Host connection lost while loading game

[Guile]

I am having trouble with losing the host connection while selecting the arena and waiting for skins / graphics to preload.  Usually the first time I do it, it drops.  The second time I load, I guess it already has some of the graphics in cache and goes much faster, and I end up connecting in time.  Is there a standard "wait" time that the server used before dropping a client?  Is there any way I can change it on the client side?  Thanks in advance.

[Guile]

Originally posted by Guile
I am having trouble with losing the host connection while selecting the arena and waiting for skins / graphics to preload.  Usually the first time I do it, it drops.  The second time I load, I guess it already has some of the graphics in cache and goes much faster, and I end up connecting in time.  Is there a standard "wait" time that the server used before dropping a client?  Is there any way I can change it on the client side?  Thanks in advance.

Also, why does the game terminate and close on a Host Connection drop?  Why not just have it back out to the main menu screen?  Very annoying......

[Bushwack]

I am having same problem here. This is new thing to me. Has been couple of weeks like this. No hardware chance or driver chance.

[Skuzzy]

Do not check the "Preload skins" option, unless your computer has 2GB of RAM, or more.  

Do not check the "Preload into video ram" option unless you are running a video card with 256MB of RAM (or more) AND are using 256 texture sizes.