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== Miscellaneous issues ==

=== My game suddenly crashes when joining a map, when it didn't before! ===

You most likely joined a malicious server. An easy fix is to empty the <code>tf2classic\download</code> folder inside your game's folder, or more specifically, to remove any heavy <code>_particles.txt</code> files that appeared in the <code>tf2classic\download\maps</code> folder. These malicious servers won't be able to do anything else to your game or your computer.

These malicious servers disguises themselves as real existing server. An easy way to find which one of these servers are malicious is to see if it matches with a lot of these criteria:

* A server with the same exact name already exists

* Server often changes host name

* Server often changes port

* Total lack of server tags, except for <code>increased_maxplayers</code>

* Odd maximum player count (e.g. 55)

* Actual server line does not provide servers with said maximum player count (e.g. VaultF4 servers with 64 players does not exist)

* Only plays generic maps

* Plays generic maps despite using a custom weapon pack which requires use of special maps (e.g. it is not using a map ending with _v5_3_3)

* Ping which does not match server region

* Fake player count, the player list when viewing server info does not match the player count that's shown

* Downloads files with shady names for shock value

=== My textures are missing/It says it "could not load library client"! ===

The game didn't get fully extracted. If you're using TF2CDownloader, you may not have allowed it to fully finish before moving the extracted folder or playing the game. The prompt must say "Setup is over. Press Enter to continue" before you're safe to play.

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