire going on when I hit ESC to exit ... I have to cntrl-alt-del to get the game to shut down. Its happened in several situations.

Only in MP. Its happened enough now, think I'll quit MP until its fixed.

Capt_Caveman · Post by **Capt_Caveman** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:18 am

its not a bug.
its by design, just leave the sector to exit

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:46 am

As Capt C says it is designed that way so pilots can not exit during a fight to avoid being killed. If you are in an area with fighting happening you will not be able to use that function even if you are not being fired on. You can also jump to a remote area then use the ESC (after the normal count down) /exit option.

hank · Post by **hank** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:01 pm

Thanks for the input.
I may have tried to escape before a battle was over ... once or twice. But some of the other times I know I didn't (but I was getting a lot of lag a couple of times so who knows). The first time was my better half's fault as she called me away from keyboard ... on return ... #$%@ ... its not a big issue now ... as I mentioned it happened around half dozen times.

Now I know how to deal with it. Have a good day.

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:37 pm

Check who else is in the sector (beyond radar range) when you experience lag. As for the message, even hostile AI in the sector (outside radar detection) will trigger it.