Ok, I just got TF2. Can't connect to any servers either through Steam or through the game itself. Steam lists TF2 servers, but if I tried to connect it runs the game then gives me an error "disconnected after 4 attempts" or such. If I try to get a list of servers from within the game I get: "No internet games responded to the query" after a while, tried stop/start again, no good.
I turned off my firewall, and I don't have any similar trouble with any of the dozens of other games I've played on this PC.
I've searched the forum, but, didn't find any advice that looked like it would help me (all I saw was "stop and restart the refresh server list", and a very old post about an update.
I've always found Steam to be glitchy and a pain in the ass, hated the idea of it from the start, but, I really want to try TF2 dispite that.
When I first tried to run TF2 it crashed my PC and made it reboot, that's a first and the worst I've seen any program run on this PC so far for more than a year.
Then, after a couple reboots, re-trys, it started stuttering and indefinately switching video modes, stuttering sound, and not letting me CTRL-ALT-DEL out, had to power cycle.
So, I turned off the second display (ATi 3850) which I really do NOT want to do. Now the game will run, and I can start a server. So, at least I can LOOK at the game and actually play it, but, only by myself without any other players. Ugh.
You'd think this game has been out long enough issues like this would have been erradicated/patched...
I'm behind a router, I'll try a direct connection to a switch instead.
I turned off my firewall, and I don't have any similar trouble with any of the dozens of other games I've played on this PC.
I've searched the forum, but, didn't find any advice that looked like it would help me (all I saw was "stop and restart the refresh server list", and a very old post about an update.
I've always found Steam to be glitchy and a pain in the ass, hated the idea of it from the start, but, I really want to try TF2 dispite that.
When I first tried to run TF2 it crashed my PC and made it reboot, that's a first and the worst I've seen any program run on this PC so far for more than a year.
Then, after a couple reboots, re-trys, it started stuttering and indefinately switching video modes, stuttering sound, and not letting me CTRL-ALT-DEL out, had to power cycle.
So, I turned off the second display (ATi 3850) which I really do NOT want to do. Now the game will run, and I can start a server. So, at least I can LOOK at the game and actually play it, but, only by myself without any other players. Ugh.
You'd think this game has been out long enough issues like this would have been erradicated/patched...
I'm behind a router, I'll try a direct connection to a switch instead.