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Article #276861Re: Help please - Quake 3 crashes on loading
From: Chicken
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:58
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:58
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On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:04:42 -0000, "Malc" <malScolm...@hotmail.com> : >I get this problem as well, but only if I try to load Quake 3 without >logging in to my ADSL account. Perhaps Quake knows that there is a >network connection on the PC and is trying to get a response from it? > > >"Thomas" <nospamhere@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message >news:_pk6a.4740$Yu6.39561236@news-text.cableinet.net... >> Hi, >> >> Am trying to install Quake 3. >> >> Have a P4(1.5Gb)/256Mb/Matrox G200 (8Mb)/40Gb HDD running Win 98SE. >> >> Tried to do a minimal install and everything seems fine until you try >to >> load Quake 3 and I get a white screen and a mouse arrow. Nothing else >and >> the PC is locked up. >snip > If you have punk buster enabled Q3 will try to communicate with the PB master servers and it will appear to you that your system is frozen. If you let it sit long enough it will eventually start to respond again.
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