Major problem can someone please help me.

<DIV>While i am playing multiplayer the game freezes for a couple of seconds,and when it restarts the weapons i have flash up in the right as if i have just picked them all up.I also see a dead body or two fall in my vicinty when it unfreezes too.I have checked other stuff like my connection,and my P.C has been defragged recently,and i have no viruses(i think).Is there a console command maybe?which will calm it down a bit.Oh it doesnt do it on halo,C.O.D,and any other game i play online.

i dont think its lag because i always run fraps when i play and that is usually bewteen 20-80 fps

specs:
2.4 pentinum 4
768 ram
128mb geforce 4200 ti 8xagp
120gb ram
512k broadband connection(wannado)

any suggestions?? cause this has gotta be my fav online game and its getting to the point where its nearly unplayable.Please help me,yes i am begging i know but i am desparate.</DIV><!-- / message -->

process of elimination:

1) sounds like a software clash issue to me, run MSCONFIG and turn off everything. reboot and see if problem persists. if its gone, turn on only what you need (which should be almost nothing) until problem returns.

2) driver issues, have you gotten newest?

3) DX? issues, what version of DX are you using?

4) does it occure in singleplayer as well?

lol using directX 2.1

1) sounds like a software clash issue to me, run MSCONFIG and turn off everything. reboot and see if problem persists. if its gone, turn on only what you need (which should be almost nothing) until problem returns.

2) driver issues, have you gotten newest?

3) DX? issues, what version of DX are you using?

4) does it occure in singleplayer as well?

cheers for the advice orpheos.i went and turned off everything apart from my avg and norton.i got the beta driver off valve for my graphics card, and i have the latest dx,number 9 i think.Singleplayer works fine apart from the stuttering when loading levels.Multiplayer was still screwed after i done all that.Anything else i can do,i would really apprectite any other ideas.

wanadoo = freeserve? (ADSL?)

might be a phone line issue, sounds like some form of extreme network screwing (ie lag related to say, noise on the line)

disable both anti-virus scanners, at least temporarily.

try running the game without them.

avg, it screwed with me badly, but that may have been a local incident.

if you need the protection that badly that you run two scanners, you might consider altering your habits online.

i don't have any running, i do a scan weekly with "housecall"

You have 2 anti viral programs?! AND keep them both running? Jeeze teh fewl plz. You don't need anti virus programs on whilst playing HL2- theres no virus that travels through HL2!

Yeh that done job,i have seen a couple of friends p.c's die cause of viruses so i am extra careful/paranoid.I will use housecall to scan once a week.cheers and happy xmas and happy fragging in the new year.

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<DIV class=quotetext>Yeh that done job,i have seen a couple of friends p.c's die cause of viruses so i am extra careful/paranoid.I will use housecall to scan once a week.cheers and happy xmas and happy fragging in the new year.</DIV></DIV>

stares fixedly at screen till eyes water

uhh, so? did you fix the problem?
i am not asking you to forego your protection, just disable it while you play.

Yeh mate that seemed to fix it,i turn avg off but leave norton on while i play now.Thanks again.

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<DIV class=quotetext>Yeh mate that seemed to fix it,i turn avg off but leave norton on while i play now.Thanks again.</DIV></DIV>
cheers, anytime :smile:

Having two anti-virus programs installed, or at least running actively at the same time, is a big no-no. AV programs are pretty invasive, and they can conflict with each other :/ If you need more protection, focus on getting a firewall and getting good anti-spyware protection. If you want more anti-virus checking, run Panda Activescan and/or Trend Micro's scans from their websites once a week, they are free.

I think gwil is right, my m8 had something like that, and when he got new internet (2mbit xs4all) it was over.

so i think gwil is right, it might be noise on the line, or some sort of extreme lagging,

but it could be that your ram is not working properly, my css used to do all kinds of weird stuff even if i had a ping of like 12, then i bought some new ram and it was over, and i onlt have 256 mb sdram and a realy outdated pc (ge force 2 etc.)

Yeh that done job,i have seen a couple of friends p.c's die
cause of viruses so i am extra careful/paranoid.I will use housecall to
scan once a week.cheers and happy xmas and happy fragging in the new
year.

btw, use Adaware SE and spybot S&D, instead of Housecall, they're much more efficient.

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btw, use Adaware SE and spybot S&D, instead of Housecall, they're much more efficient.
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really, how? the first two are spyware programs, and the last one is an AV program. how can the first two be more efficient?
trends housecall has served me just fine ever since lep turned me on to it years ago.

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<DIV class=quotetext>Yeh that done job,i have seen a couple of friends p.c's die cause of viruses so i am extra careful/paranoid.I will use housecall to scan once a week.cheers and happy xmas and happy fragging in the new year.</DIV></DIV>

btw, use Adaware SE and spybot S&D, instead of Housecall, they're much more efficient.
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Adaware and Spybot don't scan for Viruses...
My personal recommendations would be Webroot Spysweeper (if you have money) Adaware if you don't...and using either just AVG, or just Avast Home version (free.) I don't know much about firewall programs anymore as I have a hardware one now.

Follow this guide:
http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=review&dId=324 it makes
your computer boot up faster and run faster.

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<DIV class=quotetext>Follow this guide: http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=review&dId=324 it makes your computer boot up faster and run faster.
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funny how familiar that looks :heee:

Hey I knew of this place long before you posted a link here....just cant rember when....

Can someone explain to me the logic of having virus protection on 24/7? It seems to me like a waste of computer resources, especially given how rarely I've gotten viruses (once in 11 years). Is it really that hard to not open and run executable files you get from spam mail?

It might be necessary if you have other not-so-computer-savvy people using your machine :smile:

<div>128mb geforce 4200 ti 8xagp

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GeForce ti 4200 with AGP8x is 64mb...

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<DIV class=quotetext>Can someone explain to me the logic of having virus protection on 24/7? It seems to me like a waste of computer resources, especially given how rarely I've gotten viruses (once in 11 years). Is it really that hard to not open and run executable files you get from spam mail? </DIV></DIV>
Really, I have never HAD a virus on my computers EVER. Only at work on our exchange server. And I am always REALLY tempted to open those penis enlargement EXE's.

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Really, I have never HAD a virus on my computers EVER. Only at work on our exchange server. And I am always REALLY tempted to open those penis enlargement EXE's.

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I did that once, it was a whole can with one worm in it :heee:

<div>128mb geforce 4200 ti 8xagp

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GeForce ti 4200 with AGP8x is 64mb...

... two against one.

Mine is 128Mb as well. (Obviously, same type of card)

Okay... so I go to the nVidia site to check, it says 128 MB...

so why is my computer saying its only 64?

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<DIV class=quotetext>Okay... so I go to the nVidia site to check, it says 128 MB...

so why is my computer saying its only 64?

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two possibilities i can think of.
1) it is.
2) you need to set your bios to accept a card of that type.

Okay, I am an idiot, just ignore anything I've posted in this thread

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<DIV class=quotetext>Okay, I am an idiot, just ignore anything I've posted in this thread
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can you be more specific? i like to meet people, whom also make mistakes.. it makes me feel better knowing i am not the only stupid person here. :biggrin:

in your BIOS in soem "advanced settings" or another, you will find "Video Aperture" or something similar. Set this as high as it will go, usually 256. my bet is that it's set at 64! :biggrin:

You got disconnected and reconnected very quickly. Check your network connection. (My PSU connection was like that once, and my computer was continually rebooting. Very annoying!)