"Server connection timed out."

[nAbish]

"C:\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\et.exe" +r_mode "-1" +r_customwidth "1920" +r_customheight "1080" +set com_hunkmegs "1024" +set com_soundmegs "128" +set com_zonemegs "128" +seta com_maxfps "144" +vid_restart

 

Have this is the command perimeter start line. Changed com_hunkmegs to "1024" haven't had a crash since. For those still timing out/having server probs may try this out. 

[RedBaird]

If you are dropped from a server for any reason, you might want to restart the mod before trying to reconnect.  Connecting to another server and then returning to the first server seems to do the same thing.  Restarting the mod is quicker, though. 

 

@Leatherface and I were discussing all the "timed out 4"s that we had been seeing [on Jay#1], especially when a new map starts.  That 'new thing' might be because players had disconnected from the server at a time when the server "did not get the disconnecting message" and 'thinks' that the connection was dropped by the Players' systems.

 

 

Edited November 26, 2021 by RedBaird
+ on Jay#1

[nAbish]

So I did seta r_displayRefresh to 144 (which is my current screen hz) haven't been disconnected yet, we shall see. Maybe try setting this to your current monitor hz. 

[nAbish]

So I've tested and tested different theory's I've come to find out that running ET in windowed mode I do not get disconnected. When running ET in fullscreen is what is causing my game to crash. Can PLEASE someone help me.   

[nAbish]

Had this error when I connected earlier, can anyone tell me what this might mean? Looks like server side? 

[nAbish]

Still at a loss. Any feedback or something for me to try would be greatly appreciated! Just want to play a full map without crashing. Sometimes I am lucky enough to get one here or there. Most times cant play more than 2-3 mins as mentioned before. I NEED HELP.

[nAbish]

Re-applying thermal paste to my gpu has fixed it. I opened it up and the gpu was bare, thermal paste was around the edges and all dried up

 

 

Could this be my problem?!?!?! 

[daredevil]

2 hours ago, nAbish said:

Re-applying thermal paste to my gpu has fixed it. I opened it up and the gpu was bare, thermal paste was around the edges and all dried up

 

 

Could this be my problem?!?!?! 

 

I don't think so. I don't think GPU has any direct co-relation with connecting to server. If you tell me your game was shutting down, then yes. 

[nAbish]

6 minutes ago, daredevil said:

 

I don't think so. I don't think GPU has any direct co-relation with connecting to server. If you tell me your game was shutting down, then yes. 

Very true. COD Warzone does run fine. I'd have issues with that as well I'd assume. 

[nAbish]

Ok, so I'm now curious since I am not the only one who has had this problem, and I thought it was server side. I found this...

 

I’m no expert, and someone else will be able to set you up, but it seems to me your pk3 file is either missing or corrupted. Try reinstalling from scratch.

 

Can someone also please tell me the command to delete pk3 files after every map? Going with that, is there ANY chance it is server side? That a pk3 file from servers are causing me to crash? Also this logfile....

 

RE_Shutdown( 1 )
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL 😞 success
...deleting GL context: success
...releasing DC: success
...destroying window
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
----- Initializing Renderer ----
-------------------------------
----- R_Init -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\opengl32.dll' 😞 succeeded
...setting mode -1: 2560 1440 FS
...using desktop display depth of 32
...calling CDS: ok
...created window@0,0 (2560x1440)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 32, 32, 0 )
...173 PFDs found
...hardware acceleration found
...PIXELFORMAT 7 selected
...creating GL context: succeeded
...making context current: succeeded
Initializing OpenGL extensions
...using GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
...using GL_EXT_texture_env_add
...using WGL_EXT_swap_control
...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
...WGL_3DFX_gamma_control not found
...ignoring GL_NV_fog_distance
...ignoring GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic

GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
GL_RENDERER: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 511.65
GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_compatibility GL_ARB_copy_buffer GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GL_ARB_geometry_shader4 GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_map_buffer_range GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod GL_ARB_shading_language_100 GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_float GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_texture_rg GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_array_object GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_window_pos GL_ATI_draw_buffers GL_ATI_texture_float GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_S3_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_bindable_uniform GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_Cg_shader GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test GL_EXT_direct_state_access GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 GL_EXT_draw_instanced GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample GL_EXTX_framebuffer_mixed_formats GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GL_EXT_geometry_shader4 GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters GL_EXT_gpu_shader4 GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_packed_float GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_provoking_vertex GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_array GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_integer GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent GL_EXT_texture_sRGB GL_EXT_texture_swizzle GL_EXT_timer_query GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_conditional_render GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color GL_NV_depth_buffer_float GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_explicit_multisample GL_NV_fence GL_NV_float_buffer GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_fragment_program GL_NV_fragment_program_option GL_NV_fragment_program2 GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage GL_NV_geometry_shader4 GL_NV_gpu_program4 GL_NV_gpu_program4_1 GL_NV_gpu_program5 GL_NV_gpu_program_fp64 GL_NV_half_float GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_multisample_coverage GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint GL_NV_occlusion_query GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object GL_NV_pixel_data_range GL_NV_point_sprite GL_NV_primitive_restart GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_register_combiners2 GL_NV_shader_buffer_load GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_texture_shader GL_NV_texture_shader2 GL_NV_texture_shader3 GL_NV_transform_feedback GL_NV_transform_feedback2 GL_NV_vertex_array_range GL_NV_vertex_array_range2 GL_NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory GL_NV_vertex_program GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_NV_vertex_program2 GL_NV_vertex_program2_option GL_NV_vertex_program3 GL_NVX_conditional_render GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_SUN_slice_accum GL_WIN_swap_hint WGL_EXT_swap_control 
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384
GL_MAX_ACTIVE_TEXTURES_ARB: 4

 

 

 

 

couldn't exec fearless.cfg
Resolving etmaster.idsoftware.com
etmaster.idsoftware.com resolved to 198.20.216.55:27951
jay1.clan-fa.com:27960 resolved to 108.61.18.110:27960

 

 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\jaymod\z_FA_RC3.pk3 (372 files)
    not on the pure list
C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\jaymod\z_fav6.pk3 (21 files)
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory/jaymod
C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\v2base_te.pk3 (29 files)
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\tc_base.pk3 (63 files)
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\sw_goldrush_te.pk3 (48 files)
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\supply.pk3 (44 files)
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\storehouse.pk3 (221 files)
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\reactor_final.pk3 (115 files)
    not on the pure list

 

 

 

Edited February 12, 2022 by nAbish

[ElEl]

12 hours ago, nAbish said:

Can someone also please tell me the command to delete pk3 files after every map? Going with that, is there ANY chance it is server side? That a pk3 file from servers are causing me to crash? Also this logfile....

 

If it was server side then everyone would have the issue. I'm not sure it's anything related to pk3s.

 

I would say It's a network problem though my network knowledge is barely existent

 

As for the error message, here's the relevant code from the ET source github:

void CL_CheckTimeout( void ) {
	//
	// check timeout
	//
	if ( ( !cl_paused->integer || !sv_paused->integer )
		 && cls.state >= CA_CONNECTED && cls.state != CA_CINEMATIC
		 && cls.realtime - clc.lastPacketTime > cl_timeout->value * 1000 ) {
		if ( ++cl.timeoutcount > 5 ) {    // timeoutcount saves debugger
			Cvar_Set( "com_errorMessage", "Server connection timed out." );
			CL_Disconnect( qtrue );
			return;
		}
	} else {
		cl.timeoutcount = 0;
	}
}

Source: https://github.com/id-Software/Enemy-Territory/blob/40342a9e3690cb5b627a433d4d5cbf30e3c57698/src/client/cl_main.c

 

Looks like you're not sending packets often enough so the server drops you. What you can do with this info, I have no idea 😄 

I would mess around with router, firewall and antivirus settings but then again I'm an idiot so probably don't take that advice 🤣

[captnconcrete]

 

Edited February 12, 2022 by captnconcrete

[Haruhi Suzumiya]

Try plugging your router into another socket or getting a UPS or line conditioner.  Tiny fluctuations in current really screw up routers and cause connection issues.

 

You could also ask for a replacement modem.  I've been supplied with bad ones in the past.  Sometimes ISP's update things on their end and that don't work with certain modems they supply.  

 

Also reset your router to default settings.

 

Maybe dl ET from another link.

 

Disable all anti virus's, defenders, firewalls, etc.

 

Reinstall or try different network drivers.  Windows updates can screw things up for certain hw.

 

Try raising your hunk and zone megs.

 

I didn't read through this whole topic so I'm just throwing a few things in.  Sorry if they're already things you've tried.

[em3l1en]

Not sure if it's your case n maybe someone else have posted this tip but there is one thing some doesn't know about.

Bluetooth causes interference to WiFi signal. If you play with Bluetooth devices connected and using WiFi instead of Ethernet - be prepared for lags and discons

[nAbish]

Tried deleting everything off of pc with a restore/fresh start. fresh dl of et and fresh install of windows, et still crashes.

 

Tried new mouse, did not work.

 

Removed all sticks of RAM other than 1, still crashed. 

 

Tried multiple different cfg's, still crashed.

 

Crashes happen on every mod, every server, within just a few minutes of joining. At a complete loss here.