Unable to work offline - Page 2

wildfire142 · August 20th, 2013, 11:36 PM

To see if i could replicate the problem while at home I was just turning off the adapter and trying to start Realm Works.

will try with the active adapter and no net and see what happens.

wildfire142 · August 20th, 2013, 11:54 PM

Just tried to start the program with the adapter disabled and with the adapter enabled but not connected to the internet and no joy, same error as before and as shown in the thumbnail attached up thread.

Dakadin · August 21st, 2013, 09:16 AM

Thanks for the information wildfire142.

Rob, in case it helps I have a new laptop that had the wireless adapter go out so I am using a USB wireless adapter when I connect. It worked when I had the adapter connected but did't when I removed it.

I will see if I can pin point the cause.

rob · August 21st, 2013, 09:23 AM

That last bit of info is the missing piece that explains what's going wrong. The device containing the MAC address is coming and going. The net result is that the "machine identity" we generate based on various pieces of generally unique hardware is changing. When that "machine identity" changes, RW thinks you're on a new computer that hasn't yet communicated with the server.

We NEED to detect machine changes and handle it safely to guarantee everything you do on the client will never collide with something done on a different computer, since both computers can ultimately be synced to the server. So you've just confirmed my worst fears. This is going to be a major problem to handle.

Dakadin · August 21st, 2013, 09:47 AM

Sorry to hear that. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you with getting this resolved.

wildfire142 · August 25th, 2013, 12:10 AM

Looks like update 127 has either fixed or got round the problem, will test it out some more when I game today.

Good work Lone Wolf

rob · August 25th, 2013, 12:22 AM

Huzzah! That was a nasty problem for which David came up with a very elegant solution. I'm glad we got it fixed!

Dakadin · August 25th, 2013, 12:41 AM

That fixed it for me also. Great job!

kate · September 12th, 2013, 07:27 AM

Just had this problem last night: laptop with active wireless adapter, no network connection, no hardware changes since I used Realm Works last night.

Any idea why the fix didn't stick?

Dakadin · September 13th, 2013, 09:12 PM

I am having trouble with it also. I did connect connect with the ethernet port today and now when connecting using wireless it is giving me the error again.

wildfire142 Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 46 August 20th, 2013, 11:36 PM	To see if i could replicate the problem while at home I was just turning off the adapter and trying to start Realm Works. will try with the active adapter and no net and see what happens.
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Dakadin Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 39 August 21st, 2013, 09:16 AM	Thanks for the information wildfire142. Rob, in case it helps I have a new laptop that had the wireless adapter go out so I am using a USB wireless adapter when I connect. It worked when I had the adapter connected but did't when I removed it. I will see if I can pin point the cause.
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rob Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 8,232 August 25th, 2013, 12:22 AM	Huzzah! That was a nasty problem for which David came up with a very elegant solution. I'm glad we got it fixed!
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kate Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 41 September 12th, 2013, 07:27 AM	Just had this problem last night: laptop with active wireless adapter, no network connection, no hardware changes since I used Realm Works last night. Any idea why the fix didn't stick?
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