You have to wait until it has found all the servers before it pings them and can tell you how many players are online. If it won't connect, it may have horrible ping or there's a problem with the server and you have to just connect to another one.

so it wont work cuz im impaitent?....lol....nice.....well ill post again if that dosent work..thx....

GAHHHHHHHHHH NOW it *even after 15 min* it dosent show how many players but for ping it says -- and it dosent crash....HELP


*EDIT* oh i forgot to mention in my orignal post i have a GeForce 4 5500 Graphics card but whenever i started freelancer it said card not recgonized this may ause problems..now single player works fine..and i also chose for message not to show up anymore..just incase that helps :/


Edited by - MegaManX1415 on 10/3/2004 11:21:29 AM

OK first, it has been said many times but this is how it is. Do not install the patch on a client only installation! Unless you run a server the patch may do some weird things to FL.

Next, you're playing FL which means you are a client. It means you have no need for INCOMING ports which is what all those firewalls block unless specifically told to open them. Playing FL as a client uses about 10 OUTGOING ports which your firewalls all let through (ZoneAlarm is the exception). In my experiance every firewall, both hardware and software, blocks INCOMING ports only except for ZA which blocks both INCOMING and OUTGOING ports.

Last, what is strange is what you see. You see a server list but no pings and can't log on? This infers you can reach the FL global list server but can't initiate pings from your own system? To see if that is true try using the command line program ping to ping some website with your Internet connection on. As for the log on issue, it may be a specific DirectX issue. Certainly all logon issues with the global list server and other FL servers have a common usage in DirectX.

So, I suggest you uninstall, reinstall FL. Do not install the patch. Install/upgrade to DirectX v9.0b (I have heard their may be issues with v9.0c and FL, certainly I had issues for a while when I got SP2 which included DirectX v9.0c [I think but it could have been an overclock problem as well! ). Let us know how it goes. Good luck.

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Earendil
SysAdmin of Boston Freelancer server
Server community website & forum: EarendilsPlace.net (server rules)

ok so i went f**ked up direct X hada remove the registry put in 9.0 b and could finally GET into freelancer again

I STILL CANT GET ON THE INTERNET SERVERS.

i duno....look if theres anyway out or in game to connect DIRECTLY to a server without going thru that list of doom i would be gratefull....thanks

If you are behind a modem/router there is no way to ping out isnt it?

theres SUPOST to be a way cuz i been readin thru the forums it says that ports 2300-2400 must be open but i DID open them.....im goin nuts hear..the reason i bought freelancer was cuz all my friends talkin bout multiplayer.....so....any help?

In the readme.rtf with the FL installation it explains how to add a server to your FL global server list. If I remember correctly you don't go through the list server at all but instead your FL client directly verifys that server exists. Of course it doesn't work if the server is down and thus no list entry is made.

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Earendil
SysAdmin of Boston Freelancer server
Server community website & forum: EarendilsPlace.net (server rules)

ok that read me was clear as mud.....where do i add the server IP address...and i need to know iots port number?...oy vay this is more of a headach then its worth...ALMOST...i shall NOT GIVE UP...just gme a hand tho

If you are running any software firewall turn it off. Make sure you check the firewall that is built into XP. Service pack 2 seems to turn it on by default. Also if you have a router that you go through pull it out of the way and hook you comp directly to your modem. remember you will most likely have to powercycle the modem to get it to recognize the new connection. If you connect fine with out the router in the way then that is where you problem lies and you will have to sort that out. If while you are directly connected you still are unable to get the full global server list then you have a software issue and you need to look for anything that blocks directX or anything that acts as a firewall (such as XP firewall, black ice, zone alarm, etc....)

ok lissen i ALREADY DISSABLED WINDOWS FIREWALL......and i cant disconect the router its MOMS connection and so im stuck behind it now stop giving me info i already know.....how do i directly connect to a server...and dont tell me the readme that thing is clear as mud.....

Check out this page here Wan Solo and I have made to help players on my server. It's written as if it's for my server but any other IP address and port of any server you know can be used.

This link and the readme.rtf is as clear as the mud gets without coming to your house and doing it for you.

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Earendil
SysAdmin of Boston Freelancer server
Server community website & forum: EarendilsPlace.net (server rules)

*crys* ITS NOT WORKING GAHHHHHHHHHHHH

ITSD NOT FAIR WHAAAAAAAAAA *floods room with his tears*...only reason i bought game was cuz i heard MP was soooooo cool from all my friends....ill keep trying......im feeling stupid i duno....can you post EXACTLY what the full thing will look like if i installed it to de default folder without thew " unless they belong there....im sorry to put everyone through all this trouble but i thank you for helping me anyway.....

*EDIT* oh it works..the server shows up in the list.....but its same as before i see 0 players and ping ????.....damn it all..........

Edited by - MegaManX1415 on 10/7/2004 9:37:39 PM

its possible that the router you cant adjust got its own fw or port blocker or anything that blocks ports since no pinging is available.