ID:1870934
 
BYOND Version:507
Operating System:Windows 8 64-bit
Web Browser:Firefox 38.0
Applies to:Dream Seeker
Status: Open

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Descriptive Problem Summary:
Randomly the screen will completely freeze. Text input and output work fine, but the display is completely frozen. Toggling text mode makes the display update but it stays frozen on the new display. The status bar for object names works and reflects the state of the display when it froze. The only known fix for this so far is to reconnect to the server.

Numbered Steps to Reproduce Problem:
1. Play a BYOND game
2. At some point the screen will randomly freeze

Expected Results:
Screen wouldn't randomly freeze, or if it did (such as from lag), it'd unfreeze a couple of seconds later.

Actual Results:
Screen remains frozen until you reconnect to the server.

Does the problem occur:
Every time? Or how often?
Randomly. Some /tg/station rounds I get multiple freezes, most I get none at all.
In other games?
Haven't played any other BYOND games enough to tell
In other user accounts?
I got this problem before I upgraded to Windows 8, on Windows 7, so yes
On other computers?
I think above counts, plus multiple hardware upgrades

When does the problem NOT occur?
Most of the time?

Did the problem NOT occur in any earlier versions? If so, what was the last version that worked? (Visit http://www.byond.com/download/build to download old versions for testing.)
This problem has been around for at least a couple of years. Probably longer.

Workarounds:
Reconnect to the server.
You've noted you're using 507, try 508..
There's actually already a bug report for this. It's a known issue but because it's intermittent, I've never been able to track it down.
We're seeing an increase of reports of this recently

https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/issues/21099