Hi mate, The server must be running 2.60b and yourself a lesser version, the "couldn't load an official pak file" is the server has pak.1, pak.2 and mp_ files installed, these can not be downloaded via fast downloads. Ideally the server side needs to run ET3.00 "renamed to the same as your current executable" and then the mentioned official files need deleting for the etmain directory so only pak.0 is left, this will allow all versions of ET to connect without official pack issues and also provide better server side security, or update to 2.60b yourself. I am at work at the moment so I can show you the file structure mentioned but I'm sure one of the other guys can do this for you. You say you have an admin level but cant test, not quite sure what you mean, let us know what you have set in your database and we can advise from there. Regards.