From: "Chainsaw" Newsgroups: alt.games.quake2,netcom.uk.service.quake,rec.games.computer.quake.playing,uk.games.computer.quake References: <3534b465.790135@nntp.netcom.net.uk> Subject: Re: Wild at Heart and Crazzzy on Top ; HELP! Q2 keeps crashing when I jump and fire together ...WHY ??? Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:48:51 -0700 Lines: 26 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 NNTP-Posting-Host: usr119-bas.cableinet.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: usr119-bas.cableinet.co.uk Message-ID: <3533bd58.0@ispc-news.cableinet.net> Organization: "Cable Internet (post doesn't reflect views of Cable Internet)" X-NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.117.152.68 Path: clanworld.com!news.webspan.net!news.tacom.army.mil!ulowell.uml.edu!gatekeeper.umassd.edu!alpha-nt.newbedford.k12.ma.us!cam-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!195.64.68.27!newsgate.cistron.nl!het.net!peer.news.zetnet.net!news5.cableinet.net!193.38.113.4.MISMATCH!cableinet-uk!news.cableinet.co.uk!ispc-news.cableinet.net!usr119-bas.cableinet.co.uk Xref: clanworld.com rec.games.computer.quake.playing:38881 Well, I don't know the cause of this (crappy BIOS probably), but a good suggestion would be too start playing using the mouse. No serious player users the keyboard only. Use a combo with mouse - it'll solve your problem as well as improving your game. Chainsaw Monolith aka Charles Hunter wrote in message <3534b465.790135@nntp.netcom.net.uk>... >Can anyone help, for some odd reason Q2 has started to crash when I >Jump+Fire ( the control & space keys respectively ) at the same time >...what's gorne wrong it never used to do this ?? How can I ( other >than abstaining from this practice ) get Q2 to stop crashing each time >I do this. BTW I'm not using a Win95 keyboard - just an ordinary one. > >To expand on the crash , Q2 will jump out of the game and present me >with a windows screen of resolution of 640x480 when it was in >1024x768. Q2 is still , sort of , running but stuck in one position - >I have to exit 'blind' to regain control. > >Thanks for any help. > >monolith.