connection problems

(DWM|Commando) #1

hey guys when i first played ET on this computer i could join w/e server iwanted, however the 2nd time i loaded up i am always gettin either awaiting gamestate for an almost infinite time, or awaiting chalenege, for infinite time. I know hte servers are not full, b/c i tried picking one that had 5/20 ppl when i tried to join and i still got the same problem. I pulled down console and took a screen. Could it be that my punk-buster is messed up or my ET. I recall this happeneing last time i installed ET on my computer (my HD recently crashed).

So here it is… any ideas guys… i miss ET :bored:

(Cerebrate) #2

Cool sig.

(Nail) #3

[sig too big - Wils]

guess it wasn’t cool enough :moo:

(DWM|Commando) #4

god damn, wut u mean 2 big? file size or dimensions… and that dosnt fix my problems:(

(Cerebrate) #5

[sig too big - Wils]

guess it wasn’t cool enough :moo:[/quote]
That’s the sig I meant. :slight_smile:

(Nail) #6

ahhh, my bad

for the problem, have you tried updating punkbuster ?

or checking if firewall/router allow access ?

(DWM|Commando) #7

ive tried updating it, and nothin worked, ive also looked in the firewall and its not blocked and when i play i dont get any blockin emssages… so i dunno

(DWM|Commando) #8

alright i went to the PB site again and d/l all the updates, then i went 2 all my antivirus/firewall programs and added ET and pbweb to the exceptions lsit. and I sill get the problem… i let it sit for a while then i saw thsi i nteh console… any help?


Wils? haha :drink:

(Etnies) #9

Reinstall ET, and delete some of the small files from your etmain folder, that “topshots” thing has something to do with your cfg might try looking true that or making a new one.

(Shaderman) #10

I think you can ignore that “+topshots” thing. I have something like that in my config but don’t care about it (must be something from old RTCW days - I copied my config some day :x). Your computer is able to resolve the hostnames but are you sure it can receive responses? What if you disable your firewall for a minute and try it again? But please don’t blame me if you get a trojan while it is disabled :slight_smile:

(DWM|Commando) #11

im not gunna disable it, all the important things are already allowed to pass through, ill try re-installing… hmm is 2.60 still the latest version of et? i unno, i hope it works

(DWM|Commando) #12

i tried re-installing and still nothing… any other ideas… i cant seem to think of anythin, ive tried joining servers with punkbuster disabled, and it still dosnt work.

(kamikazee) #13

Then maybe there’s something wrong with your network connection? (Can be anything that stops the server from answering.)