Hey I was hoping that you guys could give me a hand with this. I play Garry's Mod which is a mod for Half Life 2, awesome game and I really like it... Only one problem, which is that every time I connect to a server I loose connection after about 5-10 minutes of game play! Any thoughts?

Could it be conflicts w/ you firewall?

Its possible. Let me also say that I can connect to any other one but the one I just lost connection to. Don't know if that makes a difference but just brining it up.

I think these newer games utilize many ports, so an active firewall even though you could be allowing access to the game, may still be causing an issue, norton firewalls are pretty notorious for that.

Nope still disconnects me. Anyone have any clue?

just to let you know I have AVG anti virus.

Ok, I have Garry's mod 9 and i could only connect to 1 server and it was called FAceWAn but i just bought G mod 10 and it has alot of players and it is worth it/ But to stay on topic i have the problem and i never figured it out.

I agree its completely worth the money. Whats your online name and what servers do you usually connect to? Back on topic thanks for all the help guys. Ill keep trying to figure it out.

Okay got a new problem for ya! i went to load up a game... it crashed but thats not the problem it works fine now. The problem is that it messed up my screen res and it wont fix! I went into the properties and tried to change them back and I did but it still looks like someone just dropped my screen.... Any thoughts?

Try new video drivers and update your direct X to the latest June or July offering.

 

Deactivate AVG.

 

You are using the retail GM I assume.