Game crashes when joining server

Post by **-]Rx[-Harley** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:57 pm

Hello,

Has anyone had this happen? You join a server and either your screen goes blank or it looks like the map has loaded and then your computer freezes. I thought it was just me, but when I asked others to join the same server, the same thing happened to them. Any thoughts?

Post by **Foo** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:10 pm

So it happens on a specific server but not all of them?

Post by **-]Rx[-Harley** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:23 pm

It's happened on 2 or 3 specific servers. It may be that the 3 servers were all "stuck" on the same map. I should have payed more attention.

Post by **nightwing** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:24 pm

-]Rx[-Harley wrote:Hello,

Has anyone had this happen? You join a server and either your screen goes blank or it looks like the map has loaded and then your computer freezes. I thought it was just me, but when I asked others to join the same server, the same thing happened to them. Any thoughts?

Same thing happened to me a few times but do not know what exactly is causing it.

The map will load them BAM! Black screen then I'm back to desktop with computer frozen.

Post by **JuanSanchez** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:49 pm

I had this problem just after Q4 came out. When the screen turns black, the console is still accessible (CTRL + ALT + tilde) although reconnecting / disconnecting does not fix the issue.

I already had ZoneAlarm (firewall) configured to allow Q4 full inbound / outbound access but still had the issue.

In my case, the issue was firewall related. To test this, try (temporarily) shutting down your firewall and reconnecting.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:53 pm

So what firewall are you both using?

Post by **FragZilla!** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:22 pm

(puts on psychic hat)

Zone Alarm?

Post by **jester!** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:23 pm

It happened to me last night and I got a message saying that the server had files that I didnt and that autodownload was not configured or something like that.

Just dumped me to the desktop. I fired up the game again and connected to a server no problem... :icon28:

Post by **-]Rx[-Harley** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:56 pm

I do run ZA, but the other people who tried connecting to the mentioned servers do not. In addition, it was only 3 specific servers that caused me problems. I have no issues with other servers to which I connect.

Post by **FragZilla!** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:16 am

-]Rx[-Harley wrote:I do run ZA, but the other people who tried connecting to the mentioned servers do not. In addition, it was only 3 specific servers that caused me problems. I have no issues with other servers to which I connect.

Right after you have that trouble, look at the ZA logs ( lower left of the ZA window) and see what's logged. You might find an answer there.

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