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krok(obs)
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany264 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-25 01:24:57
February 25 2011 01:24 GMT
#1
hi folks,

for some reason whenever i launch sc2 it keeps freezing during the loading screen. i dont mean the ever so lovely face of jim raynor staring at you with his handsome eyes but the screen that comes afterwards, the planet and space, soon after which your account name and password login should follow. now i havent made any changes to settings whatsoever or made any other amendments to my laptop or windows....

as a matter of fact i played a couple of games tonight quite perfectly but then took a short break and tried to get back on 20 mins later. now however all i get is this blasted frozen loading screen and whenever i ctrl-alt-del it shows up in the task-manager as having crashed. is this a well known problem? does anybody have a solution to that?

all help is appreciated!!
http://www.sc2ranks.com/eu/481074/krok
Goshawk.
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United Kingdom5338 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-25 01:33:26
February 25 2011 01:29 GMT
#2
I've just got this too, along with a friend. It's similar to a problem I had a while ago, where the fix was loading it up with no internet then reconnecting to the internet and logging in, but my sc2 just crashed when I tried that.

EDIT: Nvm, the fix works for me now. Try it. :p
Skinwalker
Profile Joined July 2010
6 Posts
February 25 2011 01:33 GMT
#3
Yep, same thing happened to me couple of minutes ago, probably an EU thing
schimmetje
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands1104 Posts
February 25 2011 01:33 GMT
#4
Same problem here. Bnet site is down for maintenance as well it seems though, so I can't help but think it's related, though I'm surprised to not see any more complaints yet. Good week at the Blizzard networking center. Again.
Change to MY nostalgia? UNACCEPTABLE! Monkey paaaw!
krok(obs)
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany264 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-25 01:35:58
February 25 2011 01:34 GMT
#5
ok this is exactly the issue im having! as for the remedy, same goes for my pc. i can logon offline but as soon as i try to go back online and log in it crashes right after i press the login button....what the hell is going on? and why do other people have the same problem as i do? i think earlier this evening the launcher connected to the patch server briefly, you know not like a full blown patch but more like a little maintenance that took about 4 seconds during which you can see the sign launcher connecting to patch-server....coudl this be where my problems stem from? should i reinstall the game?

*edit*

oh thanks a lot you guys for the speedy responses, at least i know im not alone with this problem, i guess it will get fixed tonight or tomorrow. well no more sc2 for me tonight. maybe i should go to sleep instead :-)
http://www.sc2ranks.com/eu/481074/krok
m4dm4n
Profile Joined July 2010
Croatia17 Posts
February 25 2011 01:44 GMT
#6
lol i was about to reinstall my motherboard and graphic card drivers, now i see its bnet related, I too crash before login screen...
Narcotic
Profile Joined September 2010
Italy101 Posts
February 25 2011 01:47 GMT
#7
I'm having the same problem, yeah probably an EU problem. Time to sleep anyways
heishe
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany2284 Posts
February 25 2011 02:06 GMT
#8
I and my buddy have the same problem. The fix as described by Goshawk works for me, but not for my buddy (for whatever reason).

I'm hoping they fix this quickly.
If you value your soul, never look into the eye of a horse. Your soul will forever be lost in the void of the horse.
zergporn
Profile Joined April 2010
Estonia156 Posts
February 25 2011 02:14 GMT
#9
this is complete nonsence. now this damn bnet 0.2 just locks your PC completely lol
the game changes as you get higher
Azza
Profile Joined June 2010
China650 Posts
February 25 2011 02:14 GMT
#10
I have no played in months and decided I wanted to pick up the game again. Updated and then got this crash myself, typical.
daChronik
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany15 Posts
February 25 2011 02:20 GMT
#11
going offline starting the game = no problem.

but i get the same "no response " from sc2 when i'm online / trying to log in .

