Can Someone Please Help me?
I'm sorry if i'm posting this in the wrong fourm, however I cannot think straight after spending the last two days bashing my head against my desk.
I am having a werid problem with my Freelancer when I try to host a multiplayer game.
I am on a LAN (router/gateway) and have my main computer connected with a NIC card via RJ45. I was connected with my wireless NIC however FL refused to work with it, thus I've removed it.
I can join in any multiplayer game that I want to with one exception.
I cannot join my own server.
When I set up a game and try to join my ping time is ???? and then it goes to --
I am not running the tcp/ip6.
The thing that has me pulling out my hair is that 2x now I've been able to see my server (ping:6) and join it. After logging out and restarting I have the same problem with the ping of ???? and the error message that I cannot join because either there is an internet problem or the server has crashed.
I know the server hasn't crashed and I'm on a cable modem connection and everything else I try to do on the internet works, so it cannot be that either.
I have Sygate firewall and gave FL and FLserver permissions, I've even shut the firewall off and still it does not work. (the XP firewall is always off)
I cannot see my game on my LAN either. I simply does not show up.
This I think is really weird because it doesn't matter if I host on the computer sitting next to me (connected to the same router) or if I run the server on the computer I'm trying to play it on.
I went through the extras folder on my CD and set the port forwarding to the ports it says the game uses and still, it does not work.
I thought I fixed the problem earlier today when I disconnected the wireless NIC and switched to the standard one. It was at that point that the game briefly let me connect to my server. However once I exited from the server and tried to reconnect I got the evil ???? and -- again.
I have uninstalled the game.
Removed every incident of it in my regestry.
Rebooted the machine.
Reinstalled the program.
Rebooted the machine.
And still it does not work.
Needless to say I am frustrated beyond words. I used to be able to play Freelancer on my LAN without a problem. I played the heck out of the game for a long time and that's why I cannot figure out why I can no longer get it to work.
I am running:
AMD Athalon XP 2200+ 1.8ghz
1.24GB Ram
nVidia GeForce 5700 Ultra 128mb vram (updated drivers)
Win XP (sp2)
DirectX 9.0c
LinkSys Wireless-G Broadband Router (WRT54G) - firmware ver: v4.00.7
I would be most grateful if someone could help me figure out what the *&$# I'm doing wrong. I'll even throw in my sister as a token of gratitude!
I am having a werid problem with my Freelancer when I try to host a multiplayer game.
I am on a LAN (router/gateway) and have my main computer connected with a NIC card via RJ45. I was connected with my wireless NIC however FL refused to work with it, thus I've removed it.
I can join in any multiplayer game that I want to with one exception.
I cannot join my own server.
When I set up a game and try to join my ping time is ???? and then it goes to --
I am not running the tcp/ip6.
The thing that has me pulling out my hair is that 2x now I've been able to see my server (ping:6) and join it. After logging out and restarting I have the same problem with the ping of ???? and the error message that I cannot join because either there is an internet problem or the server has crashed.
I know the server hasn't crashed and I'm on a cable modem connection and everything else I try to do on the internet works, so it cannot be that either.
I have Sygate firewall and gave FL and FLserver permissions, I've even shut the firewall off and still it does not work. (the XP firewall is always off)
I cannot see my game on my LAN either. I simply does not show up.
This I think is really weird because it doesn't matter if I host on the computer sitting next to me (connected to the same router) or if I run the server on the computer I'm trying to play it on.
I went through the extras folder on my CD and set the port forwarding to the ports it says the game uses and still, it does not work.
I thought I fixed the problem earlier today when I disconnected the wireless NIC and switched to the standard one. It was at that point that the game briefly let me connect to my server. However once I exited from the server and tried to reconnect I got the evil ???? and -- again.
I have uninstalled the game.
Removed every incident of it in my regestry.
Rebooted the machine.
Reinstalled the program.
Rebooted the machine.
And still it does not work.
Needless to say I am frustrated beyond words. I used to be able to play Freelancer on my LAN without a problem. I played the heck out of the game for a long time and that's why I cannot figure out why I can no longer get it to work.
I am running:
AMD Athalon XP 2200+ 1.8ghz
1.24GB Ram
nVidia GeForce 5700 Ultra 128mb vram (updated drivers)
Win XP (sp2)
DirectX 9.0c
LinkSys Wireless-G Broadband Router (WRT54G) - firmware ver: v4.00.7
I would be most grateful if someone could help me figure out what the *&$# I'm doing wrong. I'll even throw in my sister as a token of gratitude!