major problem..please help.

[holligan]

While i am playing multiplayer the game freezes for a couple of seconds,and when it restarts the weapons i have flash up in the right as if i have just picked them all up.I also see a dead body or two fall in my vicinty when it unfreezes too.I have checked other stuff like my connection,and my P.C has been defragged recently,and i have no viruses(i think).Is there a console command maybe?which will calm it down a bit.Oh it doesnt do it on halo,C.O.D,and any other game i play online.

i dont think its lag because i always run fraps when i play and that is usually bewteen 20-80 fps

specs:
2.4 pentinum 4
768 ram
128mb geforce 4200 ti 8xagp
120gb ram
512k broadband connection(wannado)

any suggestions?? cause this has gotta be my fav online game and its getting to the point where its nearly unplayable.Please help me,yes i am begging i know but i am desparate

 

[jerin222]

Go into the Deathmatch folder and delete the config.cfg file. Then restart the game. It will set everything back to defaults. It should work, if it does not then reinstall. I am not sure of a console command for that.

 

[holligan]

Cheers jerrin22,i have reinstalled the game and went for a go of deathmatch and within 2 mins of playing i was getting the excat same problem.

Please has anyone else got any ideas,i am getting really desprate now please help.

 

[holligan]

Sorry to bump a topic but i am pullling my hair out here trying to get to the bottom of this,please help.

 

[^Ben]

Maybe you are overheating?

Or maybe you are just on an execptionnaly bad server, I would suggest trying the half life 2.net official servers they are nice and powerfull.

 

[clarky003]

is it me or is the stuttering problem a general cause for playability concern... okay... do we know why it stutters and lags...? it could be the case again here... if not then i think it needs to be adressed again anyway .

something to do with an optimising system they put in that doesnt render hidden objects to help performance...? then when you move round a corner into a new area.. it stutters cause of the engine under pressure , adding in the detail... seems like a case for Valve, if they dont already know.... I guess seeing as alot of us are reporting this kind of stuttering..in HL2 and HL2DM..

cross your fingers, hopefully there will be an update to make it more stable on every kind of PC capable of running it. I cant seem to see why it would do that... other than some dodgy engine compatability issues or youve got some adware infection or other internet using programs lagging the connection... so my advice, ... put this forward to valve if you cant find a thing wrong with your connection or the servers .

 

[holligan]

Cheers clarky but it has got a lot better since i turned off avg and leave norton running while i play.Also when i started steam this morning it downloaded an update which helped too,dunno what was in the update but it made some difference.Happy xmas dude.