"Server disconnected for unknown reason"-- PLEASE

[Danyboy]

I get it quite a bit - And i’ve got 768DDR

But clicking reconnect on the message that appears after about 3 secs gets me in no probs - just takes 3 extra secs to get into game - no biggy

[twiFight]

I get it quite a bit - And i’ve got 768DDR

But clicking reconnect on the message that appears after about 3 secs gets me in no probs - just takes 3 extra secs to get into game - no biggy

well it is a biggy, cos i have a slower computer and it takes about 10 seconds here to show that message.

and 10 seconds is pretty damn long!!!

(15 to start the game up, 15 seconds to generate the serverlist, 10 seconds tell me my ping is too high, 10 seconds when reconnecting, 15 seconds to load the map, THEN I can play… )

[n00ber]

^bump^

[jah]

ok… i get the same message over and over… and i’m getting mad…

my specs:

amd xp 2.0+
256ram ddr @ 333mhz
ati radeon 9700 pro

when i join a server it takes like 3,4,5 minutes to load a map… when the round is over it starts to load the next map… when the loading progress bar is full i get the “server disconnected for unkown reason” message…

now… i’ve uninstalled the game 3 times now… no changes… i tried to mess with com_hunkmegs and set it up to 192megs and still no changes… i tried to mess with com_zonemegs (a q3 cvar for the memory that is allocated for loading maps and textures) and ET won’t let me change it…

i don’t know what is happening here… it’s not my cfg fault 'cause i tried to use the default settings and still got nothing…

if someone knows whats happening or how to change this to get it working i would really appreciate it…

and btw: RTCW runs fine… no probs… since the last 2 years i play rtcw online and it never happened somthing like this… i’m going nuts 'cause i play on a online gaming clan and if i don’t fix this i’ll have to stop playing because i loose my XP points on every reconnect…

what a pain :x

please help

thx in advance

:jah:

[Freedom_Tickler]

I have been having this issue as well, only intermittently.

I suspect it affects players going thru routers or firewalls?? - most times the map eventually loads, occasionally I have to reconnect - sometimes it takes mutliple tries before I recon successfully

I think its also related to PB, b/c when I drop console Im often hanging on contacting PB- evenbalance.com or having just received info from PB.

loading the map is client side, but you do have to synch w/ the server for player and game info - perhaps its this synching that is messing some people up. There also seems to be certain routers that ET - PB hate, dont ask me how - altho one poster says that DLink, for instance - has routers that are out of industry spec - dont ask me why. : )

I recommend waiting to see if the map loads, if it fails you will be greeted by server discon’d for unknown reason - if you have a router or firewall, try bypassing it to see if that resolves issue. Ive also seen this happen when trying to con to a server w/ only one slot open, and you get beaten to it by another player . Id also guess that on nights when alot of folks are connecting to PB servers, the master pb server takes a beating , maybe has problems keeping up w/ all the requests its getting - just a guess

[Steltek]

If it is slow map loading, maybe it’s your hard drive causing the bottleneck. Try defragmenting.

…

Hehe, silly Windows, still needing defragmenting.

[jah]

If it is slow map loading, maybe it’s your hard drive causing the bottleneck. Try defragmenting.

…

Hehe, silly Windows, still needing defragmenting.

been there done that… defrag… format… nothing… still getting disconnected \o/

[Steltek]

been there done that… defrag… format… nothing… still getting disconnected \o/

Well, I have no idea. Did you redownload ET or did you just use your local copy? It’s not unheard of that a download gets corrupted. Anyone have an MD5 of the Windows ET zip/exe?

It could just be a weird combination of server settings, maps, and your computer. In that case, a lot of trial and error is gonna be needed.

For debugging purposes, reproducibility would make fixing the problem so much more easier. If you can find a server or a set of conditions that always boots you, this problem could be fixed fast.

[Freedom_Tickler]

are you behind a router or firewall ?

if so, try bypassing it as a test

gl

[n00ber]

Hm… I found out that its mostly because you timed out because of inactivity. Lets say you made it through the first map… when you’re going onto the second, it finishes loading, and then the server disconnected for unknown reason. Its because you were inactive in the server, so it automatically kicked your out.

Many people must be :???: :???: after reading my post, so don’t let it bother you…

[JonDoe]

Try reconnecting to the server and see if someone actually saw the disconnect message from the server. It probably gave some reason for the disconnect on the server. If you can find out what the message is it will help you find out what the problem is.

