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Article #757Re: Auto-downloading crap....
From: HappyDude
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:00
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Maybe its custom maps. Only Q2dmx are quake dm maps that came with the 3.20 patch (FULL). -- Eric a.k.a. HappyDude[AGQ2] (news:alt.games.quake2) Happy Fraging =-) "3dfx... So Shitty... It's Ridiculous." - Haggle Online AoL IM: HDEM4 ICQ # 25747249 PlanetQuake All about quake! http://www.planetquake.com Something stupid: http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Network/8210/pic.html -- Ystbybtatr <iitstdneyigoaomf@spssinnwiwatcsifjb.com> wrote in message news:01bf7fe5$7cba84a0$d2c9accf@coventry... > I've recently started playing both UT and Q2 via GameSpy3D. I come here > with a Q2 question: > > I haven't had any success playing Q2 online. Every time I connect to a > server, it starts automatically downloading all kinds of crap like sounds > and pics and even enitre levels (whatever.bsp). Then after spending 15 to > 30 minutes downloading all this crap, it tells me that I am unable to > connect to the server. I'm using a 56K modem and all the servers I try to > connect to are in the 90-120 ping range (not great but UT is playable with > those pings). And yes, I went to Planet Quake and installed the latest > patch 3.20 which is what most of the Q2 servers seem to be using. Can > anyone offer any advice please? > > -- > Ystbybtatr > >
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