Hang on map change

gothzillagothzilla Join Date: 2007-03-18 Member: 60409Members
in Tech Support
After installing the new NS the game hangs on every map change. I have to ctrl-alt-del and kill hl.exe and restart the game then I can join a map but at the next map change it hangs again.
I tried a reinstall but it didn't help. I reinstalled the last version and it worked fine, then reinstalled the new one and I still hang on every map change. I get no error messages and windows event viewer has nothing.

Yes my motherboard drivers/directx/video drivers/audio drivers are all up to date.

Anyone have this problem and have any idea how to fix it?
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  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
    Did you launch the HL hazard-course at least once, before installing NS?
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  • gothzillagothzilla Join Date: 2007-03-18 Member: 60409Members
    After installing 3.2 I crash at every map change. Reinstalling 3.1 works fine. Reinstalling 3.2 again crashes on every map change.
    Do I have to run the hazard course before upgrading from 3.1 to 3.2?
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  • gothzillagothzilla Join Date: 2007-03-18 Member: 60409Members
    Tried it anyway...no help. The maps download fine and it gets to the very end right before the map launches and the game freezes. If there is a sound playing at the time it goes into a repeating cycle like a skipping cd.
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  • PorcepicPorcepic Join Date: 2007-02-21 Member: 60042Members
    What happens when you create your own private server, and then you change the map ?

    When you install 3.2, do you first uninstall 3.1 ?
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  • gothzillagothzilla Join Date: 2007-03-18 Member: 60409Members
    edited March 2007
    When I create a server and change maps the same thing happens. "Parsing game info...." and hang right before map launch.

    I didn't uninstall 3.1 first since I want to keep all the custom maps and such I've downloaded over the years. Are there certain files or folders I should remove first?

    edit: I moved the entire ns directory to a different location and did a clean install. Still hangs on map change.
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  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
    Whats the md5-sum of your install-exe?

    It might be corrupted, so your best bet would be to download the full-installer again.
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  • gothzillagothzilla Join Date: 2007-03-18 Member: 60409Members
    edited September 2009
    I don't know much about md5 but found this program linked on wikipedia:
    <a href="http://www.mgillespie.plus.com/MD5Check.zip" target="_blank">http://www.mgillespie.plus.com/MD5Check.zip</a>

    It says:
    4e268a85492dad39d06c6233723eef52

    The download page doesn't have the md5 listed though.

    Redownloading the full client to see if that works.



    edit: new download has same md5 as above. Reinstalled in new directory. Still hangs.
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  • gothzillagothzilla Join Date: 2007-03-18 Member: 60409Members
    Found the problem. TotalRecorder somehow interfered with NS. <a href="http://www.highcriteria.com/" target="_blank">http://www.highcriteria.com/</a>

    TR installs drivers to intercept audio for recording so anything passing through your sound card can be saved. Even though I changed the drivers back to my sound card it still made NS freeze on map change. I had to uninstall it to make the problem go away.
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