Client and Server Differ Issue

kevincheesekevincheese Join Date: 2010-04-13 Member: 71383Members
in NS2 General Discussion
So, I've regularly attempted to play NS2 since the alpha came out in July. I've never once been able to play in a game server.

Regular reinstalls, double checked updates, opened ports, etc, and it's never worked. So far I've been patient, but it's getting pretty frustrating.

I'm still getting "Server and Client Differ" messages. Any ideas why this would still be happening?

I use the Steam installer, if that helps.

I really want to play :(
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  • HarimauHarimau Join Date: 2007-12-24 Member: 63250Members
    Puzzling. I assume you've updated everything to the latest, haven't modified any files, checked integrity of game cache. Maybe it's just getting corrupted at some point, before you run the game. Any problems with anything else? Malware scan?
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  • weezlweezl Join Date: 2008-07-04 Member: 64557Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    have you always had good AV & FW?
    some viruses/malware add data to all executables, it would then differ...
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  • fsfodfsfod uk Join Date: 2004-04-09 Member: 27810Members, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, Squad Five Gold, Subnautica Playtester, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    Post your log %appdata%\Natural Selection 2\log.txt after trying to connect to a server
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  • kevincheesekevincheese Join Date: 2010-04-13 Member: 71383Members
    edited December 2010
    Here's the log txt. I'm pretty sure viruses aren't the issue. I regularly format my main drive, and I've had zero issues in any other area - just NS2.

    Is there a way to install the game outside of Steam anymore?
    log.txt 20.8K
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  • PaiSandPaiSand Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33487Members
    When everything fails, try to delete game content (even the folder if it's there after steam delete) and then re-install.
    If the folder remains after you did a delete content within steam is because you have other files in the folder different from the game files itself. When you only have a vanilla installation and delete the game from Steam the folder is deleted too, or at least is what happened to me.

    If you don't have any updated antivirus (and legally acquired), most probably you have a malware in your system.

    Anyway, try what I did to solve this issue, delete all content / re-install.
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  • kevincheesekevincheese Join Date: 2010-04-13 Member: 71383Members
    I didn't think of deleting the local folders after I told Steam to delete local content, so I'm going to try that. Just deleted both the appdata and the steam/common/naturalselection2 folders. We'll see if that does it.
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  • MaxMax Technical Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment Join Date: 2002-03-15 Member: 318Super Administrators, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    Those errors in your log are definitely the problem. The only way I could see that happening is if your installation is corrupted.
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  • fsfodfsfod uk Join Date: 2004-04-09 Member: 27810Members, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, Squad Five Gold, Subnautica Playtester, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    max its the file search path order you know ns2 before core in earlier builds you had Actor.lua in the ns2 directory steam doesn't always clean up stale files
    random bonus trivia for people core was searched first before ns2 in very early builds

    kevincheese delete Actor.lua from your natural selection 2\ns2\lua\ folder
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  • kevincheesekevincheese Join Date: 2010-04-13 Member: 71383Members
    Deleting everything and reinstalling worked. Thanks for the help folks. :)
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  • HarimauHarimau Join Date: 2007-12-24 Member: 63250Members
    Have fun. :)
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  • zNuzNu Join Date: 2006-10-09 Member: 58063Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1818628:date=Dec 23 2010, 01:01 AM:name=fsfod)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (fsfod @ Dec 23 2010, 01:01 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1818628"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->max its the file search path order you know ns2 before core in earlier builds you had Actor.lua in the ns2 directory steam doesn't always clean up stale files
    random bonus trivia for people core was searched first before ns2 in very early builds

    kevincheese delete Actor.lua from your natural selection 2\ns2\lua\ folder<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->



    this was the answer! :)
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