Yay! I can't connect! [message #298175] |
Wed, 21 November 2007 21:15 |
Da Spadger
Messages: 8 Registered: November 2007
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Uh, yeah. I seem to have a wonderful ability to not connect to WOL/XWIS.
I have reinstalled the game, applied the 1037 patch, installed RenGuard, installed core patches in that order, along with that scripts thing mentioned in the FAQ. There's no firewall to mess things up and I'm running XP SP2. I don't see what else I should mention.
Please help. :/
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Re: Yay! I can't connect! [message #298188 is a reply to message #298175] |
Thu, 22 November 2007 00:43 |
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Goztow
Messages: 9743 Registered: March 2005 Location: Belgium
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What does the MOTD say when you connect?
Also check the file "hosts" in directory C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC . Open it with notepad.
If there's an extra line in there, under or above "127.0.0.1 localhost", then post your hosts-file in this subforum so we can help you out.
In worst case you'll need to reinstall WOL or even the complete game.
You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
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Re: Yay! I can't connect! [message #298229 is a reply to message #298175] |
Thu, 22 November 2007 08:18 |
Da Spadger
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I don't get a message, just "Unable to connect to Westwood Online".
In hosts, there's nothing besides "127.0.0.1 localhost", but in a file called hosts.bak there's one billion zillion extra lines, should I post that one instead?
I could try reinstalling WOL I guess. Edit: That didn't work.
[Updated on: Thu, 22 November 2007 08:27] Report message to a moderator
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Re: Yay! I can't connect! [message #298232 is a reply to message #298175] |
Thu, 22 November 2007 08:49 |
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Goztow
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No, that .bak should be useless. Did you check if windows firewall didn't turn itself on? It tends to do that for no apparant reason =/.
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Re: Yay! I can't connect! [message #298236 is a reply to message #298232] |
Thu, 22 November 2007 09:11 |
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Goztow wrote on Thu, 22 November 2007 15:49 | No, that .bak should be useless. Did you check if windows firewall didn't turn itself on? It tends to do that for no apparant reason =/.
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My brother found a virus that could turn windows firewall off via the command line, it stands to reason that MS probably have it written in their updates to turn it on via the command line, or that applications that offer to "add themselves to the windows firewall exception list" (modern games, in other words) turn it on when they do that. Anyway, that's probably HOW it's turned on...
Renguard is a wonderful initiative
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halokid wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 08:46 |
R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 15:35 |
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the hell is that?
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Re: Yay! I can't connect! [message #298276 is a reply to message #298175] |
Thu, 22 November 2007 12:22 |
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How about re-installing the game as per this?
Renguard is a wonderful initiative
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Supporters of Proposition 8 will argue California does not discriminate against gays, as the current law allows them to get married - as long as they wed a partner of the opposite sex.
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halokid wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 08:46 |
R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 15:35 |
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the hell is that?
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[Updated on: Thu, 22 November 2007 12:28] Report message to a moderator
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Re: Yay! I can't connect! [message #298431 is a reply to message #298175] |
Fri, 23 November 2007 00:37 |
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Goztow
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I hope they can :-S. It still sounds like a firewall'ish problem to me, as you can ping the adress but the game can't seem to reach it :-S.
You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
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Re: Yay! I can't connect! [message #298462 is a reply to message #298460] |
Fri, 23 November 2007 07:20 |
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Goztow
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Da Spadger wrote on Fri, 23 November 2007 15:06 | Just wondering, should the port number be set to anything specific? I noticed that the default value was 0, and tried 1000. It still didn't work though. :/
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Huh? U can only set the port for the FDS. But we're talking about a client here, right?
You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
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