Joining Certian Servers Causes Hl To Crash

WarpZoneWarpZone Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6264Members
in Tech Support
<div class="IPBDescription">Am I banned? Is it a bug? I have C-D!</div> Sometimes when I try to join a 2.0 game, HL suddenly crashes as soon as I double-click on the server I want to join. (Yes, I use the in-game browser because it usually works just fine for me.) Anyway, ever since 2.0 came out, my old favorite servers now crash my client. My C-D is up-to-date, and I'm sure they are running 2.0, and joining other servers I've never heard of but which have a healthy ammount of players works just fine. Does anyone know what causes this crash? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

I've noticed it seems to happen more often when the server has 19/20 players or 17/18 or whatever. You know, one less than the maximum. If this is just a way of keeping reserved slots open, I think there should be a more graceful way to go about it, like maybe dumping the user back to the servers menu.

Thanks in advance for any helpful replies.
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Before spending too much time on this, uninstall and reinstall NS (making sure to close all running apps and windows, as the installer advises you). Let us know how it goes.
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    /me pokes head in

    whats the deal with that MonsE? why the close all running progies?


    oh, and for anthoer cheap trick, try ussing an external browser and see just what happens <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • WarpZoneWarpZone Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6264Members
    edited August 2003
    Meh. It hasn't happened today. I don't feel like manually copying over all my wads again... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    If it gets too unbearable, I'll try that Monse. Thanks.

    I just really wanted to know if there was any circumstance where this is <i>supposed</i> to happen, like if this was how some servers enforce their bans, or anything.
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Hmm, certainly not supposed to be like that. VAC and CD and most server mods will have the courtesy to say 'you are banned' and drop your connection.

    Than, because things being in use can make installers go wacky. I once spent hours trying to troubleshoot a problem with an NS beta installer not updating flayra's machine with the latest files. Turns out he had explorer open on that particular window - not with the file open, just *looking* at it. As soon as he closed the window, it installed just fine. Wacky...
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