Game freezing.

monkeydog

I tried to post this on the bug reporting site but no one was responding so I'm putting it here. I can't even play NS2 until I find a solution.

Recently when I try playing, the game freezes on the main menu. Even when joining directly to a server it will freeze on the loading screen. The only way to end the process is to alt+f4. I can't use the task manager because it is hidden behind the frozen game. I tried reinstalling.
This problem only started recently. This is my first time trying to play in the last month.



SOLUTION FOUND.

i had the same issue when i subscribed to all maps on steam workshop. maybe you can unsubscribe there? community->workshop->ns2->click on the the blue "check" in every map that has a grey "check" below them (the blue one should turn into a gray x when hovering the mouse over it).

_Necro_

Could it be, that you firewall pops up in the background?
You could try to start the game in window mode to see other windows popping up.

Imbalanxd

Set the task manager to always in front, then get it to freeze. It may at least give you a better idea of what's going on.

[AwE]Sentinel

I had the same problem a week ago or so. By chance I looked in the Mods menu and noticed that the game downloaded NS2_Goliath and crashed when the installation reached 100%. If you have suscribed to that map, unsuscribe it and the game should run again.

IronHorse

List specs, please..
Then the log (%appdata%/naturalselection2/)

You verified integrity of cache through steam, as well, correct?

monkeydog

Setting my task manager to always be on top revealed a debug window that I was unable to see before.

log.txt

Date: 08/08/12
Time: 02:53:23
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Build 215
Starting Natural Selection 2
RenderDevice: AMD Radeon HD 6670 (8.17.10.1132)
Beginning update of mod: Ns2 co_faceoff remake
Downloading of "Ns2 co_faceoff remake" completed. Installing...

someone suggested to unsubscribe to a map that is causing problems, looks like this faceoff map is doing it. Unfortunately I have no idea how to do that.

I did verify integrity and no change.

No firewall popups.

Here are my comp specs.
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System Information
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Time of this report: 8/8/2012, 02:56:59
Machine name: ERIC-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: M68MT-S2
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD FX™-4100 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8190MB RAM
Page File: 2314MB used, 14064MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

Laosh'Ra

i had the same issue when i subscribed to all maps on steam workshop. maybe you can unsubscribe there? community->workshop->ns2->click on the the blue "check" in every map that has a grey "check" below them (the blue one should turn into a gray x when hovering the mouse over it).

monkeydog

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This worked!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you very much!