Shatterline

Shatterline

Not enough ratings
A List of Things to Not Do in Shatterline
By ham
Fair warning: This guide is under Early Access, and will be updated as long as the developers keep pumping out new updates.

This is a guide that helps you with things that you should not do while Shatterline is running as an application. I am planning to decentralize this guide out to the community, so if you would like to contribute to this one, hit me up in the DMs and I'll add you as a contributor!

Update: Check the comments of this guide for specific things to not do under specific situations.
3
   
Award
Favorite
Favorited
Unfavorite
Do not ALT+TAB when in a loading screen.
Context:
Shatterline is the slightly better equivalent of old Source games with bad PC ports - while all Source games freaked out into kernel panics if you alt+tabbed with them running as fullscreen applications for macOS (Team Fortress 2 being quite the example), Shatterline freaks out and freezes into a black screen if you try and alt+tab when it is loading.

Testing:
An easy way to test this out would be to start the game up, and immediately alt+tab to a new window during the splashscreen with the weird minigun lady from the thumbnail. As long as you do not alt+tab back into the game, the game will stay frozen and will not resume playing the introductory video. Once you alt+tab back into it, the game will resume as per usual. This is the case under Fullscreen conditions.

Solution:
  • Don't alt+tab immediately after a match ends, or you get unceremoniously kicked out of a PvE or a PvP server due to lost connection.
  • If you do alt+tab in a loading screen, you do not have to hard-reset your rig's power. Instead, you can ctrl+alt+delete and sign out of your account, which will force all applications close. This is a quicker way to get back into playing a better polished game.
Do not disconnect if the error message reads "Error: Connection Lost (01-00)".
Context:
Given the early access nature of the game, Shatterline was bound to have server and login issues from the get-go. One of the issues is the inability to be able to be logged into the game's servers successfully, as a spike in player numbers can easily overwhelm any server, leading to some wacky ♥♥♥♥ when it comes to accommodating players that are logging in after the spike - like, way after. Yes, even sixty minutes after.

Testing:
When you start the game up and await the splashscreen to end, the loading screen starts up and hits you with a "Error: Connection Lost (01-00)". The only button present is "Close" - unsurprisingly enough, it closes the game completely. There is no way to change servers midway through login; my guess would be that your regional selection does not matter when it comes to being logged in, or the devs are yet to implement a feature where you can change your server at the start screen, making logging in much more convenient.

Solution:
When "Error: Connection Lost (01-00)" shows up, do ... nothing. Eventually, after an undefined amount of time dependent on the player strength of the game at that moment, you will be put into a login queue (represented by "You Have Been Entered Into A Login Queue. Please Wait." or something similar). TL;DR - DO NOTHING.
11 Comments
Uszaty 20 Sep, 2022 @ 5:02pm 
kicking by anticheat by what? every time i want to play coop
Regenics 20 Sep, 2022 @ 3:29pm 
Have not had these issues strange lol
Be Blue ! 👌 20 Sep, 2022 @ 10:59am 
Sounds like you got a really shit pc and actually still use HDD which are outdated for 10 years now
Sentry 19 Sep, 2022 @ 6:29pm 
I appreciate the thoroughness and the effort that went into your guide.
nevergotfat 18 Sep, 2022 @ 8:57am 
Nvidia 1030 gpu, game just restarts after loading screen for any game mode.
The Devil of Rhine 17 Sep, 2022 @ 10:58am 
Ive had an issue where i stream the game to discord and it will freeze at the end of round replay in any mode
beamer salmon 15 Sep, 2022 @ 6:11am 
does anyone know how to play 4:3 or any custom res in shatterline? when i try i get a black screen, i can still hear audio :(
Quickz 14 Sep, 2022 @ 3:43pm 
Eh I haven't ran into any bugs surprisingly since parties were fixed, Should also add:
IN EXPEDITION GRAB SIDE LOOT BOXES!
People that go straight for main objectives literally hurt my brain. :steamthis:
f8ck my l1fe,/3 14 Sep, 2022 @ 2:52pm 
Add that you still can not run near the red-black crystals. I've been stuck there more than once with the team, I had to go out and start from 0.
_sola1re_ 10 Sep, 2022 @ 1:45pm 
Thanks for leaving this guide I'm currently waiting for maintenance to end so I'm watching youtube and reading guides. This is very helpful and I've given you a few awards for such good intel to have. I haven't alt tabbed out yet since I have two monitors but since I have one tower it's helpful to do when I'm full screen. I appreciate your advice and good job testing this out and finding the bug!