Desktop shortcut bug fix

PolyamorousPolyamorous Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5191Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Yeah, if it's fixed already,  woo..</div>anywho, i noticed you get that irritating :can't connect to custom game, install custom game first" error when ya try to join a server.
Uhm, best way to fix it, is open the properties of the shortcut, and you'll notice the "Start in" field is blank.  thats yer problem.  as i run everythin on my D: drive, my "Start In" field looks exactly like this for NS:
D:\SIERRA\Half-Life

you should make sure yours looks the same..err..scratch that.  make sure your spoints to your HL directory..wherever that is.

Anywho, if anyone cares, thats the fix, and if Flay and everyone else already fixed it..Kudos.

On a second note - KFS, i finally managed to drag my sorry (rotten/smelly) carcass over to the forums.  go me.  Too bad the "Roadkill" forumname is already taken  <!--emo&:(--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('><!--endemo-->

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uhh...afttr looking some more, it seems the fix is known, go that.

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  • MMZ_TorakMMZ_Torak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 3770Members
    Never hurts to be helpful, I was gonna post the same thing. <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::asrifle::'><!--endemo-->  <!--emo&::onos::--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tiny.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='::onos::'><!--endemo-->
  • PremierPremier Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5364Members
    When I first played NS, everything worked fine. Then next day, whenever I tried to join an Internet game, it would say something like "You cannot join a server running a custom game." I did what you suggested above, and it did solve the problem for a few hours. Now, whenever I try to join, it says "LAN servers can only be joined by local users (Class C)."

    Can you offer some insight?
  • zipperzipper Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5590Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Premier+Nov. 02 2002,15:39--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Premier @ Nov. 02 2002,15:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->When I first played NS, everything worked fine. Then next day, whenever I tried to join an Internet game, it would say something like "You cannot join a server running a custom game." I did what you suggested above, and it did solve the problem for a few hours. Now, whenever I try to join, it says "LAN servers can only be joined by local users (Class C)."

    Can you offer some insight?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It seems sv_lan "1" is set whenever you try to run a server, I've only noticed it when starting a Listen server, so I wouldn't know if it's the same for Dedicated or not.
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