Bug Or Feature? Can't Respawn Out Of Black Void.

Pyramider

<div class="IPBDescription">Am I supposed to wait 5 minutes in dark?</div> Sometimes when I die as a marine, instead of going into chase-cam mode, everything goes black and I see only hint-text and hear only the sounds of battle and voice comms. This goes on for *many* minutes, and I stay in this void even when all of the other marines on my team are alive.

In some cases, I'll respawn after a few minutes, and in other cases, I can only listen to the game drag on to its end while I'm shown forever as "DEAD" on the scoreboard.

Things I have tried: I've pressed all of the buttons that I can think of to try and respawn. I've ESCaped out to the NS control screen and then RESUME GAME back in. I've tried to use the popup menu to get back to the ready room, all to no avail.

Am I missing some basic command that tells the game that I want to respawn? Is this perpetual black void a bug, or is it a normal part of the game that I, as a newb, just don't understand yet? Thanks for your help.

Monkey_Pickle

i was going to say it must me mp_fadetoblack but since you said all that stuff i have no idea what to tell you. sorry m8 <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

TychoCelchuuu

I think I know what you're experiencing, and I always thought clicking helped. Ah well.

Apotheosis

I've had this happen to me a couple of times, as both marines and aliens. I have assumed it is a bug, but it occurs rarely and I haven't noticed a pattern to it.

Pressing F4 and re-joining is the only solution I have found, except with the latest patch it isn't always possible to rejoin the team you were originally on, depending upon the balance <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

Pyramider

I found out what is causing this. You cannot respawn while crouched. If you die while crouched, you must stand back up in order to respawn. Nasty.

I'll mention this to the Bug Report thread.

Thanks for your inputs. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

Pod

<!--QuoteBegin--Pyramider+Dec 12 2002, 06:38 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pyramider @ Dec 12 2002, 06:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I found out what is causing this. You cannot respawn while crouched. If you die while crouched, you must stand back up in order to respawn. Nasty.

I'll mention this to the Bug Report thread.

Thanks for your inputs. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
to do that type -duck in menu

.. i wonder whos using duck toggle scripts?:o + this is a KNOWN bug : in all hl mods

Ne0

wenever that happens to me i just push spacebar an it works evy time

Captain_Navarre

I haven't experienced this bug yet, and i hope not to.