OK, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I can't connect to the global server right now either. Neither could I the day I bought the game.

IMHO, this is a lame way to run a multiplayer game system (and I've played my share.) I should be able to go straight to a server via IP.

And apparently it's not just the global server. Because on the day I bought the game, my friends could see the global server just fine but I couldn't. I tried the next day and it was fine, so I assumed it was just a routing issue. But now, this is the second time it's happened, and apparently it's not just me. Grrr...this is retarded. The only game I'm playing right now and I can't. Lame.

Yep, quite a few people having that same problem...

Just a thought though - anyone TODAY (3/12/03) able to connect to the global server with no problems? I just want to see if it's actually down... or just a major routing issue.

-Annilyna

Just a moment ago the global server worked fine for me. I went into a game and saw all high levels (ks on) so I left. Well suddenly the global server won't work for me. So in the matter of one minute it went from working to not working for me.

only micro soft mess up . it dum use global server should have dir connect to server .

yes i know what you are talking about i connected once and only once today too after that i tried logging on throughout the rest of the day and i get that stupid "connecting to global server " thing and no matter how long you wait it wont change (thats what i know so far i havent left it on more than 30 mins) but hey if its gonna take that long to connect then i dont have choice but to do something else... thx for your input people and im glad it isnt just my internet or my game etc... hopefully whatever is wrong will be fixed by tomorrow good night all and good luck

yah!@ it jus died for me n' everyone i know. n' you can't even MANUALY log onto tha servers... which is kinda weird. cause you'd think that'd be seperate from tha master server.

crazaynesss

YOU CAN CONNECT MANUALLY... look at README.RTF

Manually Connecting to Freelancer Servers
Freelancer.exe supports a command line parameter for manually adding servers to the list of potential servers. This advanced feature requires that you know the hostname or IP address of the server computer as well as the network port on which FLServer is running. It is useful for playing on servers that are not on your LAN and are not advertised on the global server.

To add a server to the server list, use the following syntax:
FREELANCER.EXE -s<hostname>:<port>
where hostname is the name or IP address of the server computer and port is the network port number on which the server is running. You may add multiple servers by repeating the same syntax. See the ReadmeServer.htm file in the Extras directory on the Freelancer CD for information on manually setting the network port on the server.