Hosts file

[ZenIT_SWE 0]

I wonder why the hosts.txt file doesn't work in resistance. Is the feature disabled or do I have to change the syntax and/or add something to it? It's a nice thing to have your favourite servers listed directly. Anyone who knows how to deal with this?

[Placebo 29]

Moving to MP.

[Lt_Dan_Sweden 0]

Great News. It works!!!

But only for 2 secs, then the servers dissapear. There is also one BIG condition to satisfy.

The servers written in HOSTS.TXT cannot be numbers anymore. All IPs with numbers (55.66.77.88 for example) are ignored by OFPR. You have to get an DNS/Nic for the IP number.

Try adding these in your HOSTS.TXT

swecserver.cjb.net

ofp.die-soeldner.org:2240

wkkserver.cjb.net

If you have LAN chosen instead of INTERNET, under MULTIPLAYER. You will se the servers for about 2 secs. then they are removed by the OFPR netcode. There seem to bee an AUTO-Refresh every 20 secs. So just wait a little and they appear again.

So maybe its not GREAT news, but its semi-great.

BIS, please fix this.

Regards

Lt_Dan_Sweden

[suma 8]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Lt_Dan_Sweden @ Aug. 01 2002,12:29)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">But only for 2 secs, then the servers dissapear. There is also one BIG condition to satisfy.

The servers written in HOSTS.TXT cannot be numbers anymore. All IPs with numbers (55.66.77.88 for example) are ignored by OFPR. You have to get an DNS/Nic for the IP number.

BIS, please fix this.<span id='postcolor'>

For me hosts.txt works with resistance witrh no problems, even with numeric IPS.

Note: hosts.txt works only when browsing LAN sessions, not in ingame GameSpy browser.

[Lt_Dan_Sweden 0]

hehe

Ok we need some more people to tell us if its only me and Zenit who dont make HOSTS.TXT work.

All:

Start the windows program NOTEPAD

write in the folowing IPS

195.215.100.154

62.119.194.214

67.81.65.112

Then SAVE as HOSTS.TXT

place the file in

..Codemasters\OperationFlashpoint\

Start OFPR v 1,75

Press Multiplayer

Press LAN/INTERNET so it shows LAN

Can you see the servers?

Shutdown OFPR.

Now open HOSTS.TXT and remove IPS and instead write DNS

swecserver.cjb.net

wkkserver.cjb.net

ofp.die-soeldner.org:2240

SAVE

Start OFPR

Press Multiplayer

Press LAN/INTERNET so it shows LAN

Can you see the servers?

A short report will do fine:

For example

IP=works

DNS=works

Lt_Dan_Sweden

[suma 8]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Suma @ Aug. 02 2002,11:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">For me hosts.txt works with resistance witrh no problems, even with numeric IPS.<span id='postcolor'>

Update:

Even for me hosts.txt does not work reliably, especially when many servers are listed. Servers appear and disappear again, making connecting to them very difficult. The longer list, the less often you see the servers.

[Trigger Happy 0]

Also, the number of player slots might show up different.

The in-game-browser shows two different numbers to me (example from FragHaus):

* x/64 players (or x/100 on another occasion) if IP address

is read from hosts.txt;

* x/30 players if checking available "Internet" games.

It can be somewhat misleading to get "maximum number

of players reached" although spots seem to be available

in the in-game-browser.

=> Can it be that the server's maximum configured number of players is read in one case, and the map's number of players in the other case?

/Happy