.....My KF worked flawless a few months ago now it doesn't, I get the index.rom hang.....
My KF has similar problem like rarebreed said.
Everything was fine when i bought it around Jan,
and few months ago (around May i think), it began the index.rom hang.
I had dig around Internet, tried every file modification or verification i found, nothing worked until i tried the re-installation of KF(which took a lot of time to download).
The first few times of the re-installation fixed the problem, BUT only the first several connections(maps) in each re-installation. And then somehow, re-installing KF didn't work anymore. So i started the loop of searching-messing around with files-cursing , again.
Several days ago i noticed the steam file ClientRegistry.blob in some other thread. So i gave it a try by killing it. And HOLY**** it fixed the problem. My KF worked perfectly for days, I was so happy because I thought the problem is gone forever...
...until yesterday. The index.rom hang problem came back again. And this time, no matter what steam files I killed, what loop I tried(did I mention cursing?), nothing worked at all. Man, this is just like CANCER transferring EVERYWHERE! WHERE THE HELL IS THE PROBLEM NOW?
I know, this problem looks most likely steam's problem. And, I know nothing about programming but can't you guys just cut some steam AUTH process in the game connection and give us an update to try?
BTW, the details of my index.rom hang problem are like the followings:
- 95% it hangs at index.rom
- 4% it goes to the map loading screen, but after the harddisk light flashes for a while, it hangs there. And after a few minutes it goes back to the server list without any error message.
- 1% it goes into the game, but totally not playable. No UI pops up, can't see other players or zombies, but I can hear the trader and other sounds. And after a few seconds, it hangs.
- The solo is fine, even my listen server is fine! People can connect to me without problem. But my bandwidth can't afford a full server.