multiplayer problem

Post by **kdub22** » Mon May 09, 2005 12:08 am

when i join a multiplayer game after a short while (sometimes longer sometimes shorter) the quake experiences an error and has to shutdown. i don't seem to have any problem in single player mode, cept when my computer wants to reboot itself, but that's a different problem. It was suggested that this could be a Punkbuster problem . If so i guess i should have it disabled.

Any thoughts on this would be helpful.
thanx

Post by **§ìgñå** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:20 am

you might try a re-install of the latest point release (1.32).

Post by **kdub22** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:58 am

ok, will try that. thanks

i am also haveing another problem. when i try to join a multiplayer game most of the time while awaiting gameset it syas "invaid cdkey" or "mis-typed cdkey". does anyone know what is causing that problem. i am using a legit store bought quake game.

Post by **kdub22** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:39 am

§ìgñå wrote:you might try a re-install of the latest point release (1.32).

ok i reinstalled the latest point release and still same problem

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:28 am

sounds to me like you have more problems than just QuakeIII. either reinstall Q3 or do the inevitable.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:51 am

If this only happens when playing online, it's PB giving you trouble (which you can disable by typing /pb_cl_disable in the console, but then you won't be able to join PB-servers anymore). Do a manual update with pbweb and a scan for viruses and spyware.

Post by **kdub22** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:33 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:sounds to me like you have more problems than just QuakeIII. either reinstall Q3 or do the inevitable.

by inevitable you mean reformat the hard drive and reinstall windows dont you? :icon23:

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:35 pm

you get random crashes outside of Q3, so that means you can get crashes whether playing Single Player or Multi, but in Multi it just happens more often. most likely by chance, but i think you have bigger problems than Q3, man.

Post by **kdub22** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:23 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:you get random crashes outside of Q3, so that means you can get crashes whether playing Single Player or Multi, but in Multi it just happens more often. most likely by chance, but i think you have bigger problems than Q3, man.

yes that is true sometimes i get error in IE and it has shut down. and yes it more often in Q3 multiplayer i have not had that error in single player but that could just a coincidence. if i do have bigger problems what do you think they could be, if i dare ask?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:35 am

you should check out your event viewer for your errors outside of Q3 to possibly get a handle on a stable system first.

OS? and Service packs?

Post by **kdub22** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:10 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:you should check out your event viewer for your errors outside of Q3 to possibly get a handle on a stable system first.

OS? and Service packs?

my OS is XP pro w/ SP2.
how do i check the event viewer?

Post by **§ìgñå** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:21 am

kdub22 wrote:my OS is XP pro w/ SP2.
how do i check the event viewer?

right click on "my computer" > manage > click on event viewer folder. open the logs.

Post by **kdub22** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:03 am

§ìgñå wrote:[right click on "my computer" > manage > click on event viewer folder. open the logs.

ok i see the application error for quake and IE as well as some others . some of them specify what faulting programs have the error. others just say "faulting bucket" whatever that means.

"faulting application quake3.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0. fault address0x0003b0c8"

0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 71 75 61 ure qua
0018: 6b 65 33 2e 65 78 65 20 ke3.exe
0020: 30 2e 30 2e 30 2e 30 20 0.0.0.0
0028: 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e 6f in unkno
0030: 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 wn 0.0.0
0038: 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 66 .0 at of
0040: 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 fset 000
0048: 33 62 30 63 38 0d 0a 3b0c8..

or

0000: 6c707041 74616369 206e6f69 6c696146
0010: 20657275 61757120 2e33656b 20657865
0020: 2e302e30 20302e30 75206e69 6f6e6b6e
0030: 30206e77 302e302e 6120302e 666f2074
0040: 74657366 30303020 63306233 0a0d3

does this help at all?

Post by **Scourge** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:11 am

I'm not sure if it's the same in Pro as Home, but right click on the error and go to properties. It should give a small explaination of the problem.

Post by **kdub22** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:14 am

scourge34 wrote:I'm not sure if it's the same in Pro as Home, but right click on the error and go to properties. It should give a small explaination of the problem.

it does give an explanation, but i have no idea what it means.