3.1.8 crashes

Smoke · Post by **Smoke** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:39 pm

bacon wrote:You posted that AFTER somebody with an nvidia card reported the same problem...

Yes, I read it before I posted, but after I updated the drivers. I read that Catalyst 4.11 had some problems with PB, so I hoped 4.12b would do it.

ouroboro · Post by **ouroboro** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:43 pm

i've always been jealous of ppl who have the patience to show their online emphasis with bold and italics tags. i'm so lazy i just use CAPS for those words, or wrap em in *asterisks*

Post by **bani** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:53 pm

ouroboro wrote:
bani wrote:turn off norton antivirus / firewall.
lol?

no offense intended bani, but if etpro is interacting in an undesireable manner with something that is considered a vital system component for todays windows users, it's the etpro team who needs to address the issue.

buy me a copy of norton antivirus and i'll be happy to look at the issue.

the alternative is no anticheat.

or figure out a way to tell norton to ignore et.exe.

other antivirus programs dont appear to have the issue.

uber-noob · Post by **uber-noob** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 4:55 pm

ouroboro wrote: seriously, if it's gotten to the point that etpro can't play nicely with symantec products, the problem lies with etpro.

Forget the symantec products, they are huge ressource hogs with a very small use (even the freeware antivirus is a better virus scanner than that norton bullshit). The only one halfway usable is ghost on a bootdisk, all other products just don't do anything really good to your system.

ouroboro · Post by **ouroboro** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:12 pm

buddy, i understand all about what norton et al is. this isnt a chicken/egg debate. this is about dealing with an inescapable fact that millions of ppl use the products.

this is like when i tell friends that they need to check their websites in internet explorer because millions of people use it, and they immediately launch into a tirade against microsoft and touting the virtues of firefox. fine! agreed! there's still millions of IE users, however.

/me wanders off, shaking his head and mumbling like Yosemite Sam...

Post by **bani** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:24 pm

millions of people might use retarded products, thats no reason to cripple the anticheat functionality to appease them when there are other products that dont have the problem.

like i said, if someone is willing to pay to provide a copy of norton for debugging purposes then i'll look into it. otherwise it cant be that important.

Badhabit · Post by **Badhabit** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:11 pm

bani wrote:millions of people might use retarded products, thats no reason to cripple the anticheat functionality to appease them when there are other products that dont have the problem.

like i said, if someone is willing to pay to provide a copy of norton for debugging purposes then i'll look into it. otherwise it cant be that important.

I use Norton and haven't had any problems with 3.1.8 So It's not just NAV that might be causing there problems.

=FF=im2good4u · Post by **=FF=im2good4u** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 1:22 am

you can ignore et.exe maybe that works

i ued to have norton AV 2003 (1 year free) but on this pc i have some crappy AV seported on this system

Gilius_Caesar · Post by **Gilius_Caesar** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 2:28 am

I disabled norton firewall & anti-virus... It still crashes...

So far I've had:
-3 crashes that needed a reboot just when the map loaded
-2 crashes to windows with no warning or something, also right after the map loaded
-1 2 minute play, then crash that could be helped with ctrl+alt+delete
-1 1.5 hour play

then needed a reboot

El_Sexy · Post by **El_Sexy** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 2:39 am

When I entered an etpro 1.8 server, it just seems to crash for the first couple of seonds (video freezes and sound loops)... around 7? Well the first time this happened, I thought it crashed. So i ctrl+alt+delete and close Et. I reconnect to the same server, same thing happens... so Im like wtf.. I waited a bit... got tired and did ctrl+alt+delete. While doing this though, ET went from "Not responding" to "Running." Guess everytime I join I have to wait several seconds and have the annoying sound loops

This happens to me also when a new map is started.

Societal Eclipse · Post by **Societal Eclipse** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:35 am

I use NAV 2002 and I always disable it from the taskbar before starting up Et. I played a 3.1.8 server for five hours yesterday with no problems.

witkapje · Post by **witkapje** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:51 am

Hahahah funnny turn of firewall and antivirus? why do u think i have them?
Here's a story.

I had some probs with my i-net i called my provider for help his great idea was to turn off firewall for some time so i did. (as stupid as i am DOH)
After 1 minute or so my PC crashed and stuff and i was hacked like a bunny raped by a wolf and I had to reinstall windows etc.

So my point is turning off firewall is the last thing i would do 2 play on etpro servers.

Owh yeah and Bani I guess u could better download it or something

Ragnar_40k · Post by **Ragnar_40k** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 4:17 am

bani wrote:like i said, if someone is willing to pay to provide a copy of norton for debugging purposes then i'll look into it. otherwise it cant be that important.

You can download a free 15-day trial ware.

triggadeath · Post by **triggadeath** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 4:51 am

hey...

I also get that 20-30 sec freeze crap... never happened before 3.1.8, I was just on BIO server and a few people are complaining of having it as well...

As apposed to slagging off nortons.. maybe asking people to post specs/driver versions or something might help to fix this crap...

while we are at it...
PunkBuster Client: r_nv_fogdist_mode = "GL_EYE_RADIAL_NV" : must INCLUDE "NV" (OK)
wtf is that? and why does it repeat itself 50000000000 times on round change? is there anyway to stop it??!?!

Spec:-
P4 3.6 || 1GB RAM || 500GB Serial ATA RAID 0 || GeForce 4 ti 4600 || SoundBlaster Live || 2MB ADSL ||
Drivers: Nvidia Official version 66.93
Software: winXP Home || SP2 || Norton NOT installed.
Tried: WinXP Firewall on/off (same sh*t) || Tried using dxdiag to set sound hardware acceleration to the various 4 settings || Tried deleting etpro folder and re-installing 3.1.8 || Tried banging the F*cking computer!

plz fix.. as it is frustrating to wait for 30 secs between F'ing rounds and be left behind at spawn
thx

coda'uk · Post by **coda'uk** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:27 am

at map load its fine, i am normally first on the server loaded and ready etc. joining a server and waiting for limbo ti initialise gets a freeze for a bit but thats ok, does not affect gameplay.

after the countdown, it goes to 'fight' and then i get about 5 secs of a sound loop and cpu lag where it freezes and i cant move. it eventually comes around and i can start playing but my team mates have already moved away from spawn and are way down the road or whatever. seems like i am not alone though bt a lot of people dont appear to be affected so whats the fix?

i don't run norton or anything like that so whats the excuse

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3.1.8 crashes

Sound Loop freeze crap