always disabling the FPS limiter after drop errors

code/client/cl_cgame.cpp

@@ -674,6 +674,12 @@ static void CL_SetMaxFPS( int maxFPS )
 }
 
 
+void CL_DisableFramerateLimiter()
+{
+	CL_SetMaxFPS( 0 );
+}
+
+
 void CL_InitCGame()
 {
 	int t = Sys_Milliseconds();

code/qcommon/common.cpp

@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ void QDECL Com_ErrorExt( int code, int module, qbool realError, const char *fmt,
 		Cvar_Set("com_errorMessage", com_errorMessage);
 	}
 
+#ifndef DEDICATED
+	CL_DisableFramerateLimiter();
+#endif
+
 	if ( code == ERR_SERVERDISCONNECT ) {
 #ifndef DEDICATED
 		CL_Disconnect( qtrue );

code/qcommon/qcommon.h

@@ -1019,6 +1019,11 @@ qbool CL_DemoPlaying();
 void CL_NextDemo();
 // invoke the "nextdemo" cvar as a command, if not empty
 
+void CL_DisableFramerateLimiter();
+// map loads might be interrupted by a drop-style error,
+// which would leave the FPS limit enabled until the next successful map load
+// this should therefore always be called by Com_Error
+
 void Key_KeyNameCompletion( void (*callback)(const char *s) );
 // for /bind and /unbind auto-completion