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Mining - now harder to be away walking my dog
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Malakoma
HyperQuest Corp
#21 - 2012-07-01 09:10:15 UTC
Shameless Avenger wrote:
Malakoma wrote:
There is a serious side to this concerning socket close errors and I'm not the only one suffering from them (and my dog) :-


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Some players suspect the lack of player interaction(keyboard or mouse) with Eve client is causing the problem whereas a few weeks ago one could leave the computer to go for a cuppa etc or to walk the dog.



Yeah I get those too. And I'm running 3 clients... one would crap-out while the others are still ok. It's weird.

We should coin a term for getting this socket errors.... how about:

Pilot one: "Dude! you dissapear in mid mid-flight"
Pilot Two: "yeah, I got socketed".


"Socketed", thank you, a really catchy term and its now my curse word for when it happens.
Plaude Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2012-07-01 09:32:54 UTC
You're not even supposed to walk your dog while mining. If you really need to go walk the dog (or go AFK for any other reason), learn to dock up. I sincerely hope someone will find you and gank you while you're out walking the dog.

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Rats
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2012-07-01 09:41:09 UTC
Plaude Pollard wrote:
You're not even supposed to walk your dog while mining. If you really need to go walk the dog (or go AFK for any other reason), learn to dock up. I sincerely hope someone will find you and gank you while you're out walking the dog.



Why, why would you hope that ?


Tal

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Graic Gabtar
The Lemon Party
#24 - 2012-07-01 10:24:41 UTC
Hiram Alexander wrote:
Malakoma wrote:
Now with these Socket Closed errors I'm having to pay more attention and even use a mouse-mover app to try and keep the Socket Closed errors away.


I hope you're trolling... Because I'm pretty sure that counts as automated play, while afk... Perhaps I'm wrong.
Not if that app is a Rube Goldberg machine.
Plaude Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#25 - 2012-07-01 11:45:05 UTC
Rats wrote:
Plaude Pollard wrote:
You're not even supposed to walk your dog while mining. If you really need to go walk the dog (or go AFK for any other reason), learn to dock up. I sincerely hope someone will find you and gank you while you're out walking the dog.



Why, why would you hope that ?


Tal


So he would learn not to go AFK in space the hard way. Why else?

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Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#26 - 2012-07-01 13:12:58 UTC
I believe the OP is missing one very easy way to prevent these socket errors from interfering with mining: actually be present at the computer while mining.

I have never seen a "socket error" in the two years I have played this game.

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Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#27 - 2012-07-02 01:20:04 UTC
Plaude Pollard wrote:

So he would learn not to go AFK in space the hard way. Why else?


If it's ok for cloaky campers why is it not ok for miners? /troll
Treo 'Ssard
Hangar 55
#28 - 2012-07-02 03:26:38 UTC
Malakoma wrote:

Thats a good idea, she'd be better than me. Lately i mine all this ore then log out, but forget to return before all the cargo containers have perished Cry


That's just awful :(
Suvari Khashour
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#29 - 2012-07-02 09:16:26 UTC
Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
I believe the OP is missing one very easy way to prevent these socket errors from interfering with mining: actually be present at the computer while mining.

I have never seen a "socket error" in the two years I have played this game.


the socket errors seem to have no relation to keyboard or mouse activity, have had it happen to me while i was chatting in local.. maybe that doesnt count?Ugh
Colonel Xaven
Perkone
Caldari State
#30 - 2012-07-02 09:41:22 UTC
Malakoma wrote:
Its really tough these days being a miner because until a week or so ago I could set up mining plus defense drones then go away for a while and walk my dog.


Not sure if this is really intended.

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Infinitio Krystallos
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#31 - 2012-07-04 17:16:17 UTC
Shameless Avenger wrote:
This same troll could have been written from the point of view of an AFK Cloaker. And the mouse app in the story could be changed with some mechanical device like:

"I usually keep an old fan on the PC desk, next to the mouse. The fan vibrates and moves the mouse a few pixels, keeping the system from going into sleep mode"

Or go overboard like:

"Trying to keep the socket errors at bay in an EULA compliant way, I move out of my apartment and I now live next to the train tracks. I AFK Cloak and walk the dog during amtrak's busy times. The trains going in and out make the whole place shake, moving the mouse a bit and keeping the connection open."

Is still a good troll tho. I like the part of the dog making a petition.



I hate to sound like Rodney King's 'can't we all just get along'..........but we definitely need more hysterical Forum Poasting like this.


@stopthehostility movement.
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