Cannot Play CS:S on Public Servers

Cannot Play CS:S on Public Servers

Re: Cannot Play CS:S on Public Servers Posted by satchmo on Thu Jan 5th 2006 at 4:49pm
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Posted 2006-01-05 4:49pm
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I don't know what happened, but for the past few days, I cannot join any public CS:S server. The server list refreshes, but after I pick a server to play, the console displays "Connecting to server...". After five seconds, I get an error message "Connection failed after 4 tries."

I tried many servers, but I got the same message. When I play a LAN game, everything is fine.

I can't figure out what's wrong. :sad:

[EDIT]: It seems like a lot of people are having this problem after the Steam Update on Dec. 23rd. It happens with HL2DM as well as DoD:S servers. There doesn't seem to be a real solution yet. I think this is yet another Valve's bugs that was introduced with the rushed updates.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett, 1983
Re: Cannot Play CS:S on Public Servers Posted by Andrei on Thu Jan 5th 2006 at 4:53pm
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Posted 2006-01-05 4:53pm
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I get this too, but only for international servers. I can connect to
the ones ending in .ro just fine. Still annoying as hell though.
Re: Cannot Play CS:S on Public Servers Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Jan 5th 2006 at 5:47pm
Posted 2006-01-05 5:47pm
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I was getting that randomly with certain DoD:S servers after
Christmas. I had to try a bunch of different servers before I
could find one that would let me connect. I'm not sure what the
problem is though...
Re: Cannot Play CS:S on Public Servers Posted by Dr Brasso on Thu Jan 5th 2006 at 6:03pm
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Posted 2006-01-05 6:03pm
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the holidays and a lack of server updatingmay be a part of it too eh?

Doc B... :dodgy:
Re: Cannot Play CS:S on Public Servers Posted by satchmo on Thu Jan 5th 2006 at 6:55pm
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Posted 2006-01-05 6:55pm
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But this is still happening now. The holiday is over (for most of us).
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett, 1983
Re: Cannot Play CS:S on Public Servers Posted by Dark|Killer on Thu Jan 5th 2006 at 6:58pm
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Well, i dont know about the public server, i always play on a local server hosted in my country, dont you know any server that may be hosted in your area ??
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Re: Cannot Play CS:S on Public Servers Posted by satchmo on Thu Jan 5th 2006 at 10:52pm
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Posted 2006-01-05 10:52pm
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I found this thread at the Steam forum. This might solve my problem. We'll see tonight.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett, 1983
Re: Cannot Play CS:S on Public Servers Posted by Nickelplate on Thu Jan 5th 2006 at 11:05pm
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WOOHOOOOO! :biggrin:
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