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Re: My server bites

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From: George M. Reagan
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:48
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If you have a problem with fileplanet, I put the q2 evolved files here, the 
latest is version .40.

ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/scrapple/Ports/

G.
"George M. Reagan" <georgeunderscorereagan@hellmail.com> wrote in message 
news:Y_adnRA4hp_7sSfcRVn-vg@comcast.com...
> Hi Oscar,
>    I don't think it's the router.  There is a new port called quake2 
> evolved you might want to try.  I currently can't access Tom's server, but 
> when I do I'll make sure the files are in my ports directory (scrapple).
>
> G.
>
>
> "OscartheGrouch" <tondaleo@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:2MednW7clKJwbiTcRVn-rg@speakeasy.net...
>> Had to shut it down and give up. Here's what it does. Up and running fine 
>> with no clients. Ok if I jump in. Cycles through maps fine and acts fine. 
>> One or more clients come in from the internet, it runs fine and everyone 
>> can play...until map change. Crash. Every time there is a map change with 
>> someone outside my LAN on the server. I've tested this with 
>> friends...every single map change crashes it. Except when it's empty or 
>> if I'm in there.
>>
>> This was happening with my Lithium mod so I tried osp, regular baseq2 
>> deathmatch, well I guess that's all the mods I've tried, but it does it 
>> with or without some q2 mod. Uninstalled & reinstalled q2 on server. Same 
>> thing. Not one map change happens without the server crashing with 
>> clients. Acts fine with no clients or just me, connecting from inside my 
>> lan behind a Linksys router.
>>
>> Could it be the router? how would it know there's a map change going on?
>> Could it be q2? How would q2 know if clients are inside or outside the 
>> lan?
>> OS? What's it care?
>>
>> Oh, and here's a catch. Q3 server on same setup works fine and never 
>> crahes. UT2003 runs fine and never crashes, with or without clients. Same 
>> with UT2004.
>>
>> Anyone seen anything like this before? TIA
>>
>> OTG
>>
>
> 
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