Broken Record (Skipping) Problem

(Blackrock) #1

:blah: In ET or RTCW mulitplayer, every 10 or 15 minutes I get sort of frozen and the game skips over and over about 3 times like a broken record… both the video and the audio, and it lasts about 1-2 seconds. Is that something any one else has experienced? Really hurts when I’m just running into an enemy… by the time I come out of it I’m on the ground.

(Zan) #2

This only happens to me (although exactly as you describe it) when I forget to close kazaa.

Try downloading “enditall.exe” to check your processes before playing, maybe it helps.

(Pavleck) #3

Also check your console then, bet it’s when PB queries its server. GO read the ET FAQ over at evenbalance.com - I had the same thing, and it’s all but gone away (still happens sometimes)

(Coolhand) #4

I’ve never had this on ET, but I get it occasionally in RtCW. In my case it’s always associated with a fast mouse movement. I have a tendency to always turn left, and sometimes when I try to do this quickly the screen freezes and the sound “skips” in the way you describe, repeating exactly three times. Then things go back to normal - and I’m usually dead :frowning:

I don’t know what causes it but I can confirm that it’s not related to other programs, because I close everything but systray and explorer before running the game.

(Vink) #5

Its punkbuster updating you can change the the time between updates by using /pb_sleep 500 which means it only updates every 500 milliseconds i think thats the max it can be set at.
Had to change some spellings as I don’t want to be slapped over my impared typing abilities :angry:

(Blackrock) #6

I tried using MSCONFIG which allows you to startup witout any 3rd party services or startup programs. IT still does it. :disgust: Also set pb_sleep to 250 and still does it. Also just freezes for a fraction of a second sometimes. I’ll keep experimenting. Thanks. :smiley: