Ok, I understand port triggering now (thx for the link), but how do I get FL-Client to understand that its data is comming in on a new port?

How do you get FL to use the forwarded ports? You just want it all, don't you vrml?

I do not play FL in MP (and I have no-one at home to play over a LAN with *sniff*), so I can only be of limited assistance from here on. However, you may want to try setting the FL port manually. I believe the the command line should like something like this;

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Freelancer.exe -slocalhost:<forwarded port number>

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Try that. I'll be back here later this evening to see how you guys are going, so good luck!

I used to do something like that in counter strike... you add taht to a shortcut right?

I cant get anything to work.

I am going to bed, IF anyone gets it working, Please PLEASE post the how you manage d to create such a miracle here .... Thanks for all your help!

--Darc marc

I know about a friend of mine, that activate FL in 2 different XP acounts, he change the registry key and uses different FL ID for each of them, this way he can trade/transfare himself without any problems (I am sure he do it at least on EVO).



" Does Fraging PKs makes me any better! ? "

Ok let me try to explain, maybe it's somehow shoddy as my english sometimes fails me but ->

First check if you router supports NAT, i play 2 computers over on IP-address to 1 server without trouble on nat without extra settings.

The easiest way to fix this is to either use the flipdirect something file in the exe directory of freelancer, since here you can set a port yourselve, downside is you need to do this everytime when starting FL and you need to know the IPadress of the server you want to play on.

What this file does is simply adding an extension to the freelancer.exe command so it will start like this:

c:\program files\microsoft games\freelancer\exe\freelancer.exe 62.166.37.173:4203 note this is just an example, the server is real however (it's mine ) if you add the ip and port to the shortcut in Windows it will stay there.

You can add any number of servers to the commandline like this just separate them using a ;

Hope you get it wotking like this.



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I like the registry Thing... When i think about it, I too have 2 accts on XP, and it does the same thing, beings it stores server data in C:\Documents and settings\(USER PROFILE)\ My Games\Freelancer\...

Tell me about this registry key that if i cange it might work....
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As for teh Shortcut thing, i didnt exactly understand what you said... But I do understand about adding the IP and Port to the shortcut.... Ill try to do it with the server i want to play (its only one) and see if it works... I wont get a chance till later but if you could refine that just a little ill be monitering this forum.

And another thing, What port is the default used by Freelancer, and Which port would you reccomend I use?

2302-2304 are the default ports for FL, can't help on the reg thing since I odn't use it, sorry.

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And another thing, What port is the default used by Freelancer, and Which port would you reccomend I use?

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Has you tried looking on the ReadMe file located on the CD at all yet? This information is right there as is a lot of other suggestions that might help. We don't might being of assistance here but do some of the legwork on your own before you ask for advise please. It is assumed everyone does that and failed before deciding to ask for help on these forums.

We're a last resort, not a first. I know this sound mean but again we expect people to at least try things on their own first...we all did.

In my (limited) testing, I have found that the command line parameter does bail me out of my predicament, and I can now go on about my freelancing.

It's tough to be a trader when the enemy is armed, and isn't saving salutations for later. Now with true wingmen this won't be a problem...

Edited by - vrmlbasic on 12/2/2004 7:52:34 PM

Sorry! Been in (still in ) NYC and have had little time for remote sysadmining and monitoring my website let alone all those other FL forums. I have left you off to your own! I will try to make it up for you.

First, that first picture you showed is the perfect screen to redirect your FL client port. Just place port 2303 in BOTH under the Triggered Range column to have "2303 to 2303" range. On the same line under the Forwarded Range just put anything else, like "202303 to 202303" for example. In this case there is no range because there is only one port. Chances are you won't pick a port already used but if you are worried try it or get a program that determines all the ports FL client uses like the DiamondCS Port Explorer.

Esquilax is right, uPnP is not what you want. uPnP is an automatic way of opening INCOMING ports and FL client uses none of those.

Yes, I have heard of people using gateways as simply routers. This is what you are doing for one of your gateways. You must simply pick one of the two gateways to BE the gateway. Seems like you've done this. I would suggest you call one gateway and the other a router so you could keep them seperate!

Any program, like FL client, that does not need an INCOMING port but needs to transmit data over ports in both directions does it by OUTGOING first! See in the gateway the NAT server (firewall) knows you are sending something out, say a request through your browser (usually port 80) for M$'s home page. The firewall then knows something will come back through that port from M$'s home page so it keeps that info in memory until the webpage comes through. The connection INCOMING couldn't have been made without an OUTGOING request first, hence this port is an OUTGOING port. The firewall is set to believe anything you, on the LAN side, ask for in the WAN (Internet) is OK. Obviously what is NOT OK is anything unasked for INCOMING from the WAN side. The exception are programs like an FL server which has one INCOMING port open for all you FL clients logging into that server. This is still secure though because if the program the firewall is directing all INCOMING data to (that program is of course flserver.exe, the FL server) doesn't recognize the data (say a hack), it discards it!

Darcmarc, FL client should be using the DirectPlay ports of DirectX. The clue as Stinger says is in the Readme.RTF file in the Freelancer directory, ports 2302 to 2304. Since you cannot (not legal), should not (know assembly language?) and I certainly would not mess with the executable and change ports that way, simply use the redirect port method I mention earlier in your gateway.

Did I miss anything?

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