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• • Crashes? Beware! WiFi Connection officially not supported!

  • You're right, "not supported" doesn't mean it won't work just that they didn't bother to make it compatible with 802.11x standard. I just wanted to post this because it was very frustrating trying to figure out the issue for my self. I saw all these threads about random crashes and nobody once mentioned that wifi was not supported.
    
    I just hope that they're going to do something about it soon... if anyone else is having this problem they should write an unhappy letter like I did, lol. >.>

  • Posted: 7/05/08 10:53 PM
    Pirates of the Caribbean Online
• • Musical instruments to be included with WotLK?

  • haha, that would be so cool.   even just adding additional dances would be a nice touch...

  • Posted: 7/04/08 1:09 PM
    World of Warcraft
• • wow the movie

  • god I can't wait for thismovie.  I especially can't wait to hear all the nerdlings complain about the inaccuracies!  lol

  • Posted: 7/04/08 1:07 PM
    World of Warcraft
• • Crashes? Beware! WiFi Connection officially not supported!

  • In short, "Live Chat" confirmed that Wi-FI connections are not supported by  Pirates of the Caribbean Online.  This is not explained under "Minimum Requirements"
    
    This may be old news to some but I was very suprised.  I installed the game for the first time a couple of days ago so I could play with my nephew.  Before the jail was even done loading I had my first crash.  I didn't think much of it and retried.  I then had crashes every 5-10 min as I rushed through creating a character and opening tutorial.  I could not get past the canon practice.
    
    I read through all the completely useless "support" and FAQ's on the official web site.  I even tried reinstalling, adjusting screen resolution and lowering the video settings (mostly in despiration since my PC had no problem running WoW & GW's on high settings).  Finally I gave in and decided to contact the Live Chat.  That's when I was told if that if you rely on WiFi, you're out of luck.
    
    I just can't believe they would cut out such a large segment of users.  I would think Disney could afford developers with the nessicary skills.
    
    
    Here's the transcript (Names Changed):
    
    The initial submission was:
    The game crashes every 5-10 minutes
    
    
    SERVER:Customer is waiting for Response...
    
    TECH: Hello Mark.
    MARK: Hi there :)
    MARK: thanks for your help
    TECH: I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble. I see you describe the game crashing every 5 to 10 minutes. Is that correct?
    MARK: yes, I recently installed the game for the first time
    MARK: and it has not let me play greater than 10 min without a crash
    MARK: I could not find much on the website in regards to this issue
    TECH: Do you use a wireless connection?
    MARK: yes
    TECH: That is the most likely cause of the disconnects you describe.
    TECH: Wireless is not supported by Pirates, and causes this exact issue.
    MARK: that's unfortunate
    TECH: As the first troubleshooting step, please try connecting to your router using an ethernet cable, and then trying to play.
    MARK: and this causes the whole game to crash? not just a server disconnection?
    TECH: Lossing connection to the server causes the game to crash.
    TECH: Can I help you with anything else today?
    MARK: ah got ya, no I'll give that a try.
    TECH: You're welcome, and thank you for choosing Pirates Online Chat support.  Have a great day!
    MARK: thanks you too [TECH]
    
    SERVER:Agent has closed chat session.

    edit: my horrible spelling

  • Posted: 7/03/08 11:54 PM
    Pirates of the Caribbean Online