ERROR - Game Disconnected: something Went Wrong [Router Issues]
MY SETUP
Windows 8.1 64bit clean install on a 64GB SSD
UAC DISABLED
Origin clean install on a 1TB partitioned 7200rpm hdd (already tried a clean re-install, made no difference)
Deleted folder contents of Alpha / beta BF4 builds.
BF4 set to run in 64bit mode within Origin
Punkbuster installed and UPDATED with admin rights. PBSVC reports it is working fine.
16GB DDR3 RAM @ stock
Intel Core i5 2500k @ stock settings
Asus P8Z68 V Pro Gen 3 - Bios 3603 (latest)
All bios settings @ optimised defaults except Onboard HD audio DISABLED
Latest Intel chipset drivers
Nvidia drivers 331.65 (latest) uninstalled 3d, hd audio etc
GTX580 1.5GB Vram running at mostly low settings with fluff disabled or off (motion blur, weapon DOF etc).
FOV 90
ERROR SYMPTOMS
After upto 2 - 10 minutes of smooth gameplay, I start seeing other players on the same server run on the spot with some intermittent rubber banding. Then the game disconnects with a black save screen and I am returned to BL with the following error (see attached image):
ERROR - GAME DISCONNECTED: SOMETHING WENT WRONG
After some research, this doesn't appear to be the same error others are getting and its usually just me that gets disconnected (other players on Teamspeak with me on the same server are fine) so its not a server crash although that has happened too.
Its also NOT the audio loop crash as audio is fine (and not looping) when this happens. I have also experienced the audio loop crash so I know its not the same thing. With that you have to hard exit the game.
It almost feels like a PunkBuster disconnect but PunkBuster is updated and Pbsvc reports it working fine.
I have also got this disconnect on an empty server so I do not believe it is related to high player counts either.
Hoping this will be resolved soon as I played in the Alpha & beta without this issue and pre-ordered on that basis.
Will update if & when I find a solution.
After much hassle of trying to work out what was causing this, I noticed I would sometimes get disconnected from TeamSpeak at the same time as the game.
SO I started analysing my network with pingtest.net etc and saw that I had unusually high latency issues and line jitter. I have run these tests before so I knew that the figures I was seeing were unusual and off.
I called my ISP (VirginMedia) and got them to run some tests from their end and they confirmed that my router power levels were a bit off so they arranged for an engineer to visit.
A day later and the engineer replaced my superhub with a newer model and the issue has now gone away, no more being dropped out of game for no apparent reason.