as allways...probably just need some time.........
gl hf
ticktack
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Arab Emirates874 Posts
February 25 2011 02:22 GMT
#12
Oh wow, Same problem here. I was going to reinstall the whole game. Hehehe xD
A winner is just a loser who got pissed off and tried harder
theSAiNT
Profile Joined July 2009
United States726 Posts
February 25 2011 02:24 GMT
#13
Seems like a Battlenet related problem. Darn.
daChronik
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany15 Posts
February 25 2011 02:29 GMT
#14
yes i was about to reinstall....then thought a sec ....checked TL and found this thread.... ^^ let's hope someone is awake like we are and trying to fix it
gl hf
grigorin
Profile Joined December 2009
Austria275 Posts
February 25 2011 02:33 GMT
#15
Offline login works for me. Thought maybe it was the servicepack of WIN7.
Ser3nitynow
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden89 Posts
February 25 2011 02:34 GMT
#16
Got the same problem =/
Bluewolf
Profile Joined February 2011
1 Post
February 25 2011 02:40 GMT
#17
god damit i have the same problem, and i really want to play now
gix_
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany28 Posts
February 25 2011 02:52 GMT
#18
The SC2 client has a bug when it fetches the sidebar news etc. via HTTP. If it receives an unexpected response (or no response at all, at the moment those servers are down), it freezes. This bug has been there since forever.
Alterran
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden23 Posts
February 25 2011 02:53 GMT
#19
Got the same problem
WindOw
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Sweden407 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-25 02:59:44
February 25 2011 02:56 GMT
#20
same problem here

Disabling internetm,start sc2,reconnect worked for me
AKA WindOw[InCa] (BW) | TheMisT (SC2) | NaNiwa FC founder
hotstuff
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway42 Posts
February 25 2011 02:56 GMT
#21
same problem, was about to reformate my pc in anger :D
A guy said am good once.
Belegurth
Profile Joined November 2010
165 Posts
February 25 2011 03:02 GMT
#22
Have the same problem.

TEMPORARY SOLUTION UNTIL FIX :

1- Disable your internet adapter from your network settings on windows.
2- Start SC2
3- Click "OK" when it says "You don't have internet connection"
4- Wait a little bit
5- Enable your internet adapter
6- Wait a little bit
7- Login
8- Make sure you can see your leagues and places on Multiplayer tab.

On March 02 2011 11:23 awu25 wrote: i don't think it's a marketing thing most koreans wouldn't be able to pronounce flash, jaedong, or mvp, i think that's why their korean names are used
gix_
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany28 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-25 03:05:23
February 25 2011 03:05 GMT
#23
On February 25 2011 12:02 Belegurth wrote:
Have the same problem.

TEMPORARY SOLUTION UNTIL FIX :

1- Disable your internet adapter from your network settings on windows.
2- Start SC2
3- Click "OK" when it says "You don't have internet connection"
4- Wait a little bit
5- Enable your internet adapter
6- Wait a little bit
7- Login
8- Make sure you can see your leagues and places on Multiplayer tab.



It would be easier to just block outgoing HTTP traffic for sc2.exe via the built-in firewall. No need to disconnect anything.
Belegurth
Profile Joined November 2010
165 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-25 03:07:24
February 25 2011 03:06 GMT
#24
On February 25 2011 12:05 gix_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2011 12:02 Belegurth wrote:
Have the same problem.

TEMPORARY SOLUTION UNTIL FIX :

1- Disable your internet adapter from your network settings on windows.
2- Start SC2
3- Click "OK" when it says "You don't have internet connection"
4- Wait a little bit
5- Enable your internet adapter
6- Wait a little bit
7- Login
8- Make sure you can see your leagues and places on Multiplayer tab.



It would be easier to just block outgoing HTTP traffic for sc2.exe via the built-in firewall. No need to disconnect anything.


it's done with mouse and takes 2 seconds anyway but I am not an expert on computers
On March 02 2011 11:23 awu25 wrote: i don't think it's a marketing thing most koreans wouldn't be able to pronounce flash, jaedong, or mvp, i think that's why their korean names are used
daChronik
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany15 Posts
February 25 2011 03:08 GMT
#25
Thx Belegurth this works fine.

(I did only try to login after pressing " play offline " + reconnenct which did not work :D )
gl hf
gix_
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany28 Posts
February 25 2011 03:54 GMT
#26
On February 25 2011 12:06 Belegurth wrote:
[...] It would be easier to just block outgoing HTTP traffic for sc2.exe via the built-in firewall. No need to disconnect anything.


it's done with mouse and takes 2 seconds anyway but I am not an expert on computers [/QUOTE]
And disrupts downloads, streaming video/audio, etc., and has to be done every time again. Just saying.
TalkSick
Profile Joined July 2010
Bulgaria223 Posts
February 25 2011 04:06 GMT
#27
On February 25 2011 10:24 krok(obs) wrote:
hi folks,

for some reason whenever i launch sc2 it keeps freezing during the loading screen. i dont mean the ever so lovely face of jim raynor staring at you with his handsome eyes but the screen that comes afterwards, the planet and space, soon after which your account name and password login should follow. now i havent made any changes to settings whatsoever or made any other amendments to my laptop or windows....

as a matter of fact i played a couple of games tonight quite perfectly but then took a short break and tried to get back on 20 mins later. now however all i get is this blasted frozen loading screen and whenever i ctrl-alt-del it shows up in the task-manager as having crashed. is this a well known problem? does anybody have a solution to that?

all help is appreciated!!


