system crashes, possibly "kicked out"

(wolfpac) #1

I have experienced quite a lot system crashes when entering a server. Usually when I get back the server was full, is it possible that someone force their way in and push me out the door and cause a system crash?

Has anyone experience such BS?

(Rippin Kitten) #2

If you have a bad connection to the server and the protocol messages are getting mucked up, this will lead to ET and possibily your system crashing. This may not be something you can fix, however. Try playing on other servers and see if the issue repeats itself.

RK

(Fusen) #3

when does your system crash? if you crash about 5 seconds after joining the server it may be something to do with my post about nvidia drivers thats if your running a nvidia card

CHRYSLER BR PLATFORM

(wolfpac) #4

yeap about 5 sec crash after entering a server, usually.

But talk about the coincidence, I restart ET and wow the server is full. Oh another coincidence, usually happen with custom maps. I played ET ever since it came out and i rarely saw any crashes, then later many new maps came out and the game games crashes.

BTW doesnt it occur to anyone that while you play ET you cant jump to another program? SO ANNOYING! I thought games these days are developed with switching program ability.

(DG) #5

you should be able to switch using alt+enter. OpenGL games have a habit of being alt+enter, directx its alt+tab.

if you find ET sits like a background so you cant actually access or see much, you might be interested in a little script i made for rtcw when it just started doing it for some unknown reason (wouldnt minimise properly) - also was excellent for watching WTV and slagging them off in IRC :wink:

When windowed ET/rtcw seems to handle task switching better :???:

for autoexec.cfg:

// WINDOW/FULLSCREEN TOGGLE
// ------------------------
// by DG
//

bind KP_minus “exec scripts/windowed.cfg; echo ENTER for windowed wolf”
bind KP_plus “exec scripts/fullscreen.cfg; echo ENTER for fullscreen wolf”
bind KP_enter “vid_restart”

save as “windowed.cfg” into etmain/scripts/ subfolder

set r_fullscreen “0”
set r_mode “3”
set r_customheight “600”
set r_customwidth “800”
echo “KP_ENTER for windowed mode”

save as “fullscreen.cfg” into etmain/scripts/ subfolder

set r_fullscreen “1”
set r_mode “6”
set r_customheight “1024”
set r_customwidth “1600”
echo “KP_ENTER for fullscreen”

totally untested for ET, but worked nice in rtcw :stuck_out_tongue: probabyl have to change the keybinds if you use the keypad for anything else. You could do the same thing a more simple way, but thats the way I liked it setup. obviously you will have to change r_mode and r_custom~ to suit.

(r_mode 6 = 1024x768; i think 4 is 800x600… no idea why but r_custom@ always set itself one step higher than whatever I set using r_mode, so i included that - it worked so nothing broken nothing fixed). BTW i think echo wont work, so you wont see any display?