New HL Doesn't Precache...

[old.Morpheus]

...but still needs two reconnects to get on!

This is really starting to bug me. I start up HL with the intention of joining a CS game, either using a direct link or GameSpy, and after the usual long wait the game just sits there.

Last release it would say "precaching resource" then "done", so you'd know when to type "/retry", but now you just have to wait until your hard drive stops going crazy.

Someone told me that deleting all their extra stuff (logos, screenshots) from the hl directory fixed this, but I've done that and it hasn't worked. Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Ch3tan]

Bad luck man does not happen to me, its either your connection or the way you have half life setup -are u using a higher lower connection speed in the HL/CS config then u really have?

DO what I always suggest in HL crisis reinstall the damned thing.

 

[old.Kurt_Angle]

Ohh and how, everytime i start seeing jerky models and fcked up gfx i delete and start over again. All is fine after that, barr that anoying time delay i live in getting shot before i walk around the corner realy bugs me as my reactions are way faster than others, due to my 50 rail kills in 4 mins i could clock up on minos against the best of the best Back in the day

 

[old.Morpheus]

I'm on ISDN, and I've got my config all lovely and tweaked so it matches the connection speed.

I think it might just have to be a reinstall, ah well

 

[Deady]

I used to have to type retry. it took my little PC so long to precache all the stuff that it needed, that by the time it had finished, my connect attempt had timed out.

So by typing retry, it starts a new connect attempt - as the stuff it needs has already been precached, you get in straight away.

This can be fixed by getting a faster HD/computer or a faster connection

Once i got cable and a faster PC i didnt have this problem anymore

 

[old.Morpheus]

Aha I think you've cracked it - the damn thing must be timing out! Nice one. Maybe a reinstall of windows and half-life is in order.