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Asfiction's avatar
5 years ago

Something Prevented you from spawning

Before anything, I am going to say that I'm playing this on PC.

Every once in awhile, while I'm playing turf takeover, I'll randomly get kicked out. I don't know exactly why, but it has nothing to do with my wifi, for it doesn't tell me that I was disconnected. It tells me that "The Host Ended the Game Session." I figured it was just a server reset, so I go back in, joining an empty game. I play for a little bit longer until I get to the character selection screen. When I try to select a character, it tells me that "something prevented me from spawning," and doesn't let me select anything. I haven't run into any hackers on the game, so I don't wanna assume it was that, but if it is a possibility, then I won't exclude it. I just wanna know if this is normal at all, or is it just a bug?

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  • Hey @Asfiction

    I haven't heard of the "Something Prevented you from Spawning" error. Does this happen frequently when you try to join Turf matches?

    However, the "Host Has Ended Game Session" happens when there is someone hosting a PvP lobby, and they happen to leave the match or get disconnected.

    I've encountered this a couple times when I've played PvP, so I know that particular error isn't a bug.

    @EA_David Do you know anything about the "Something Prevented you from Spawning" error?

    - iluminate

  • TheSprinter85's avatar
    TheSprinter85
    Hero
    5 years ago

    I randomly got disconnected as well once today and received the message “The Host Ended the Game Session!” as well. What on earth does that mean? As far as I am aware, this is no host for the game session.

    EDIT: The “Something prevented you from spawning” message, @Asfiction. Do you notice that only when playing as Zombies in Peachy District, or does it happen in other Turf Takeover modes and/or on plants faction? I’ve only ever had this issue in Peachy District on Zombies team.

  • Asfiction's avatar
    Asfiction
    5 years ago

    Well, now that I think about it, it seems to only happen on Zombies. I remember the last time it happened, which was just a day ago, and it did happen on peachy district. I only ever play turf takeover, unless I'm doing rainbow star quests for the weekly event. I don't play with anyone and I never played a multiplayer match with other players in a party. 

  • Asfiction's avatar
    Asfiction
    5 years ago

    Glad to hear that the host ended the game error message wasn't just me, though. When it comes to the "Something Prevented you from Spawning," error, it happens every once in a while. I would have to be playing for a while before it happens, where I get kicked out of multiplayer. I go back in and play 1 - 2 games before I show up on a character selection screen, where I attempt to click on a character and the message shows up. After clicking away from the message, I'm not able to click on the characters anymore. Only the options at the bottom of the screen.

    Just yesterday, I believe the same error almost happened again, since I couldn't select a character. I fixed the issue by clicking on customize and going back. The message didn't show up at that time. The times that it did show up, I tried fixing it the same way, but it still told me that I couldn't spawn in, so I was forced to leave and rejoin a different server, where the problem would be fixed. I'm thinking that this may be happening because there's some sort of time limit before they let players spawn in and maybe I'm clicking too fast, but I'm not sure.

  • MrOoahOoah's avatar
    MrOoahOoah
    5 years ago

    I’ve had the same issue with the trot of spawning. Typically if I try several times it eventually works. Typically it happens when I’m playing with friends in a joined session. I don’t recall it happening when I’m playing alone. I’m on PS4. I also don’t think it only happens on turf takeover. One of my friends hates turf takeover so I rarely play it when they’re playing. Mainly mixed modes with them and it’s happened with them before. 

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