Help me noble ET geniuses

[Metalcommand]

As an European the NF server is always empty during my day which led to a moment of weakness in which I commited an act of blasphemy by connecting to another server. Safe to say this server proceeded to download untold amounts of garbage and I quit trying to connect after 30 seconds. Now starting the game the starting screen is that typical Clan-advertising bullshit.

So my question is, how do I restore the situation back to normal? As in the starting screen is nearly completely default except for a bar through which you can directly connect to the NF server?

Thank you.

[Pedro-NF]

I should be working soon on an "ET cleaner" which will delete all .pk3 files from other servers from an ET installation. I need some inspiration though...

In the meantime, below is the list of .pk3 files used by the [>NF<] Server as of 13 June 2013. If you're feeling too impatient to cross check your files with the list, remember that you may delete all .pk3 files from the etmain directory except for mp_bin.pk3, pak0.pk3, pak1.pk3 and pak2.pk3. Of course, all maps will need to be downloaded again. From the jaymod directory you may delete all .pk3 files - [>NF<] only needs two .pk3 files there, which will be downloaded again when you connect to the server.

Before checking the .pk3 files in etmain or deleting them, I'd first try deleting all .pk3 files from jaymod, because that's where servers usually place custom files. Another tip is that custom .pk3 files will usually have strange names, like starting with a string of tilde characters (~).

etmain

110_factory_200.pk3
2hide.pk3
2tanks.pk3
adlernest.pk3
antarcticafinal.pk3
avalon-packman.pk3
axislab_final.pk3
baserace_final.pk3
bergen.pk3
braundorf_b4.pk3
bremen_b2.pk3
bridge_final.pk3
budapest_beta2.pk3
caen.pk3
castleattack_b5.pk3
cathedral_final.pk3
ctf_face_b1.pk3
ctf_halo.pk3
decoder_beta4.pk3
desertrats.pk3
de_dusted2b1_(no_campaign).pk3
ds_bunkers_b2_(no_campaign).pk3
dubrovnik_final.pk3
duplex_towers.pk3
eagles_2ways_b3.pk3
egypt_attack_b3.pk3
eiffel_tower_final.pk3
eltz_beta1.pk3
escape_final_(no_campaign).pk3
etsbay.pk3
et_dam_b1.pk3
et_ice.pk3
et_tower_b23.pk3
euro2008fix.pk3
fatal_mill_b4.pk3
flughafen_(no_campaign).pk3
fortress_(no_campaign).pk3
frostbite.pk3
glider_302.pk3
goldendunk_a2.pk3
hindenburg_beta3.pk3
italyfp2.pk3
jailbus_b2_(no_campaign+fixed).pk3
lighthouse.pk3
lostchildren_(no_campaign).pk3
low_airstrip2.pk3
mlb_beach.pk3
mlb_daybreak.pk3
mlb_temple.pk3
mml_minastirith_fp3.pk3
monte_cassino.pk3
mp_bin.pk3 <=== ESSENTIAL
mp_tram.pk3
navarone.pk3
nightmare.pk3
oilraid.pk3
op_tower_b5.pk3
pak0.pk3 <=== ESSENTIAL
pak1.pk3 <=== ESSENTIAL
pak2.pk3 <=== ESSENTIAL
parisbastille_b3.pk3
pirates.pk3
powcamp_b5.pk3
praetoria_m1_alt.pk3
rabenhorst_final.pk3
raiders.pk3
raw_final_(fixed).pk3
reactor_final.pk3
resurrection_fixed_2008.pk3
rochelle_b2.pk3
rommel_final.pk3
saberpeak_final.pk3
snatch3_(fixed).pk3
sottevast_b3_(fixed).pk3
sowertiderrc.pk3
stalingrad.pk3
steelplant2.pk3
stnazaire_final.pk3
supplydepot2.pk3
tankbuster.pk3
tc_base.pk3
the_gauntlet.pk3
tiger_110.pk3
transmitter.pk3
trmfght_beta2.pk3
uje_airport_b5.pk3
uje_amsterdam_b2.pk3
uje_oil_b4.pk3
uje_the_beast_b5.pk3
uje_the_ghetto_final.pk3
uje_warzone_b3.pk3
v1rocket_b2.pk3
v2_factory.pk3
venice.pk3
vesuvius.pk3
vio_grail.pk3
warbell.pk3
wolfsrudel_final.pk3
wolken2_final.pk3
wtc_heist.pk3
xdam2.pk3
xposed.pk3
__bridges__.pk3
_nf_pack_20130415.pk3

jaymod

enhmodv109.pk3
jaymod-2.2.0_reds_v102.pk3

[Metalcommand]

This is getting peculiar. I deleted all the pk3 files within jaymod. No effect. Only pk3 that was in etmain was the ''nfserverpack etc.''. I don't even have the pk3's of the maps in ETmain directory although I have the maps as in don't have to download anymore when connecting.

Then I simply run ET as administrator. Default ET, connected via IP to NF and had to download the map Tiger which I connected to without downloading just few minutes before this. DC from server and the starting screen bach the way it should be. Start again as admin and screen still good. However if I don't run as administrator it's back to that putrid Clan garbage (damn you clan fag assassins). Ultimately it's not that big of a deal I can always just connect via IP and be fine but I don't like having shit on my computer that I don't want.

If all else fails and should I do a complete reinstall of the game would I keep my xp if I made a copy of my etkey (this the one with xp?) file?

[Pedro-NF]

When you logged in as Administrator and if you're using Windows 7, that dumb OS probably created a separate etmain directory in C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming, where XXX must be one of these: All Users, Default or Public (or maybe even Administrator, not sure if the 7th abomination uses this). Anyway, your normal etmain should be in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming. You should never install programs or store data in the default Windows directories. I recommend keeping a Games directory for your games, a Net directory for network related programs and so on, and most importantly, always create a separate partition for the operating system and another partition for everything else. But noobs will always be noobs...

[Metalcommand]

Thank you Emperor! From the foul deeps of the appdata after deleting multiple pk3 files I found the cancerous Fag Assasins pk3 file that was infesting my ET. Now all is back the way it should be. Wunder-fucking-bar!