[personal]

did u apply the 1.01 server side patch to your client?
maybe there’s some incombatibility there cause i sometimes see in game
‘client disconnected client/server mismatch’ (or something like that)
that shouldnt be an issue but who knows…

[jah]

Tickler]
are you behind a router or firewall ?

if so, try bypassing it as a test

gl

yes i am… but as usual… bypassing it didn’t change anything…

Did you redownload ET or did you just use your local copy?

used a local copy but it’s fine… copied to a CD so a friend of mine could install it and he didn’t get any troubles…

For debugging purposes, reproducibility would make fixing the problem so much more easier. If you can find a server or a set of conditions that always boots you, this problem could be fixed fast.

any of these servers gives me that error:

[ SAPOPlay | WAR-ZONE ] Wolfenstein:ET Campaign|33ms|212.113.174.97:27950

[ SAPOPlay | WAR-ZONE ] Wolfenstein:ET Ojective|17ms|212.113.174.97:27960

[ SAPOPlay | WAR-ZONE ] Wolfenstein:ET StopWatch|17ms|212.113.174.97:27970

ClanHosted - RTCW Enemy Territory OBJ|1742ms|195.23.133.157:28960

did u apply the 1.01 server side patch to your client?

nope… should I?

guys thx a lot for your replys… if someone finds the solution for this i’ll kiss him

eheh

thx again

:jah:

PS: btw why am I not allowed to change com_zonemegs cvar? ET doens’t change it… always keep’s latching it :x

[DrGav]

amd xp 2.0+
256ram ddr @ 333mhz
ati radeon 9700 pro

Why not try boosting your ram? 256 will be feeling the strain of your system spec.

[jah]

Why not try boosting your ram? 256 will be feeling the strain of your system spec.

i could… if i had the money right now…

but only ET is acting strange… i can play RTCW fine… quake3 fine… ut2k3 no complaints… i know ET is a bit heavy but this is too much no?..

:’(

:jah:

[Shallow]

We get this problem on LAN with Punkbuster disabled, so it isn’t likely to be PB related. This also rules out firewalls in our case at least.

Which var controls the server timeout? I’d like to up it a bit on our servers because some people on our LAN (with older, slow HDs) consistently fail to connect on their first attempt for the first round.

[n00ber]

This was in my console when I got the message:

----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\pak0.pk3 (3725 files)
on the pure list
C:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\mp_bin.pk3 (4 files)
on the pure list
C:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\etmapcycle.pk3 (3
files)
on the pure list
C:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\ET_6map.pk3 (2 files)
not on the pure list
C:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory/etmain

---

11202 files in pk3 files
RE_Shutdown( 0 )
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
----- R_Init -----

GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc.
GL_RENDERER: RAGE 128 x86/SSE
GL_VERSION: 1.2.1652 Win9x Release
GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
GL_ARB_vertex_blend GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_ATI_vertex_shader
GL_ATI_vertex_streams GL_ATIX_vertex_shader_output_point_size GL_EXT_abgr
GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_packed_pixels
GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texgen_reflection GL_EXT_texture3D
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_object
GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_ARB_window_pos
GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_SGI_texture_edge_clamp
GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIS_multitexture
GL_WIN_swap_hint WGL_EXT_extensions_string WGL_EXT_swap_control
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 1024
GL_MAX_ACTIVE_TEXTURES_ARB: 2

PIXELFORMAT: color(16-bits) Z(16-bit) stencil(0-bits)
MODE: 3, 640 x 480 fullscreen hz:N/A
GAMMA: hardware w/ 0 overbright bits
CPU: Intel Pentium III
rendering primitives: single glDrawElements
texturemode: GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST
picmip: 2
texture bits: 16
multitexture: enabled
compiled vertex arrays: enabled
texenv add: enabled
compressed textures: disabled
NV distance fog: disabled
Initializing Shaders
----- finished R_Init -----
LOADING… collision map
LOADING… sounds
voice chat memory size = 0

…
Initializing Sound Scripts
…loading ‘sound/scripts/vo_allies.sounds’
…loading ‘sound/scripts/vo_axis.sounds’
…loading ‘sound/scripts/oasis.sounds’
done.
LOADING… graphics
LOADING… maps/oasis.bsp
stitched 0 LoD cracks
…loaded 19509 faces, 178 meshes, 1005 trisurfs, 0 flares 0 foliage
LOADING… entities
LOADING… game media
LOADING… - textures
LOADING… - models
LOADING… - weapons
LOADING… - items
LOADING… - inline models
LOADING… - server models
LOADING… - particles
LOADING… - classes
LOADING… - game media done
LOADING… flamechunks
LOADING… clients
CL_InitCGame: 94.22 seconds
Com_TouchMemory: 1431 msec
Server disconnected for unknown reasonPunkBuster Client: Not Connected to a
Server
]/condump txt.txt
Dumped console text to txt.txt.

[jah]

but is this a ET bug?

it only happens in ET :’(

i guess i’ll stick with rtcw :’(((((((((

very sad indeed… :’(

:jah:

[Freedom_Tickler]

jah,

youve got yourself a good one

i looked over the condump, seemed to have failed to load something …

I would try pokin around your bios, cant hurt, is it possible your ram timings are too aggressive? … check to see if agp fast writes are enabled - or try tweaking agp related timings - try flashing your bios - it could be that simple : ) and some of these suggestions did help a clanmate who was experiencing game crashes - not sayin your prob is related or the same - just tryin to brain storm ideas

gl and dont give up

[n00ber]

Um… you sure you weren’t reading my condump?

And also… how do you “flash” bios?