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[CRASH] How to reproduce the "attempting to reconnect" bug almost 100% [MAC] (but Win 7 has it too)

Jesus is Savior·10/5/2014, 12:43:45 PM·6 votes·2,675 views

K so, I use a mac, but I see Windows users complaining about it too. I don't know if this will reproduce it on Windows, but it seems to have happened to me almost 90% of the time on my mac.

Step 1) open a terminal and ping www.google.com so you can track your actual ping after the client crashes

Step 2) have a small lagspike over 1000ms in game for a few seconds, with zero packet loss.

Step 3) get the "attempting to reconnect" message

Step 4) tab over to your terminal and confirm that you lost zero packets and are no longer lagging, because the spike was only 2 - 5 seconds

Step 5) Be unable to connect to the game even though you are no longer lagging, unless you close the client and reconnect manually

This will reproduce the bug if it is triggered by lag on your own network. This bug can also be triggered when you are not lagging at all. This will not reproduce that version of the bug (so it's actually 2 bugs, I guess)

9 Comments

Reprise Swiftly10/8/2014, 11:01:07 PM6 votes

My way to reproduce the "bug": Play any game mode.

Ramza Paradise10/8/2014, 10:34:57 PM1 votes

bump red response please

a Jesus Follower10/9/2014, 8:22:30 AM1 votes

Here is an example of a small lagspike that will disconnect me from the game for 10 minutes:

http://i.imgur.com/Z1kkcMR.png

a Jesus Follower10/10/2014, 12:44:42 AM1 votes

bump

Cowface Owns All10/13/2014, 3:23:16 AM1 votes

Today it is so bad that I can't play 30 seconds without it going off......before it was like 2-3 times a game, but now.......makes it impossible to play

Jesus is Savior10/13/2014, 7:41:42 AM1 votes

This is my new copy/paste:

"attempting to reconnect forever" bug. Small 1-2 second lagspike with zero packet loss forces the "attempting to reconnect" message (this would not have happened before 4.17). This message never goes away, even though my lag was gone before it even popped up. It's too bad this wasn’t fixed in 4.18. All 4.18 seems to have fixed is the loading-screen bugsplats afterward, but I’ll still disconnect from the game from even the smallest lagspike and be forced to close it and reopen it. People are STILL getting leaverbusted for it. Thousands of people.

How to reproduce:

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/bug-report/kuAdIpiU-crash-how-to-reproduce-the-attempting-to-reconnect-bug-almost-100-mac-but-win-7-has-it-too

Mega-thread with people complaining about bug:

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/bug-report/yqoW9sHe-horrible-attempting-to-reconnect-bug-417

Example of small lagspike that will disconnect me from the game forever (until I close it and reopen it):

http://i.imgur.com/Z1kkcMR.png

Ryan the Skitzo10/14/2014, 4:39:53 PM1 votes

Afraid to play due to this. Worried LeaverBuster will falsely drop the hammer on me as it did so many others

ForumPostingAcco10/8/2014, 10:37:52 AM1 votes

So is this gonna be fixed this patch? It's really bullshit.

AerialRush10/25/2014, 6:50:19 AM1 votes

I've most definitely had this too on my mac. It went away last patch and was reintroduced again this patch. Spikes up to 5000 ping and balance off at 500 ping with "Attempting to reconnect". Happens 100% of my games at the moment.