gamer102 0 Posted May 18, 2002 Hi, i have recently completed the single player of flashpoint and decided i would have a go at the multiplayer aspect of the game. Unfortunatly im having some problems getting into games, i have the latest update (1.46) and the game runs perfectly smooth on my system. I tryed joining through gamespy and it all goes fine untill it says the "creating client" loading part, at which point it exits to desktop with no error message. i then tryed hosting a game and it seemed fine. i tryed the avon FAQ page and tryed the changing the port, but when i went to multiplayer in OFP and selected to change port or type an ip address the game crashes to desktop. my system specs are: Win 98 AMD XP 1700+ KR7A GF2 mx 400 PCI 128mb DDR ram any help to solve this would be apreciated, i emailed BI's tech support but they didnt reply. also have tryed reeinstalling the game several times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Villayinblack 0 Posted May 19, 2002 I have exactly the same problem. I use GSarcade ,everything works until the game tries to connect to host, then loading stops and desktop appears without an error message. I have tried LAN games, but the game can´t "smell" them, nor host. I cant upgrade UI at the moment, so any other solutions would do better. Specs: Duron 800 W95b Via Apollo Prosavage 4 ISDN 128 256mb And another thing; how do you close and open ports if you don't own any firewall program? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 31 Posted May 19, 2002 Do either of you use routers or such things? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jawk2 1 Posted May 19, 2002 Some things guys *i hope it can help*: -Did both of u updated the various addon *especially the editor addon*? -Check both in you flashpoint folder the file flashpoint.rpt *it's the log of your crash... so u might have a clue of what fuck* -After GS didnt tell u but u dont have to run OPF before joining, instead GSpy will start for you OPF -Next because of Placebo i got an idea... all u you run this: "DXdiag.exe" in windows exec panel and check out your DirectX version and the directplay panel. -Did both of u use a firewall (free the OPF default port 2234)? Check out in MSDOS windows with the command "Netstate -a" (check out if u got a port locked by the firewall, especially the TCP port 2234 *not very sure of it... i m Lawyer not informatician*). I hope seeing both of u in MP later Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted May 19, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (jawk @ May 19 2002,14:48)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><Snip> -Did both of u use a firewall (free the OPF default port 2234)? Check out in MSDOS windows with the command "Netstate -a" (check out if u got a port locked by the firewall, especially the TCP port 2234 *not very sure of it... i m Lawyer not informatician*). <Snip><span id='postcolor'> FYI, the proper command is NETSTAT, not NETSTATE... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Death 0 Posted May 20, 2002 For some reason i agree to jawk in believing, this is caused by missing some addons. If you even crash, before you are at the client setup menu, i guess it could be some islands you're missing. btw - i also could be totally wrong - just a thinking hope this helps - CD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Villayinblack 0 Posted May 20, 2002 Ok thanks for your inputs. I got it working. A wrong version of DirectX was the problem. I noticed that the "network" section of DXdiag tool said it only had 4 OK´s out of 8, and I upgraded the whole DirectX. You needed a different dowload of DX8 for W95, something I didn´t notice back then. It still cant host LAN games properly, but it doesn´t really bother me at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
