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Thanks, Bob!  I'll download that 19 meg file tonight.  

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Ystbybtatr

rjdriver <rjdriver@earthlink.net> wrote in article
<XlZt4.3411$qt1.113853@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
> Very few servers are playing the regular unmodified game levels anymore.
> 
> At the very least you should get the largest version of the 3.20 patch
which
> will give you the 8 DM and 5 CTF levels.  The file name is
> q2-3.20-x86-full-ctf.exe.
> Get it here:   ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff/quake2/
> 
> But even that will not give you a choice of too many servers anymore. 
Most
> are playing mods like Action Quake2, Jailbreak, Lokis Minions CTF,
Weapons
> Factory, Weapons of Destruction, Lithium, and others.   Almost all of
these
> require you to have new textures and maps.  That's what's downloading
when
> you try to join these servers.  And as you've found out, it's not always
> practical to download this stuff while joining a server as by the time
the
> download is done, they have changed levels and you need yet another map
you
> don't have.   Take a browse through my list of Q2 mod links here:
> http://members.aol.com/rjdriver/quake2c.htm.  Decide which ones you like
and
> download the files this way.  They will be zipped and you can get
everything
> at once.
> 
> Gamespy has a column to the right of the "Players" column called "Game". 
It
> tells you the name of the mod being used at each server so you know
before
> joining.   Very often new players don't even know it's there.. If you
expand
> your other columns so they are completely viewable, the Game column may
not
> fit on the screen.  Squeeze everything over a bit to fit it in if need
be.
> 
> 
> --
> Bob
> http://members.aol.com/rjdriver/bullseye.htm
> 
> 
> "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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