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by Ironb4lls
Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:36 am
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Q3 and Vista: forever "awaiting snapshot"
Replies: 12
Views: 2549

quarn, it's on the 'awaiting snapshot' screen, after it's loaded all the weapons and items.

Sometimes it lets me into the map though, but locks up within less than a second of my entering.

djzepp, which drivers did you download? I see a bunch of 'em on there.
by Ironb4lls
Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:34 pm
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Q3 and Vista: forever "awaiting snapshot"
Replies: 12
Views: 2549

Looks like I'm managing to stump a lot of people. The minute I installed the game, I upgraded to point release 1.32 and installed punkbuster before even launching it once. So, even as I was watching Sarge duke it out with the Stroggs in the intro video, i was watching on 1.32. I made sure Q3 had per...
by Ironb4lls
Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:38 am
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Q3 and Vista: forever "awaiting snapshot"
Replies: 12
Views: 2549

Ooh, snap! You got me.

But still no dice. After R'ing TFM, I set the firewall to allow UDP traffic through port 27960, and unblocked Quakes 3 and 4. Still stuck at awaiting snapshot.
by Ironb4lls
Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:14 pm
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Q3 and Vista: forever "awaiting snapshot"
Replies: 12
Views: 2549

Maybe that's the case. How do I do that?
by Ironb4lls
Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:50 pm
Forum: Technology & Troubleshooting
Topic: Q3 and Vista: forever "awaiting snapshot"
Replies: 12
Views: 2549

Q3 and Vista: forever "awaiting snapshot"

Hi all, I just got a new rig that came with Vista, and I can't connect to any multiplayer servers. When I try to connect, I get as far as "Awaiting Snapshot" and then nothing. I can play off-line in the single-player mode beautifully (401fps in timedemo :D ), so I don't think it's a graphi...