Multiplayer Not Working

Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:19 am by Corky

I have completed the single player game and now I want to play multiplayer, and I cannot play multiplayer, I select multiplayer and then select interenet and then I come to the server list and it says connecting to global server, does anyone know how to solve this. I have windows xp and I have disabled all firewalls including xp's new built in one and the problem still persists. I fear I may know the cause of this problem, my dsl router, if anyone has enough techincall expertese to work around this I would be very gratefull.

There is a thin line between insanity and genious, which are you?

Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:44 am by Reptile

Yes I am getting same problem I think it is something to do with a Sec Patch i put on WinXP because before that I could connect OK.

That patch must have blocked the port freelancer uses.

Mon Sep 20, 2004 7:54 am by Corky

Yea it figures, just like microsoft to create an OS that won't let their own game work.

There is a thin line between insanity and genious, which are you?

Mon Sep 20, 2004 8:31 am by Chips

Blimey - typical - rather than looking for a solution, just moan instead. They made XP have a firewall because people are so incompetant that they cannot be trusted to look after their own computers!!

You will have to grant the Freelancer.exe file access to the net. Its that simple.

Just for you two - this comprises of....................

Start button
Click on CONTROL PANEL
DOUBLE Click on WINDOWS FIREWALL
Click on the EXCEPTIONS tab
Click on ADD PROGRAM
Click on BROWSE
Navigate to Freelancer EXE folder which contains the Freelancer.exe
Select the Freelancer.exe file and click on OKAY.
See its been added to the allowed list
Apply changes and exit.

Edited by - Chips on 9/20/2004 9:52:16 AM

Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:14 pm by Eagle1

If that doesnt work then what do you suggest?

Tue Sep 21, 2004 9:18 pm by Corky

Well, thank you for the effort, but unfortuanetly firewalls are not my issue, I stated in my original post that I had disabled my firewall temporarily to see if Freelancer would work then, what do you suggest now?

There is a thin line between insanity and genious, which are you?

Tue Sep 28, 2004 8:28 pm by Speedj2

if you have DirectX 9.0c try reverting to the previous version
i had the very same problem until i realized that it started as soon as i updated
and i reverted

Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:33 am by MegaManX1415

reverting to 9.0 or 9.0 b dont work iv tryed....

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