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[Arcvasti]

What should I know first?

I very very rarely play, but there are lots of new game modes. Judging by the recent swell in population[Its averaging ~20ish when it could barely get to 10 a while back] and posts here, it seems like a fun time overall.

[b_knight286]

It's been almost two years since I last played, and I'm thinking I want to take another shot at it. What should I know first?

The most important things I can think of are A) B BORG, BEST BORG is currently still active and B) We have like three engines but two are fused together

[My Name is Immaterial]

Whenever I try to log into the server, Byond freezes up and gives the old Not Responding. What am I doing wrong?

[Insanegame27]

It's not you, it's BYOND. It's BYOND repair.


Do you get the 'Windows is searching for a solution' box? Don't bother waiting, it never finds a solution.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Good to know, I had figured.

I do, and, with everything else, I cancel it.

So, how do I get around BYOND's shitness?

[Insanegame27]

I think there is a webclient, but from memory that's even shittier.

[Glloyd]

It's likely just you need to update to the most recent stable version of BYOND, 509.whatever. Not many people going to be on around this time of night though.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I downloaded the latest version, 508.1319. And I figured as much, just wanted to check and make sure I remembered how to play before I fell over my own feet.

[Glloyd]

I downloaded the latest version, 508.1319. And I figured as much, just wanted to check and make sure I remembered how to play before I fell over my own feet.

Do you mean 509.1319? That's the latest stable. Playing is more or less the same. I can't remember the last time you played with us, but if it was over two years ago, medical and engineering are going to be a lot different, as well as some aspects of science and mining. Antags are probably one of the things that have changed the most since then. There's also just a lot of little things that have changed since then that would be impossible to list because there's so many.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Yeah, 509, sorry. I guess I'll try restarting. Thanks for the mini-changelog!

Edit: It's not working. I tried reinstalling and a different server, but BYOND wasn't having it. Any other advice?

[Glloyd]

Yeah, 509, sorry. I guess I'll try restarting. Thanks for the mini-changelog!

Edit: It's not working. I tried reinstalling and a different server, but BYOND wasn't having it. Any other advice?

What OS are you using? It does make a difference. What's the exact message you get when you try to join?

[My Name is Immaterial]

I'm using Windows 10. I don't get any message, BYOND  just freezes, as do my other windows.

[Glloyd]

I'm using Windows 10. I don't get any message, BYOND  just freezes, as do my other windows.

I doubt it's your computer, because BYOND isn't exactly a strenuous program to run, but I do remember reading about some issues with Windows 10. I'd recommend posting on either the BYOND forums or r/ss13 the space station 13 subreddit. It seems strange that BYOND would lock up like that, and the only thing I can think of is to try reinstalling, if you used the exe last time, maybe try the .zip? Or vice-versa? Or maybe someone else will have a solution when America wakes up. Sorry I couldn't help more!

[scrdest]

That's a common problem with 509 versions. Had the same when I installed an updated instance.

Your BYOND is being frozen by your antivirus software, add it to exceptions.

[Cheedows]

Yeah if you're getting horrendous lag and practically almost BSODs then believe it or not it's not a virus, it's your AV blocking BYOND/Dream Daemon. I couldn't really believe it myself until it happened a few weeks ago when my AV suddenly decided it didn't like BYOND despite being on my exceptions list. For some odd reason there aren't many cases of that googling, I only found out when I thought of my AV and disabled it as a last resort and SS13 worked.