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[ukdudeinuk]

I'm really wanting to play this game, but every time I join a game, I get placed in spectator mode, then time-out. Are there ports I need to forward perhaps?

[namajnaG]

I hardly doubt it. If you can enter the game succesfully and spectate, You should be able to join a team, I don't know why this occurs though.

[killermonkey]

what kind of connection are you running on?

Might want to go hardline versus wireless.

[ukdudeinuk]

What information would you guys need me to provide in order to get some insight as to what is occuring?

And I am running hardline.

[Mangley]

If there are any specific disconnect messages you're getting, or any errors or messages in console. Those could be helpful.

[ukdudeinuk]

How exactly do you access the console?

and when it happens after I'm brought back to the main menu screen I get an error box stating "Disconnect: ben.farthing timed out."

[V!NCENT]

Had pretty much the same problem and had an exception in the Winshit firewall, but going into the advanced settings I found that the exception was private or something (probably meaning LAN) and so I set hl2.exe to public and problem solved.

This was with Winshit 7.

[ukdudeinuk]

I'm trying out those settings now. I haven't yet had any success but I'll keep trying things out for a bit before I give up

i dunno, starting to feel like I'm not meant to play this

[Mike [fourtecks]]

This was with Winshit 7.

Dissing Win7? You are going to enter a world of pain if Kmonk sees this.

[killermonkey]

It's ok I know V!ncent is a Linux luver. It's cool bro.

You are destined to play, just need to figure out your comp first

[ukdudeinuk]

lol i know D: but I can't even fathom what else I could try. Are there different ports used once you get into the game that are different from the ones used to connect to the server for some reason?

[V!NCENT]

Dissing Win7? You are going to enter a world of pain if Kmonk sees this.

Truth be told Windows 7:
1. is more energy efficient;
2. has a better graphics lib now;
3. has better compositing (fences);
4. is actually faster for desktop use;
5. has a better priority scheduler;
6. has a potentialy faster compiler (than gcc).

But I still hate it! 

[JcFerggy]

And its about 7.

Oops, wrong mod.

[Mangley]

Try reinstalling the mod completely.

[ukdudeinuk]

trying that now. well know soon if it worked.

well now i dont even get a list of servers to fail to join.