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Title: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: ZmaN on June 09, 2006, 11:46:30 pm: I cant get on the registration page!!!!!!!!!!

Please help
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Wanderer on June 10, 2006, 01:21:40 am: FS2Netd is temporarily down (and has been so for a while)... So if you want to play multiplayer games you might want to ask people to play IP games, best place to ask might be the game-warden.
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: karajorma on June 10, 2006, 03:39:59 am: 303 play a regular IP game on Saturdays. Check out the FS2NetD forum over on Game-Warden for more details.
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: ZmaN on June 10, 2006, 10:41:27 am: i asked casue someone had seen my AIM sn on this board and Asked If i wanted to play.

We tried to set up an IP game but she just kept getting no servers found, even tho she entered my IP....
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: karajorma on June 10, 2006, 12:24:51 pm: Your firewall probably killed any outside contact. Do you have a router as well as a software firewall by any chance?
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: ZmaN on June 10, 2006, 09:59:17 pm: Quote from: karajorma on June 10, 2006, 12:24:51 pm
Your firewall probably killed any outside contact. Do you have a router as well as a software firewall by any chance?

I dont think i turned EZ firewall off.

I do have a router but it should be configured for port fowarding.
What are the ports freespace 2 uses?
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: ShivanSpS on June 10, 2006, 10:21:03 pm: If you have Windows XP SP2, make sure that Windows does not bloquing Internet access, That may be nearly imposible, because, that screen will be only displayed when FS try to make use of internet and you cant ALT+TAB.
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Wanderer on June 11, 2006, 02:04:35 am: You can always run the game in window mode so that is not a big problem (features -> dev tools -> run in window).
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: ZmaN on June 13, 2006, 09:43:40 am: Quote from: Wanderer on June 11, 2006, 02:04:35 am
You can always run the game in window mode so that is not a big problem (features -> dev tools -> run in window).
wow that made things alot easier, thanks for the tip!

What ports does FS2 Online use? I need to open those up in my router!

And when is FS2Netd back up? I Cant take much more of this!
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Mars on June 13, 2006, 11:00:43 am: Right on the Game Warden's how to guide:

"...7117 and 7808 both UDP and TCP..."

Read Kara's FAQ.
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: ZmaN on June 13, 2006, 03:39:36 pm: my bad
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Mars on June 13, 2006, 04:51:14 pm: You know I'll hate you forever for asking that don't you ;)

Does anyone know when it'll be back up?
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: ZmaN on June 14, 2006, 01:07:02 pm: Quote from: Mars on June 13, 2006, 04:51:14 pm
You know I'll hate you forever for asking that don't you ;)

Does anyone know when it'll be back up?

Mars you make me sad :(
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: karajorma on June 14, 2006, 04:47:40 pm: I'd expect it before the BSG launch in July. We really need it working then and MatthewPapa is aware of that fact.
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Charismatic on June 14, 2006, 11:20:42 pm: Why do we need it then?

And welcome to the late train Zman.
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: karajorma on June 15, 2006, 02:46:35 am: Quote from: Charismatic on June 14, 2006, 11:20:42 pm
Why do we need it then?

Cause it's pretty pointless doing a multiplayer demo release if multiplayer doesn't work :p
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 15, 2006, 06:16:05 am: Quote from: karajorma on June 15, 2006, 02:46:35 am
Quote from: Charismatic on June 14, 2006, 11:20:42 pm
Why do we need it then?

Cause it's pretty pointless doing a multiplayer demo release if multiplayer doesn't work :p

Zigackly !
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: ZmaN on June 15, 2006, 09:41:22 am: whats bsg again? im lost today..
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Mars on June 15, 2006, 09:58:15 am: Battle Star Galactica I would assume
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 15, 2006, 10:03:30 am: ?Big Sweaty German?
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Polpolion on June 15, 2006, 10:08:13 am: Wasn't the SCP or someone trying to get PXO back online or something like that?
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: karajorma on June 15, 2006, 10:29:51 am: Yes but given the multi communities unwillingness to report bugs properly it's not a high priority because we know that no one will help us fix any problems we have with it.

Let me put it this way. Go to mantis and filter on unresolved multiplayer bugs. Do you really believe that there are only 3 unresolved bugs with multiplayer? Cause I'd be very happy if that were the case.
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Wanderer on June 15, 2006, 11:20:44 am: We (Starfox team) are not exactly multiplayer experts but we could try to help in finding multiplayer bugs.. As we really do want multiplayer to be functional we might as well do something for it.
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: ShivanSpS on June 15, 2006, 01:17:30 pm: mmm FS2 dont have a Standalone server? I just remember it in my times of playing FS2 in 2000.
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: achtung on June 15, 2006, 01:27:45 pm: I bet I could easily get addicted to FS2 multi and help with bug reporting.
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: Mars on June 15, 2006, 01:41:00 pm: Might be easiest if somone set up a regular (probably weekly) I.P. "testing session" be it public or private. If somone were to set it up people could join and I think the bugs would show up pretty quickly (the worse ones anyway).

Quote from: Swantz on June 15, 2006, 01:27:45 pm
I bet I could easily get addicted to FS2 multi and help with bug reporting.

I've found when I play D2-XL multiplayer that it's actually more fun to play it bugtesting, because it encourages you to look at every detail
Title: Re: FS2Netd is down?
Post by: karajorma on June 15, 2006, 02:11:28 pm: Quote from: Wanderer on June 15, 2006, 11:20:44 am
We (Starfox team) are not exactly multiplayer experts but we could try to help in finding multiplayer bugs.. As we really do want multiplayer to be functional we might as well do something for it.

That would be appreciated. Taylor is doing a fair bit of work on multi but apart from a few BSG games with WMC as far as I know I'm the only coder who even plays multi so until people step up and start reporting bugs nothing is going to get fixed unless I've seen it with my own eyes.