Strange Problem,

MoebiusMoebius Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1045Members, Constellation
edited January 2004 in Tech Support
<div class="IPBDescription"> can't connect to server</div> I am using Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 1 (5.1 - 2600) on ISDN.
Intel Pentium 4, 2600MHz 512MB of memory. My graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440.

Problem: On connecting to an NS (all other games AND mods work) server the box that displays when you are waiting to join a full server comes up, my shown ping to the server goes up to 9999 and then my internet on this computer doesn't work until I reset my router.

Forgot to add: NS actually ran for a whole day the day before this started, nothing was uninstalled or installed during this period, in fact, I wasn't on my computer between the time I stopped playing and wanted to start. And it is my computer so no one else was on it either.

Solutions I have tried:
1) Uninstall/Reinstall Natural Selection completely.
2) Uninstall/Reinstall Steam Completely

The problem is persisting, anyone know what this must be?
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Comments

  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    Check your console to be sure that there aren't any messages being spammed there. Sometimes you get cl_maxerrordistance being spammed and that hogs up bandwidth. There's a fix in the stickied topic in this forum.

    --Scythe--
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  • MoebiusMoebius Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1045Members, Constellation
    edited January 2004
    I installed the new patch and tried the fix you described. I ran multiple virus scans, but I've still got the problem. Man, this is crazy, I swear if I don't fix this it's going to drive me insane. I hate not knowing why something doesn't work.
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  • eVoxeVox Join Date: 2003-08-16 Member: 19840Members, Constellation
    hmm. try deleting ur config.cfg file as well as any other cfg files (like user created ones)


    then the game should automatically make a new one for u. if not, try deleting them then copying a friend's cfg or reinstalling ns?

    this is kinda a longshot but something tells me its worth trying.
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  • MoebiusMoebius Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1045Members, Constellation
    edited January 2004
    ***************FIXED***************

    oh yeah.... How did I fix it? Well I searched my registrey for old Steam stuff and just went insane deleting it all, and wham NS works. Thanks for your help those who did.
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  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    Strange, I had the same problem and deleting registry keys solved the problem for me too.

    I deleted all instances of Steam in the registry except for the uninstall and start menu related keys. Hopefully thats a bit more specific.
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