Problem

[Proteas]

I join the server i play 1 map next map start 100% then bang i am in main menu i open my console type reconnect map load 100% again he force me
in main menu i can't join the server again before i join another server ....
This happens only in Oh my strogg server because i play on Hell server without problems ....tested last night
Here the errors in my console
Error sdLadder Entity Spawn No Ladder Surface Found
Warning idSession Triggering main menu watcdog

From doom3 forum guys say that is pak files or custom maps problems ok i have mods maps etc i reinstal the game i make md5checksum tests all ok
i join servers all ok i join oms bang problem still here :0)' Whyyyy ??????

[Trieb]

Sorry to hear this.
I didn't change anything on the cfg of Oh My Strogg! server....not lately though and certainly not related to your problem.
It has all signs of something on your install with custom content and the vanilla server.cfg we run that trigger the error.
As you stated if it's not happening on the FromHELL server (that is basicly a lulu?-server) the only difference in server cvar is that they got bots enabled.

I got 3 suggestions to try for you:

1.)
Try one of these servers: http://www.game-monitor.com/search.php?vars=bot_enable=0&public=&order=grank
They got also bot_enable var set to 0 (Ranked server default)(still no clue why there are ranked servers with the cvar 1 on that)

2.)
Or should it be an OS difference issue: http://www.game-monitor.com/search.php?vars=si_version=ETQW%201.5.12678.33243% 20%20win-x86%20May%2023%202008%2014:07:48&public=&order=grank
Try one of them servers you find there.

Those are imo the only differences between OMS and fromHELL.

3.)
Stop playing custom maps full of fun, and stick to the ever boring official 12 map rotation shite.

I dint hear other players with that problem and I'm sure that we got visitors enough that also play custom maps.

Other than that I really don't know m8.

[Proteas]

hmm

I read on TAW forum some strange stuff anyway i ll try it
1 change the settings on nvidia control panel
http://www.wolfenstein.nu/images/et_threaded_off.png
2 change on game resolution & quality from high to normal
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/03/xfx_geforce_9800_gx2_600m_1gb_graphics_card/etqw-set1.jpg

The game is default after the reinstal no custom maps or mods
only a small cfg with fps values unlocks etc
i goin to test it again hope to work this time .....

[LaZyBoNeS]

Yeah just a reinstall of ET:QW's should that out.........

[Proteas]

:0)' Lazy where are you m8 ? in the moon ? :))))))

Girl ? *-*-*-*-*-*-

I reinstal the game 3 times this week ... i am ready to obli my pc -*-

[DrDeath]

It obviously isn't going to be fixed by reinstalling then :)

It is complaining about the fact that there is no ladder surface found to spawn a ladder , no ?
Have you a custom map where you forgot to add a surface ?

When you uninstalled it did you completely uninstall the whole game and not leave settings behind ?

[Proteas]

Yes Dr. i did even from c/documents&... locals (hide files)i delete all
clean registry and instal again i thing this problem from my pc now
not from server i change some settings in nvidia panel and force the resolution
quality to normal and now he do this only after 10 maps ... you never know where magog waiting you :))))))

[Lover]

Proteas
I noticed that when this happens, server usually reports (with an ingame message) that you were disconnected because of corrupted packet flow. Did you change some net_ vars?

[Proteas]

No the problem its not the corrupted packet flow this happens to evevybody
in game some times i think ...
My error is
Error sdLadder Entity Spawn No Ladder Surface Found
Warning idSession Triggering main menu watcdog

And my cfg this moment with that problem is this

seta net_clientMaxRate "25000"
seta net_serverMaxClientRate "25000"
seta net_clientPrediction "20"
seta net_clientmaxprediction "1000"
seta net_clientServerTimeout "60"
seta net_clientLagOMeter "0"
seta com_showfps "0"
seta com_unlockFPS "1"
seta com_unlock_maxfps "120"
seta com_unlock_timingmethod "1"
seta r_useThreadedRenderer "2"
seta com_videoRam "512"
seta com_unlock_avgframes "10"
seta con_speed "1000"
seta r_skipStuff "1"
seta ec_skipSky "3"
seta g_playerArrowIconSize "8"
seta g_playerIconSize "15"
seta g_drawPlayerIcons "1"
seta g_playerIconAlphaScale "0.3"
seta g_drawVehicleIcons "1"

bind "kp_slash" "toggle g_showhud"
bind "kp_star" "toggle net_clientlagometer"
bind "kp_minus" "toggle com_showfps"
bind "del" kill

[LaZyBoNeS]

:0)' Lazy where are you m8 ? in the moon ? :))))))

Girl ? *-*-*-*-*-*-

Im recovering from injurys in the line of fire :P also playing few other games while i recover as i can be a noob on them without needing a excuse........ atm playing l4d2 and cod:mw2

I will be coming back to ET:QW's when im recoverd..........


Also proteas if all eles fails and you cant seem to get it work again do like i would do pull out windows cd which everone you got and reprogram pc thats sure to sort it all out easy :P

[DrDeath]

If I were you , I'd be looking for the file that contains "sdladder spawn entity" and take it from there . It is clearly not a windows issue if it works fine on other servers , therefore reinstalling windows is not necessary . reinstalling windows may help because it removed the offending file, but it is a bit like flooding holland to flush out trieb . ie, OVERKILL

[LaZyBoNeS]

If I were you , I'd be looking for the file that contains "sdladder spawn entity" and take it from there . It is clearly not a windows issue if it works fine on other servers , therefore reinstalling windows is not necessary . reinstalling windows may help because it removed the offending file, but it is a bit like flooding holland to flush out trieb . ie, OVERKILL

Yeah but it would work.....I could handle the overkill if it got Trieb after al that it quick and easy provived you can live with the over kill.....
How ever i dont store anything on my pc except game everything i want is on dvd's anyways......But everyone has there own ways that was mine.........Still at least holland is a bit emptyer now Trieb has been flushed out.......OMG OVERKILL

[Air]

I dont know if this will help you, but for a long time i used to have 2 installs of the game, 1 pure vainilla, and the second with all stuff, maps, mods, and promod running, so that way i always had a fresh install wich usually didnt give me any problem of stability.

Hope it helps.

[ancient]

actually that sounds more to an gfx driver problem IF you ruled out broken/modified PAK files :)