[RESOLVED] LAC Shutdown Bugs
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Sometimes LAC will "hang". This is not very frequent, but when it does happen, it can lock up your X-Windows environment and force a re-boot. Most of these situations seem to be related to LAC's attempts to return to the main menu about 10 seconds after the player is destroyed in flight as a consequence of crashing into the ground or being shot down. It can also happen after one team defeats the other in an online mission, as LAC tries to end the mission for everybody by destroyng all participating players after about 15 seconds.
To avoid these "hang" situations, we recommend that players explicitly exit from LAC (using the "ESC" key) soon after being shot down or crashing. LAC will then return to its main menu immediately, and you can then proceed with other main menu functions as you might expect. If you wait too long before pressing "ESC" to explicitly return to LAC's main menu, it might "hang" on you. You have about 10 seconds to hit "ESC" before there is any risk of "hanging".
Last edit: bbosen 2019-12-27
Recent online testing of version 8.01 seems to indicate that this little bug has been fixed. However, since this event was relatively rare, further confirmation is needed. Let me know if you experience this bug (as described above) when using version 8.01 or later. I really hope this one has been fixed.... it was the most troublesome and embarassing of the bugs remaining since mid 2019.
Recent online testing of versions 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05, 8.06, 8.07, and up through 8.11 all confirm that this bug is no longer seen.