Rtcw kicks me!

by Shakes • 22 Aug 2007, 21:05 • Journals
Just installed rtcw again. Joined jolt3 to make a config. The servers keeps kicking me for 'empty cd-key' while I have a valid cd-key. Which I entered of course.

Any idea what causes this? Ow and my crosshair refused to go red.
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huumeantti 22 Aug 2007, 22:07
LIKE cg_crosshairhealth 0
and
LIKE cg_crosshaircolor red


and

LIKE i dont know
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Panda 22 Aug 2007, 22:18
Very useful tbh lolol
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moutoul 22 Aug 2007, 22:08
i am not sure but i saw a journal made by creamy some weeks ago stating that pb was fucked up and kicking everyone :((((
btw what s your nick on rtcw pubs?
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Shakes 22 Aug 2007, 22:22
Haven't played it but it's like my username. Shakes.
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Panda 22 Aug 2007, 22:19
Update punkbuster
Re-enter your CD-Key
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Shakes 22 Aug 2007, 22:22
Thanks, dumb question. How to update it? PBweb like years ago?

*(Think I found it*
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Panda 22 Aug 2007, 22:25
I guess with PBsetup or something on there :>
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Shakes 22 Aug 2007, 22:29
Yeh found that. I used it. Re-entered cd-key. Still doesn't work... This is extremely annoying.

I am using Vista btw. Probably that causes it. Had problems in first QW beta as well.
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Shakes 22 Aug 2007, 22:38
Great it works now. Great? Hell no. Had to run it in compatibility mode and now my fps is awful. While I had stable 125fps without it :(
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Shakes 22 Aug 2007, 22:48
It is definitely a problem with Punkbuster / Vista. In the first QW beta after the patch everyone with Vista had problems. That got fixed later on. The only solution at first was running in compatiblity mode. Same now.

Which isn't a good solution since FPS suffers dramatically. I tried running the game as administrator, to no avail.
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Panda 22 Aug 2007, 22:50
It's vista.
Wasn't there something you need to do like in ET?

image: windowsnf7

Make sure your compatibility is set like that above
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Shakes 22 Aug 2007, 23:03
I heard about people running it in Vista ok. I ran it with XP compatiblity mode, will try 2003 instead. Even entered a totally new key (so a different key).

Tried 2003. Worked great. Until I did a vid_restart to my tweak config. I ended up having 6fps.

Now trying a different config.
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Panda 22 Aug 2007, 23:08
Could always try mine (and edit out what you don't need)

http://one.fsphost.com/Panda/Configs/pandas.cfg
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Shakes 22 Aug 2007, 23:20
Thanks, got a cfg from someone else. Didnt work. So I deleted all cfg's and just added stuff I need. Works now.

Seem to get a stable 125fps now as well. With some annoying lags but I'll live. Only problem is that I have a Intellimouse Explorer 3.0. Rtcw doesn't recognize mouse 4 and nouse 5. So they have to be bound with intellipoint to different keys. Which I did. But running in compatibility mode makes that useless somehow. So I can't use my side buttons.

Old games, blargh.
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Panda 22 Aug 2007, 23:49
I don't think it recognises 3,4 and 5.
Well it don't with my mx518 :>
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Shakes 22 Aug 2007, 23:59
I know. But with software you can bind those mouse buttons to a key. Then in Rtcw you can use them. It doesn't work now due to compatbility mode :(
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