"try verifying your game cache in Steam, or maybe an update just came out."
I've verified my cache several times, even reinstalled the game onto the SSD to see if i'd get the same error (I did).
When I deleted all vdf's from the ns2 folder it allowed me to avoid seeing the Optimize Shaders request on load in, but it still gave me the above error after trying to join a server.
http://www.filedropper.com/ns2techsupport
There's the Techsupport.exe zip, I don't know what else i'm not doing, and i've read a bunch of threads from different forums, mostly saying the same thing.
Thank you for your time!
I've verified my cache several times, even reinstalled the game onto the SSD to see if i'd get the same error (I did).
When I deleted all vdf's from the ns2 folder it allowed me to avoid seeing the Optimize Shaders request on load in, but it still gave me the above error after trying to join a server.
http://www.filedropper.com/ns2techsupport
There's the Techsupport.exe zip, I don't know what else i'm not doing, and i've read a bunch of threads from different forums, mostly saying the same thing.
Thank you for your time!