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urinalcake

<div class="IPBDescription">For erroneous reasons</div> I can only play NS for about 15 seconds, before I am exited out of the server and back to the main menu. It does this on any server.
Here is the error from the console.


Last 32 messages parsed.
2955 0078 svc_deltapacketentities
2957 0008 svc_time
2957 0013 svc_clientdata
2957 0041 svc_deltapacketentities
2959 0008 svc_time
2959 0013 svc_clientdata
2959 0041 svc_deltapacketentities
2959 0067 svc_sound
2961 0008 svc_time
2961 0013 svc_clientdata
2961 0047 svc_deltapacketentities
2963 0008 svc_time
2963 0013 svc_clientdata
2963 0045 svc_deltapacketentities
2964 0008 svc_time
2964 0013 svc_clientdata
2964 0045 svc_deltapacketentities
2964 0101 svc_sound
2964 0115 GameStatus
2965 0008 svc_time
2965 0013 svc_clientdata
2965 0045 svc_deltapacketentities
2967 0008 ScoreInfo
2967 0031 TeamInfo
2967 0045 svc_time
2967 0050 svc_clientdata
2967 0084 svc_deltapacketentities
2967 0134 svc_event
2967 0161 svc_sound
2969 0008 svc_time
2969 0013 svc_event_reliable
BAD: 29:svc_bad
Wrote erroneous message to buffer.dat
Host_Error:

I installed 1.04 not too long ago and I started to get this error, so I reinstalled NS.
After reinstalling NS, and trying it again, same error.

ANy ideas? it has something to do with buffer.dat

Lt_Patch

what does buffer.dat say?
open it in notepad. and CP it here...

urinalcake

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Is what Buffer.dat says.

And thats after I <u>reinstalled.</u>

urinalcake

any ideas? I've been bustin my rump on NSRadio work all week, and I really am itching to play some NS.

Are all buffer.dat files the same across the board? Would it be possible to just find someone else and CP their buffer.dat?

EDIT:
Okay, the problem is still occuring, but I've looked.. and theres more problems the console says its having.
Requesting tempdecal.wad from server
Custom resource propagation...
Decompressing file !MD5e4a31f240b4d50624f685998af61090f (4240 -> 629

It pretty much says that all the time or repeats the tempdecal.wad thing about 30 times before that long list of stuff error.

EDIT2: airyK from 2id was good enough to help me out, he said it was the fmod.dll, I did what he said and I got a different error, but then my NS started freezing and doing other weird things.

So here was my solution, uninstall NS, uninstall HL, uninstall all other games, uninstall steam and delete the steam folder in that order.
Reinstall Steam, reinstall HL, reinstall NS, customize.

I have yet to see if it works.

DaJMasta

A clean install would probably work, at least I hope it does.

Make sure it happens with every server (even test previous patches like 3.0.4 and 3.0F).

Hope that fixed it cause there isn't much else I can think of.....

urinalcake

Hmmk. I reinstalled everything and while in the process, made the steam folder didnt even exist. 13 gigz from my computer

So now I get this error:

Host_Error: CL_Parse_Version: Server is protocol 25112 instead of 4.

And a host of few others.
After googling it, theres some liek that that have to do with the router.
I have the router they talk about, but my brother tells me its at the latest firmware.

Is there any ports or anything I should open for HL?

Depot

27015 should do it.

Angel-Wing

i have the exact same problem as u dude if u find out how to fix it please post it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> i would be greatly in debt to u im DIENG to play

urinalcake

I opened ports 27015 through 27035, still doesn't work.
I can play on a game for kind of a longer while now. When I connect to a server with port 27015, hmm.. it actually works.

edit: nope, doesnt even work on 27015.
gonna make sure that the ports are open correctly.

Angel-Wing

urinal what video card do u have?

also ive talked ot my friends who said they had the same problem and they said they changed one of the setting and it fixed it but they cant remeber which

urinalcake

Radeon 9200.
Never had problems with it before. I'll get the latest drivers for it, while I'm thinking about it.

But on another note. In order to play, you have to have some ports opened.
According to here:
<a href='http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=1406' target='_blank'>http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=1406</a>
Here:
<a href='http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Linksys/BEFW11S4/Steam.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.portforward.com/english/routers...W11S4/Steam.htm</a>
and here:
<a href='http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=page%3D2%26cid%3D1115416835852%26c%3DL_Content_C1&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&SubmittedElement=Linksys%2FFormSubmit%2FProductDownloadSearch&sp_prodsku=BEFSR11' target='_blank'>http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c...prodsku=BEFSR11</a>

It says you have to have the ports opened.
They are open, and I still get the issue.

Lito

make a shortcut to NS VIA right clicking it on steam. Right click on the shortcut and goto properties. For the Target, add after "ns"

+clientport 27007

27007 can be any port. Forward this port to your computer via your router.