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Tue, 13 Apr 2004 03:30
Q2 running in XP Home - problems
Author: reboot
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 03:30
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 03:30
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I've been gaming Q2 on a Win98SE 900 T-Bird based machine for about 3 years with no problems. Running a cable modem and regularly ping in the 40-60 range on many servers within Comcast's network. Finally switched over to XP-H on a new hard drive and have some problems with Q2. I run the KB w/ left hand and a mouse w/ right. The KB seems to have lag - strafe , forward, backwards... etc. keeps going after I stop, after a short pause it moves again for a second or so and so on... makes a network game unplayable. It doesn't seem to be different if I'm on a server that pings 45 or 150. Any advice or suggestions? tia boot
Re: Q2 running in XP Home - problems
Author: Margolis
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:43
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:43
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<reboot@newsguy.com> wrote in message news:9umm70lbhg374v4l5i6pu7mg7b23hghjt0@4ax.com... > switched over to XP-H on a new hard drive and have some problems with > Q2. > > I run the KB w/ left hand and a mouse w/ right. The KB seems to have > lag - strafe , forward, backwards... etc. keeps going after I stop, > after a short pause it moves again for a second or so and so on... > makes a network game unplayable. It doesn't seem to be different if > I'm on a server that pings 45 or 150. > > Any advice or suggestions? > > tia > boot I experienced the exact same problem on one xp machine for some reason. I know the cure, but I don't know what causes it. anyway, just run the game in win98 or win95 compatability mode and everything should be back to normal. -- Margolis http://web.archive.org/web/20030215212142/http://www.agqx.org/faqs/AGQ2FAQ.htm http://www.agqx.org/faqs/AGQ3FAQ.htm http://www.agutng.org.uk/
Re: Q2 running in XP Home - problems
Author: EvilBill
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:14
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:14
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Behold and tremble! For Margolis <someone@somewhere.org> wrote: > <reboot@newsguy.com> wrote in message > news:9umm70lbhg374v4l5i6pu7mg7b23hghjt0@4ax.com... >> switched over to XP-H on a new hard drive and have some problems with >> Q2. >> >> I run the KB w/ left hand and a mouse w/ right. The KB seems to have >> lag - strafe , forward, backwards... etc. keeps going after I stop, >> after a short pause it moves again for a second or so and so on... >> makes a network game unplayable. It doesn't seem to be different if >> I'm on a server that pings 45 or 150. >> >> Any advice or suggestions? >> >> tia >> boot > > > I experienced the exact same problem on one xp machine for some > reason. I know the cure, but I don't know what causes it. > > anyway, just run the game in win98 or win95 compatability mode and > everything should be back to normal. I have that on one XP machine too; it's an older computer with a Duron 1200 and Geforce 2. I'll have to try the compatibility mode and see if that does the trick. -- -- "I see what the nhh-stars do, because so fair is their shape; it is well for me with them and it is well for them. I am a nhh-star, the companion of a nhh-star, I become a nhh-star, and I will not suffer for ever." EvilBill - http://www.evilbill.co.uk My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake/EvilBill/
Re: Q2 running in XP Home - problems
Author: reboot
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:18
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:18
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On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:43:45 -0500, "Margolis" <someone@somewhere.org> wrote: ><reboot@newsguy.com> wrote in message >news:9umm70lbhg374v4l5i6pu7mg7b23hghjt0@4ax.com... >> switched over to XP-H on a new hard drive and have some problems with >> Q2. >> >> I run the KB w/ left hand and a mouse w/ right. The KB seems to have >> lag - strafe , forward, backwards... etc. keeps going after I stop, >> after a short pause it moves again for a second or so and so on... >> makes a network game unplayable. It doesn't seem to be different if >> I'm on a server that pings 45 or 150. >> >> Any advice or suggestions? >> >> tia >> boot > > >I experienced the exact same problem on one xp machine for some reason. I >know the cure, but I don't know what causes it. > >anyway, just run the game in win98 or win95 compatability mode and >everything should be back to normal. I searched Help in XP-H for Win98 / Win9 compatability mode and didn't get any hits... what is and how do I run one of these modes? thanks - boot
Re: Q2 running in XP Home - problems
Author: James Christie
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:57
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:57
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In message <fh4280lj8rb4lf6l0k22416ilg5r4fbp2o@4ax.com>, reboot@?.?.invalid writes >On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:43:45 -0500, "Margolis" <someone@somewhere.org> >wrote: > >><reboot@newsguy.com> wrote in message >>news:9umm70lbhg374v4l5i6pu7mg7b23hghjt0@4ax.com... >>> switched over to XP-H on a new hard drive and have some problems with >>> Q2. >>> >>> I run the KB w/ left hand and a mouse w/ right. The KB seems to have >>> lag - strafe , forward, backwards... etc. keeps going after I stop, >>> after a short pause it moves again for a second or so and so on... >>> makes a network game unplayable. It doesn't seem to be different if >>> I'm on a server that pings 45 or 150. >>> >>> Any advice or suggestions? >>> >>> tia >>> boot >> >> >>I experienced the exact same problem on one xp machine for some reason. I >>know the cure, but I don't know what causes it. >> >>anyway, just run the game in win98 or win95 compatability mode and >>everything should be back to normal. > >I searched Help in XP-H for Win98 / Win9 compatability mode and didn't >get any hits... what is and how do I run one of these modes? > >thanks - >boot Erg, IIRC, right click on the exe and click properties, there will be two pages/options, click on compatibility, then you'll see options in front of you. -- James Christie EMAIL: james@christie.demon.co.uk HOTMAIL: jamesrosschristie@hotmail.com ICQ: 24864465
Re: Q2 running in XP Home - problems
Author: Margolis
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 15:53
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 15:53
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<reboot> wrote in message news:fh4280lj8rb4lf6l0k22416ilg5r4fbp2o@4ax.com... > > I searched Help in XP-H for Win98 / Win9 compatability mode and didn't > get any hits... what is and how do I run one of these modes? > > thanks - > boot what james said. Right click on the quake2.exe file and select properties, then click on the compatibility tab. You will see a box that is titled "compatibility mode". Check the bos next to "run this program in compatibility mode for" and select win95 from the drop down list. -- Margolis http://web.archive.org/web/20030215212142/http://www.agqx.org/faqs/AGQ2FAQ.htm http://www.agqx.org/faqs/AGQ3FAQ.htm http://www.agutng.org.uk/
Re: Q2 running in XP Home - problems
Author: Life2Death[SBC]
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:27
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:27
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<reboot@newsguy.com> wrote in message news:9umm70lbhg374v4l5i6pu7mg7b23hghjt0@4ax.com... > I've been gaming Q2 on a Win98SE 900 T-Bird based machine for about 3 > years with no problems. Running a cable modem and regularly ping in > the 40-60 range on many servers within Comcast's network. Finally > switched over to XP-H on a new hard drive and have some problems with > Q2. > > I run the KB w/ left hand and a mouse w/ right. The KB seems to have > lag - strafe , forward, backwards... etc. keeps going after I stop, > after a short pause it moves again for a second or so and so on... > makes a network game unplayable. It doesn't seem to be different if > I'm on a server that pings 45 or 150. > > Any advice or suggestions? > > tia > boot Its a bug known and experienced by all Quake II players (that i know of) on WinXP...hell, across 3 machines its happened...all are totaly different systems. Hopeing to fix this ;) -L2D
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