Same here.

In chronological order, I:

- restarted my laptop
- repaired SC2 with the Repair tool
- uninstalled SC2
- installed SC2 again
- deleted the "Variables" config file
- restored my system to two days ago

Nothing helped.

Exact same problem - game freezes right after Jim Raynor's face turns into a planet and you're supposed to put in your log-in details.

Happened after I switched my video settings around.

Never had this issue before.

Very frustrated.
Belegurth
Profile Joined November 2010
165 Posts
February 25 2011 04:22 GMT
#28
On February 25 2011 13:06 TalkSick wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2011 10:24 krok(obs) wrote:
hi folks,

for some reason whenever i launch sc2 it keeps freezing during the loading screen. i dont mean the ever so lovely face of jim raynor staring at you with his handsome eyes but the screen that comes afterwards, the planet and space, soon after which your account name and password login should follow. now i havent made any changes to settings whatsoever or made any other amendments to my laptop or windows....

as a matter of fact i played a couple of games tonight quite perfectly but then took a short break and tried to get back on 20 mins later. now however all i get is this blasted frozen loading screen and whenever i ctrl-alt-del it shows up in the task-manager as having crashed. is this a well known problem? does anybody have a solution to that?

all help is appreciated!!


Same here.

In chronological order, I:

- restarted my laptop
- repaired SC2 with the Repair tool
- uninstalled SC2
- installed SC2 again
- deleted the "Variables" config file
- restored my system to two days ago

Nothing helped.

Exact same problem - game freezes right after Jim Raynor's face turns into a planet and you're supposed to put in your log-in details.

Happened after I switched my video settings around.

Never had this issue before.

Very frustrated.


dude.. just read 3 posts above
On March 02 2011 11:23 awu25 wrote: i don't think it's a marketing thing most koreans wouldn't be able to pronounce flash, jaedong, or mvp, i think that's why their korean names are used
Teliko
Profile Joined January 2011
Ireland1044 Posts
February 25 2011 04:40 GMT
#29
Was thinking this was a bnet problem seeing as it's down but was still freaking out thinking I might have to reinstall after messing around with the games MPQs.
Add a drop of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing at it.
kagemucha
Profile Joined August 2010
United States326 Posts
February 25 2011 04:52 GMT
#30
Glad I found this thread. I'm on EU too
Somebody23
Profile Joined December 2012
1 Post
December 20 2012 07:13 GMT
#31
My game did same at the end of map loading screen it freezes about 15 seconds and then game starts. everybody see me lagging. after that no lagging.

I tried reinstalling game(didn't work), I swithed my wlan card(didn't work), I tried different graphic card drivers(didn't work).

My pc specs


Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor (6 CPUs), ~4,2GHz
Memory 16384MB DDR3 1600MHz latency 9-7-9-18
Hard Drive 64GB SSD 3 TB Total
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Asus direct cu II
Soundcard (High Definition Audio)
Windows 7 64bit ultimate

I got this problem FIXED.

I bought yesterday radeon Hd 7850 and game stopped lagging.

THE PROBLEM was nvidia graphic card.

many other problems too got fixed, like after 20 minutes gaming bc2 full graphics graphic card shut's down(if nvidia drivers are 302 or lower,

Skyrim fps lags if used nvidia drivers 306,23 or higher(302 or lower works exellent),

and then last prolem planetside 2 when game starts random fps lag but if nvidia drivers are reinstalled it works 40 fps with full graphics, same problem with Medieval chivalry. Note that changing graphics lower will not fix this problem. I discovered that only way to fix this problem is reinstall drivers after every restart of computer.

so nvidia got some serious problems with software. and ati/amd graphic card fixes them. if you dont want to buy new graphic card the remember those driver fixes
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