MP Troupble

[Gfran64]

Hi all,

Having some trouble with MP. I have a Comcast cable modem. I tried to play a game and I chose a commander and I was able to watch the battle but was not able to control any of my command. Can I get some step by step directions for the process. I read the read me but that was for routers which I don't have. Tried to get on again and got a "Connection Attempt Failed to Server."

Thanks a bunch.

Greg B)

[Smintar]

Ok I read the help in MP. But I still get FAILED to connect either creating or joining?

[bedbug]

I'm wondering if re downloading would work.
A couple of people with slow connections have lost some files in transit.

[Little Powell]

Gfran64, are you getting the connection failed when trying to join someone else's game? Are other players able to join their game?

Smintar - You shouldn't have that message if you are hosting a game. You only get that is if someone else is hosting, and they do not have their port shared correctly or something is blocking incoming connections like firewall or antivirus.

[ADukes]

What's the name of your device?

[Smintar]

OK when hosting I get this message: Gould not map port 31791. cannot talk to router. you will have to manually map your port to host.


Now I'm totally lost here I know nothing about networking.


Now I am able to get into other games

Also I did stop my anti virus and my firewall. but nothing helped there either when trying to host.

[Gfran64]

Hey LP and ADukes,

I finished a MP session without a problem. I did not host. Played as Humphrey's. I think what the problem was related to me only putting my user name in the second line and not both. So when the game started I was 000 not GFran000. SO I think I'm fixed. Thanks for the help.

Regards,

Greg

[ADukes]

Nice, but if you want to host a game you probably have to open/forward the UDP port 31791 of your router.

There's are instructions on the Comcast homepage:
http://customer.comcast.com/%28X%281%29 ... acfc7a0bba

[norb]

Make sure to turn the firewall in windows off. That causes problems with some people.

[Chamberlain]

I am also having a problem getting setup as a Host.

I receive the message : "Level Not Found". I turned my Firewall off, no good. Within my Linksys Router, I set up the correct port to 31791 and Protocol to UDP.
Once I enter the Host Page, the Chat Box lists
<server> Port Sucessfully mapped 31791

When I select "Launch", a popup appears stating : "All players have not chosen an Officer". I click OK on the pop up box.
In the Players Box, it shows : JChamberlain(100) Select Screen.
Once I have clicked on the "Set Officers" button, the Players Box now shows : JChamberlain(100)<h
I click Launch, then go to the next screen, "Loading NetServ. Within a few seconds I hear a beep, exit out of that screen and that is where I see the "Level Not Found" "Abort", "Retry" or "Ignore". I have no option bu to Abort and try again.

Iunistalled and re-installed the Demo as I saw this in an earlier post, still cannot Host. The re-download was again, 272MB, though I read that it was closer to 300MB ?

I was able to join a multiplayer game successfully with GenJonReb, he did a number on, though it was fun !!!

Thanks

Chamberlain