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Postby chicken » Sun Oct 04, 2009 20:29

Well, I recently installed et and the patch on my laptop but when I try to connect to a server I get the awaiting gamestate line but it keeps saying it forever and I never actually connect so I went to check the faq and it said to adjust a file called "hosts" so I opened it with word and adjusted it but my laptop doesn't let me save it, how can i help this?

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Postby Samuraii » Sun Oct 04, 2009 22:18

Hey chicken! haven't seen you for 2 years on ps 2 :o !

But someone else has the same problem but it couldnt be solved (Pim)!

Is it first time you install ET on your laptop or you've had it installed before?
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Postby deep » Sun Oct 04, 2009 22:58

update pb?

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Postby chicken » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:03

@ samurai: ye its been very long and im studying in another "big" city in belgium rather far away from my home so I stay there in a student room and im very bored (when im not going to a bar ^^) so I really wanted to play again
and yes its the first time I try to install ET on my laptop

@ diamond: hmmm again the damn pb :p, how do I update it? :p
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Postby icefrost » Mon Oct 05, 2009 20:08

F.A.Q. wrote:How to manually update PB?

Go to the folder where your ET install is located, (normally something like; C:/Program Files/Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory). Open the folder called ‘pb’ and run the ‘pbweb.exe’ file. It will connect to the PB server and update your current PB, be patient cause it could take a while.

You could also update Punkbuster with the PBSetup program when you still receive outdated pb version error messages after you used pbweb.exe to update your punkbuster version.
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Postby chicken » Tue Oct 06, 2009 0:55

Where's the PBsetup program located?
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Postby Ammz » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:37

ET folder (Enemy-Territory Wolfenstein) -> PB ...
I believe that is the right location :)

Oops fail ... moment!
here :p

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php

PS: You should open that file in notebook and save it in notebook :)
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Postby chicken » Tue Oct 06, 2009 17:12

It's still not connecting :(, I think i can never play ET again, it always gives me problems :S
Maybe my laptop just isnt strong enough to run ET, idk
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Postby IceCreamy » Tue Oct 06, 2009 17:18

you should try to connect to another server, and see what happens there.

It could also be that your laptop isn't good enough, but then it must be REALLY old :P

Do you have Vista? I hope not for you ^^ That could also be a prob, try to run it in Adminstrator Mode.

Maybe try command in console: /cl_allowdownload 1 , it could be that your PC doesn't auto dl the necessary files... You can also dl them manually, but that is quite a big job, so better just do the command and make it work automatically ;)

If all the above doesn't work, maybe you can try to re-install ET? If that doesn't work, I give up too xD
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Postby chicken » Tue Oct 06, 2009 17:34

Ye i have Vista, is that a problem or do i just try your advice?
EDIT: Im the only user on this laptop so i guess im in administrator mode
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Postby IceCreamy » Tue Oct 06, 2009 18:15

ah, the good old Vista problem :P

right click on the link you use to start up ET, and click Properties. Then search a bit for Administrator Mode (or smth like that, I have never seen Vista before xD) Make sure you are AM, or nothing will work. But for the rest you can try the command I gave you, if it fails re-install ET ;)
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Postby chicken » Tue Oct 06, 2009 18:54

ooooomg!!!!! IT WORKS!!! ty so much!!!!
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Postby IceCreamy » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:53

big lol, but np :)

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