Public server custom map loading problems

pow · Post by **pow** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:07 am

I've tried running a 8-10 campaign serveral times but every time players have trouble connecting. I've redirected the download to the maps which works fine (nice high speed download) but after the download finishes they often get 999 and disconnect. Reconnecting works in some cases but most of the times players just leave (as I would).
The standard maps in the campaign do not give any trouble at all. As soon as a custom map is loading the server empties. I also notice that pings seems to rise on a custom map, not sure if I'm being paranoid or if this is normal.
Is this known behavior or is something wrong with my setup? My standard 6 maps run fine (serverl is well visited) but they get boring after playing over and over again

Regards

xGrunt · Post by **xGrunt** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:13 am

I've seen some other posts here that say it's known behavior. Same thing happens on my server, usually after a redirect download. A /reconnect always seems to allow a normal reconnection.

Also, if you change the password, then /reconnect, I always get an invalid .pk3 error. I have to quit the game and restart. I'll bet these are ET errors and not etpro issues.

pow · Post by **pow** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:39 am

thanx, at least I know its not my setup now! Perhpas it will be fixed in the future but I guess ET won't be updated anymore

xGrunt · Post by **xGrunt** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:41 pm

No, and Activision apparently won't release the source code to allow someone else to fix it.

gotenks · Post by **gotenks** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:12 pm

bani has the source code and sent them info for many fixes... and they haven't released one

xGrunt · Post by **xGrunt** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:12 am

OK, thanks!

deej · Post by **deej** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:44 am

gotenks wrote:bani has the source code and sent them info for many fixes... and they haven't released one

That's normal, there wasn't / isn't a business case to make the investment (manhours). It's a free game which 'cost' them already a lot of money because they can't earn back the investment made in ET. Economic reality strikes here I'm afraid

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On the other hand, with RTCW2 on the way Activision could make a smart move by taking into account Bani's work and releasing an update for ET which they could use to pimp RTCW2 in a subtle manner and create more awareness and highten the anticipation to the game. Fix the bugs & port it to Mac, include only a few little things that you will see in RTCW2 and you can get consumers hot about this future release already.

But hey, that's just the marketing man in me speaking now...

xGrunt · Post by **xGrunt** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:03 am

Any idea when RTCW2 will be released?

fretn · Post by **fretn** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:48 am

xGrunt wrote:Any idea when RTCW2 will be released?

yesterdayeveningtomorrow around 17AM

deej · Post by **deej** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:08 am

xGrunt wrote:Any idea when RTCW2 will be released?

uneducated guess: certainly not this year IMO.

ReyalP · Post by **ReyalP** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 2:59 pm

xGrunt wrote:Any idea when RTCW2 will be released?

It will be released on the Whenth of Doneuary.

xGrunt · Post by **xGrunt** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:46 pm

LOL. I should have known better than to ask.

tdg_sparky · Post by **tdg_sparky** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:58 pm

The official release date for RTCW 2 is:
February 30th, 2005.

=FF=im2good4u · Post by **=FF=im2good4u** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:57 am

right