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~Crucible Crash Fix Thread~
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Alkofistyou
191st Legion
#1 - 2012-02-09 08:12:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Alkofistyou
Hello all,

I have had the problem where I would attempt to run my eve, the loadup screen saying cruciable will pop up, then it would dissapear, no client would start and my mac would have a lagfest until i forcequit.

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I also reinstalled my client a few times and attempted to manually patch but to no avail as well.
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HOWEVER I have found a way around this. This includes deleting the cache and a bunch of preferences from your computer as well as all the previous patches. I am assuming that the latest patch made to macs were creating a conflict with pervious patches. anyways here we begin,

Open finder --> /Users/your username/Library/Application Support/EVE Online/p_drive/Local Settings/Application Data/CCP/EVE/c_program_files_ccp_eve_tranquility

Now that you are here

1) open cache and delete ALL folders and files within
2) open cache backup and delete ALL folder and files within
3) open settings and delete all except browser (saves your browser bookmarks)

I am currently in the process of seeing what else can be done to preserve the personal settings but heck I'd rather remake all my settings and whatnot than have to wait for a failed patch from transgaming, NOT CCP. Transgaming has already pissed me enough from another game they shut out...ahem...League of Legends...*cough cough*.

I am assuming that if you only delete the patch files from the cache and cache backup folders the fix may be found without the loss of bookmarks and personal preferences which include all the chat groups you are subscribed to, market favorites, toolbar setup, overview setups. However personal bookmarks are not affected but game settings such as quality and station environment will be changed to default. I would be glad if someone could tell me if only deleting the patch files would allow EVE to run properly. I am currently in the process of remaking my chats and overview settings.

After getting the client to run properly, i had to remake all my overview settings. I believe that this can be avoided by copying the preferences files over into a holding folder and then importing them from the in game client under overview settings tab.

NOTE TO DEVS: I truly believe that the lag was caused by the stacking up of the patches within the game folders itself. If my hunch is correct, I urge that the developers DELETE all previous patches once the new patches are released. Just a little advice from a unprofessional nub.

Cheerio,
Alko
Alkofistyou
191st Legion
#2 - 2012-02-09 08:15:27 UTC
I threw up this fix back under the crucible feedback and issues and this kind man showed that this "fix" does work

Detayon wrote:
Alkofistyou wrote:
Hello all, I have had the problem where I would attempt to run my eve, the loadup screen saying cruciable will pop up, then it would dissapear, no client would start and my mac would have a lagfest until i forcequit.
HOWEVER I have found a way around this. This includes deleting the cache and a bunch of preferences from your computer as well as all the previous patches. I am assuming that the latest patch made to macs were creating a conflict with pervious patches. anyways here we begin,

Open finder --> /Users/your username/Library/Application Support/EVE Online/p_drive/Local Settings/Application Data/CCP/EVE/c_program_files_ccp_eve_tranquility

Now that you are here

1) open cache and delete ALL folders and files within
2) open cache backup and delete ALL folder and files within
3) open settings and delete all except browser (saves your browser bookmarks)

I am currently in the process of seeing what else can be done to preserve the personal settings but heck I'd rather remake all my settings and whatnot than have to wait for a failed patch from transgaming, NOT CCP. Transgaming has already pissed me enough from another game they shut out...ahem...League of Legends...*cough cough*.

Anyway GL with macs! MACS FTW!
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EDIT:
I am assuming that if you only delete the patch files from the cache and cache backup folders the fix may be found without the loss of bookmarks and personal preferences which include all the chat groups you are subscribed to, market favorites, toolbar setup, overview setups. However personal bookmarks are not affected but game settings such as quality and station environment will be changed to default. I would be glad if someone could tell me if only deleting the patch files would allow EVE to run properly. I am currently in the process of remaking my chats and overview settings.


Well, I don't know what I was doing wrong last night, but your instructions worked perfectly! :-) I am back in business. THANK YOU! Pirate
Yabbiy
Ryba.
White Squall.
#3 - 2012-02-09 11:52:07 UTC
OMFG it just worked!!!! LOVE YOU DUDE THANKS!!!!! o7
Kavanzar
14th Legion
#4 - 2012-02-13 21:32:16 UTC
Had the same problem multiple times now and thx to your solution got it solved. But I kept working on which files are responsible and have nailed it down to two. Deleting these no longer results in losing all settings, window positions, filters, whatnot!

In the folder:

/Users/[USER NAME]/Library/Application Support/EVE Online/p_drive/Local Settings/Application Data/CCP/EVE/c_program_files_ccp_eve_tranquility/settings

the files core_public__.dat and core_user_[SOME NUMBER].dat

For me these were the last ones touched (check the time stamp on the files) right at the time of the crash.


When you log in after deleting these two, you still need to agree to the EULA again and the username of the account and last char used are lost, but everything else is there. Had the freeze followed by splash screen only problem about 20 times now and got 'a bit' annoyed Twisted having to sort everything out again. Hope this helps others save some time.