Zero Hour - Mismatch/Synchronization

Travito · 02-25-2009, 06:39 PM

Hi,

I want to play Zero Hour LAN games with my brother, except I only have the one First Decade dvd, so in order to play I have to load the game onto one computer, take out the disc and load it onto the other and then it works fine. We can join eachothers games, and we can pretty much play together except after like 30 seconds we get the "There is a mismatch, data has lost synchronization etc". I was wondering if this had to do with the fact that while we play one is running without the disc in the actual drive...even though it still works...anyways, if thats not the problem, does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks for you help!

Travito

Tiber Septim · 02-25-2009, 11:04 PM

Each player on a LAN or Online game needs an original copy of the game.

Chances are it is doing a disc check and finding that one player doesn't have a disc.
Either that or one of you is running a mod or something similar that the other player doesn't have.

Travito · 02-27-2009, 06:25 PM

Alright so we went out and got my brother the First Decade as well, and the game still loses synchronization! It's really frustrating, but we are able to play the very first C&C over LAN with a quick dll replacement and Hamachi, so I'm really pumped. If anyone can help me out with Zero Hour, I would be very thankful.

Tiber Septim · 02-28-2009, 02:29 AM

Make sure both computers have an identical install of the game. Reinstalling would be a good idea.
Make sure both are patched to the same level, and no mods are installed on either of them.

02-25-2009, 06:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Travito Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Vista x64	Zero Hour - Mismatch/Synchronization Hi, I want to play Zero Hour LAN games with my brother, except I only have the one First Decade dvd, so in order to play I have to load the game onto one computer, take out the disc and load it onto the other and then it works fine. We can join eachothers games, and we can pretty much play together except after like 30 seconds we get the "There is a mismatch, data has lost synchronization etc". I was wondering if this had to do with the fact that while we play one is running without the disc in the actual drive...even though it still works...anyways, if thats not the problem, does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks for you help! Travito

02-25-2009, 11:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,866 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: Zero Hour - Mismatch/Synchronization Each player on a LAN or Online game needs an original copy of the game. Chances are it is doing a disc check and finding that one player doesn't have a disc. Either that or one of you is running a mod or something similar that the other player doesn't have. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.

02-27-2009, 06:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Travito Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Vista x64	Re: Zero Hour - Mismatch/Synchronization Alright so we went out and got my brother the First Decade as well, and the game still loses synchronization! It's really frustrating, but we are able to play the very first C&C over LAN with a quick dll replacement and Hamachi, so I'm really pumped. If anyone can help me out with Zero Hour, I would be very thankful.

02-28-2009, 02:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,866 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: Zero Hour - Mismatch/Synchronization Make sure both computers have an identical install of the game. Reinstalling would be a good idea. Make sure both are patched to the same level, and no mods are installed on either of them. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.