I can't snipe - black screen only - client-side only?

(G0-Gerbil) #1

Noticed this with increasing frequency on servers.
Whenever I go to sniper, or spectate someone sniping, I get a black screen.
Now what I’m assuming is someone has a PK3 either replacing the sniper outline TGA to a solid one, or there’s a remapshader script changing the proper shader to a new black one.

Ironic really since I was talking to SiliconSlick not tooo long ago about better ways to block snipers, and we came up with the two solutions above.

The problem is, I don’t even know where to begin looking for the PK3s - I have hundreds in my folder, and I can’t remember how recently this started happening (not been playing that much lately), so sort by date only helps so much.

What REALLY annoys me is it’s quite clear it’s only me with this problem - since if in limbo I can happily spectate a sniper who obviously doesn’t have his view blocked, or when watching a sniping demo on my comp I can’t see crap but the sniper is mowing people down with headshots.

If anyone has any clues on what PK3s might do this, I’d be grateful.
I’d also be curious to know how a PK3 change can only affect certain people on a server - I thought the idea was ET only ‘recognised’ PK3s on your system that matched the list on the server, so there should never be a discrepency like this?

(G0-Gerbil) #2

OK found the file by painstakingly swapping files in and out.
Nasty - I’m sure anyone who’s looked inside their etmain/ folder for PK3s will sympathise :slight_smile:

Anyway the offending file had the rather vague file name of this:

etmapcycle.f145cbbf.pk3

It contained the bog standard 2 european campaigns, and a replacement gfx.shader file.
Removed, all works perfectly. It does raise another question though but I’ll carry that on in the mapping forum where it’s more appropriate.

(Fusen) #3

only unpure servers should let you replace the files within a pk3, otherwise you can create your own sniper shader with no black at all :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Also I generally delete the crappy new pk3’s I download as soon as I close ET every session, then you aren’t left with so many custom pk3’s you cry