CA hates me?

[Shadowswift]

i cannot stay connected to either speaknow or bomber for more than a second. when that second is up, Quake quits itself.

whats goin on?

[Baker]

For starters, what client are you using?

[Shadowswift]

wqpro399

[Baker]

You know, I've heard of this off and on for about 2 years about CAx. Like maybe 3 or 4 players. Slugnut says he can't connect to CAx servers.

Do you use wqpro by choice or because you can't use GL?

Are there any clients you can use that stay connected? d3dpro or Qrack, for example? Might help in trying to figure out what's going on.

[R00k]

I tried using basic wqpro 3.50 and it crashed. Then I tried again 3 times and it didnt. No sure why this is happening. Maybe try leaving the console down after u connect for atleast 10 seconds, as someone told me this helps.. <?>

[Shadowswift]

when i try to run a GL client, the machine tells me that the glide2x.dll file is missing. mostly though, i run winquake clients by choice. its just what im used to.


EDIT: GL clients fixed. ProQuake 399 GL, D3D and winquake clients are all currently working for whatever reason. now lets move on to my next problem.


my ping is astronomically high. yes, this is highly unusual. i have a high-speed DSL network, but when i connect to bomber (which i believe is a server that is located within only a few miles of my house) my ping is 140+

wtf is going on? ive run every analysis that i know how to run but this connection just will not stabilize. it could be 140 at one point and 600 a few seconds later. and its not just Quake, World of Warcraft is suffering too.

[Baker]

it could be 140 at one point and 600 a few seconds later. and its not just Quake, World of Warcraft is suffering too.

Possibly a crappy ISP, but that would need to be really crappy.

More than likely, either you have crapware/spyware on your computer, an amazingly bad software firewall or an unsecure wireless router and someone else is using it.

The crapware/spyware option is the only one that makes an sense.

/Sure hope you don't have Vista.

[ORL]

/Sure hope you don't have Vista.

I resent that.

But honestly, Vista isn't all that bad, it is a lot like XP. There are just a few things that you will have to get used to.

And once Service Pack 1 comes out, it will get even better.

So zip it

[Shadowswift]

i do have vista. and i cant possibly have any malware. the computer and hard drive are brand new. my router is supposedly one of the best available, but the rest of the family is using it aswell.

now...the reason i said this is unusual is because before, on my old shitty desktop and even on my much shittier laptop, this has not occured. only when i set this new computer up has the internet acted this way. and the weird thing is, its not just this computer either. this leads me to believe that its not my new computer, but perhaps somethin bad goin on with the ISP.

[PapaSmurf]

what do you ping to the server using the dos prompt?

[spooker]

vista is aweful aweful. (lets have another vista bashing session)
i use it at work, on a P4 with HT, 3 ghz something, and it takes 25 seconds to open a PDF. when you try to open something through the open file window, when you scroll down it messes up the display of the folders and files until you stop scrolling--i've seen this on other PCs running vista, and its fucking pathetic. my PC is quite new and clean and fresh, and there's always random pauses of about 20 seconds where my computer doesnt seem to be doing anything. i assume it's running 18 different virus scans in the background that i can't disable

[R00k]

Oh great thanks!! Now im off the "CRUSTY THE CLOWN FAN MAIL" !!!


All though, that looks like Homer Simpson in drag!

[=peg=]

my router is supposedly one of the best available, but the rest of the family is using it aswell.

well there is your problem.. just kick the kids off the line.. they are most likely using torrents or whatever that spoils your upload bandwidth.. -> unstable ping..

if so.. limit the amount of upload bandwidth they (or whoever) use for their p2p sharing..

test if you still get unstable ping when your pc is the only one that is hooked too the router.. if so then there is some other problem (malware/crappy isp)

also wireless sucks.. ask orl

[Shadowswift]

not using wireless

[R00k]

when i try to run a GL client, the machine tells me that the glide2x.dll file is missing.

delete opengl32.dll from the quake folder. or any opengl .dll there.


when it crashed for me, it wasnt disconnecting, and im sure its not for him. screen when black, and i got a popup saying program performed a blah blah blah....

maybe CAx is sending too many aliases at it or something that they changed/fixed in gl????