Belladonna Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 So there I was on Sunday playing DD, having a good time, when my computer totally freezes in the middle of it. Even the button to restart and ctl+alt+delete won't work to turn off the computer. Physically unplugging was the only way to get things going again. Since I haven't felt well I didn't try to play NOLF2 again until tonight. First I get the 'WS_Timed Out' message. I restarted the computer and now I'm getting the 'Incorrect CD Key' message. Normally I'd think the master server was down, but I was able to find out people were playing online. This leads me to think it's a problem on my end. Anyone have suggestions? Oh, and please don't say reinstall, last time I did that it took me weeks to get back to playing NOLF2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METAL Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 1st Calm down. 2nd That is what happeneds when server is down. 3rd dunno , reinstall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerGirl Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Heya Bella....Im experiancing the same problems tonight as well getting the invalid CD KEY message...retyped it several times still nothing ...Not a error with computer i reinstalled and deleted all files still nothing....Metal not much of help buddy....But yeah id like to have some suggestions From the technilogically advanced out there.....PLease I cant live with out my NOLF2!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXS Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Shred your NOLF CD's and play FEAR...it's a sure fire fix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyn Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I'm actually getting the invalid CD-key message too, not the first time though and can't remember what happened last time (think my computer crashed soon after that or something and I had to install everything again). Everything was still working last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgaron Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I've received those messages hundreds of times. There are a few ways around it. Sometimes a simple restart of the game will clear it. Other times I've tried to "connect" 2 or 3 times, When all else fails I go through GameSpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belladonna Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 METAL - I wasn't freaking out in the least bit and the server wasn't down. Like I said, there were other people playing online at the time. Reinstalling NOLF is always a last option. KG - I just checked and all is working fine now. Whatever it was only affected some of us, I guess. Are you able to get on now? RXS - One more person suggests doing away with NOLF in favor of FEAR I'm going to start going postal on them. Evelyn - Hey, nice to see you! Are you still getting the error message? Belgaron - Hey sweetie! (See how nice I am to those that don't mention FEAR, RXS?) I've gotten the messages before too but it usually clears up after a couple attempts. If that doesn't work then it generally means the master server is down. Since I could see there were people playing through the DM console I figured it wasn't a server issue and something with me and my cranky computer. As for GameSpy... no thanks. That program is way too intrusive, I don't trust it at all. Conclusion - Things are back to normal for me and I have no idea why but I'm thanking the NOLF gods for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAssER Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Maybe the server WAS down, but the other people who where playing joined by IP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyn Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Evelyn - Hey, nice to see you! Are you still getting the error message? Conclusion - Things are back to normal for me and I have no idea why but I'm thanking the NOLF gods for it. Yes, nice to see you too! Actually things were back to normal the next time I checked...which was a few hours later after I had posted...maybe something in my post got the nolf gods to allow us girls back in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discoMIME Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I wonder if it is possible to ignore the master server with the CD key at all - by always joining directly. Is there a CD key check though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P!NX Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Dunno, but i had some weird things going on with my nolf2 lately too! Everytime I started my computer, along with other autostart programs like the driver software for my mouse, joystick, headset a.s.o., the system tried to uninstall nolf, lol! Entering "msconfig" showed that "D:/Setup" was part of the autostart list and i deleted that entry and the problem was gone Dunno thou why this happened, haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerGirl Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 METAL - I wasn't freaking out in the least bit and the server wasn't down. Like I said, there were other people playing online at the time. Reinstalling NOLF is always a last option. KG - I just checked and all is working fine now. Whatever it was only affected some of us, I guess. Are you able to get on now? RXS - One more person suggests doing away with NOLF in favor of FEAR I'm going to start going postal on them. Evelyn - Hey, nice to see you! Are you still getting the error message? Belgaron - Hey sweetie! (See how nice I am to those that don't mention FEAR, RXS?) I've gotten the messages before too but it usually clears up after a couple attempts. If that doesn't work then it generally means the master server is down. Since I could see there were people playing through the DM console I figured it wasn't a server issue and something with me and my cranky computer. As for GameSpy... no thanks. That program is way too intrusive, I don't trust it at all. Conclusion - Things are back to normal for me and I have no idea why but I'm thanking the NOLF gods for it. Too Funny Bella....Yeah stop PROMOTING FEAR HERE IN NOLF2 *baps RXS* STOP IT!!! I think all is well with everything ty guys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliteone Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 First off part of the process done by the master server is to check the CD keys. So I'm assuming that there was a master server issue of some sort. Now there is a "workaround" for this issue but it's not entirely ethical so we won't go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{GD}Independent Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Even the button to restart ... Physically unplugging was the only way to get things going again. For future reference -- last several years, computer power buttons have worked diffenently than in the past. If you ever *really* need to do a "hard" shut down of your PC (i.e. you're unable to shutdown normally and need to force it to power off) just press and hold your power button for about 5 seconds. No need to crawl around back and unplug it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belladonna Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 For future reference -- last several years, computer power buttons have worked diffenently than in the past. If you ever *really* need to do a "hard" shut down of your PC (i.e. you're unable to shutdown normally and need to force it to power off) just press and hold your power button for about 5 seconds. No need to crawl around back and unplug it! I tried that. I did! This was the first time it wouldn't work. Freaked me out some. I was terrified it wouldn't reboot but it did, thank goodness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Pfeeew this was close... A sunday carnival party without Bella...not thinkable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Is the game slow in general after playing a while? and then it freezes? maybe its time to vaccume some fans.. it could be a cooling problem.. just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacko Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Apparently it worked itself out, but what Spawn suggests can sometimes be the difference between laggy aggy and smooth sailing! I know, I tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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