infinite loading screen

[Bobby]

Hey

currently experiencing infinite loading screens when finding a game. whether its a bot match or matchmaking...

its either wait for 5 minutes+ and get booted to main menu. or nothing..

 

[stognij1982]

Have you fix it?

 

[Ellie H]

Same, Im getting the issue, it's consistently booting me back to the Main Menu after a lengthy loading screen, this specifically started happening to me after the August 1st update, Sandbox and Spectating take a while load but they dont boot me back to the menu, I would also like to add that before August 1st these loading times werent as lengthy, I suspect the game kicks me back to the menu in either occasion due to the Timeout settings, similarly to TF2 and CS2, if the game server doesnt get connection messages back from you in a while, it simply kicks you due to timeout, it seems the Loading screens are too lengthy and therefore the game being in that frozen state for too long gets you kicked from matches due to timeout

 

[harunyakupbasar]

Im getting this issue too. Is this a bug or smth?

 

[ancien9]

I regularly have my game stay stuck in the loading screen too. Had it once or twice when I started a few days ago but today it seems all my games take a really long time to load, if it evens loads.

 

[Ellie H]

I found a workaround, just increase the value of "cl_timeout" on your console

 

[radarhead]

Have a friend who can't seem to play at all because of this, our whole party gets kicked to menu before they can connect, even after increasing cl_timeout
Edit: They ended up reinstalling the game on an SSD and that seemed to improve things, so it might have been a different issue than what other users are reporting

 

[yba5661812]

I found a workaround, just increase the value of "cl_timeout" on your console

how can i open console and how much should i increase value

 

[stognij1982]

how can i open console and how much should i increase value

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