Project Reality server crashes?

[Jiinglelocks]

I just started playing 2 days ago and have been having an absolute blast, however I am noticing an increased amount of servers that get halfway through a game, everyone is really into it and working together, and then everyone gets "there is a problem with your connection" we all say our goodbyes quickly and get kicked, the server gets massively depopulated and a ridiculous 4 or 5 digit Ping reading. Is this normal? It's very frustrating. I was getting so into Battle for la drang with my squad

[Bogatyr]

It does happen but to be honest it's not that common, you've had bad luck. Sometimes when you get the "There is a problem with your connection" text, the server might crash. However this is not always the case and sometimes it's just lagging.

Could also be a specific server..

[Mouthpiece]

Hey Jinglelocks. I must say, didn't expect that you're a beginner - you did quite well. Welcome to PR.

Yep, sadly server crashes are a regular thing in PR. Lag - not as regular. But, yeah, when the server crashes everyone gets the same "connection problems" message.

[Jiinglelocks]

Well that is a shame if the crashes are just a normal thing, it almost seems like someone is attacking the servers occasionally and ruining everyones day. It can be fairly difficult to find a decent squad working with a decent team, so when you find that sweet moment and you just get kicked off it's a real pain.

Thanks Mouthpiece, I played the mod many years ago in the first months of release and completely forgot about it for years. I found it again entirely by accident whilst looking for a more in-depth, tactical and teamwork centric game, as other titles just don't come anywhere near what I would call "teamwork". Would like to thank everyone I've played with in the community for being so helpful getting me started! I'll be offline for 2 weeks but then back to kick up a storm with everyone soon after.

[Bogatyr]

it almost seems like someone is attacking the servers occasionally and ruining everyones day.

Actually this tends to be the case. It's not a common thing. It usually is DDOS or fault of the server.

[Mineral]

Actually this tends to be the case. It's not a common thing. It usually is DDOS or fault of the server.

This is actually not the case. Servers don't crash often cause malicious actions.

[Bogatyr]

This is actually not the case. Servers don't crash often cause malicious actions.

That has been my experience, everytime the server crashed we were told it's a DDOS attack.

[Heavy Death]

Might be, might not be. Ahh the mistery of PR.

[Azivegu]

there are a bunch of things that can cause a server crash. FCV had, for a time, a lot of problems with DDOS, but that has mostly subsided.
Usually servers crash because of problems loading a new map, problems with connection from your PC to the server, or a server (which is a computer) just has a brain fart and needs a restart.

Its really hard to say what causes most of the problems, but often just rejoin the server and everything is fine.
I have had days where the server crashes 5 or 6 times, but have also had weeks without experiencing a crash.