Cant connect to my friends game

[hAxxOr 10]

Hey, im new to the forums.

Im having a problem with the Arma 2 multiplayer, my internet is all fine, my NAT is open, and when i go into multiplayer, i can go into any game, *that has the green light on the left* and join, even if it has battle eye on or off, and even if their ping is bad or good.

Now when i connect to some people, it comes up straight away with Wait For Host, and with the picture of the person, the chopper and the AAVAIP1 or whatever it is *i dont remember* and then it lets me in the game to chose whether to be opfor or blufor. and that's fine, but in some other games, it comes up showing the whole screen black, and words saying, joining game, then it goes to wait for host, and the picture, then i connect, and that's fine.

Now my friend makes a game, his NAT is open, and i try connect to him, but all that comes up is Joining game... and the rest of the screen is black, and it stays there for about ten seconds, then says, connecting failed. He has battle eye off, and so do i. we've tried typing each others IP addresses in, that didnt work, we've tried turning the firewall off, everything, and it still doesnt work

can someone help a fellow gamer out

would be appreciated:D

cheers

[kremator 993]

With a nick like hAxxOr I would think it's FADE all the way baby !

[Taxman 10]

Is it just you that cant connect ?

Have you tried creating a game and have you mate connect instead.

[hAxxOr 10]

hAxxOr isnt my gaming name on arma 2, and i dont use hacks anyway

my gaming name on Arma 2 is Dante

I've tried making a game, and my friend can't connect either

But we can connect in other games, eg, call of duty modern warfare 2

any tips on helping us

like, deleting something or.. doing something different, i dk, i just want to play with my friend

[Taxman 10]

Have you opened the ports on your router,, are you both patched up to same level,, are you both using the same copy of the game, do you have any mods installed...

[hAxxOr 10]

Yes to all but, I don't know what you mean by opening all the ports?

[Taxman 10]

when u say yes to the copies of the game,,,,

Are you both using the SAME copy...... sharing the CD ?

Did you install the game on both machines from the one cd key ?

[stk2008 14]

Its ok to use the same cd for installing but you MUST use a diff cd key.

long gone are the days of using one cd for two machines eg delta force wicked game that was.

[Pulverizer 0]

What do you mean "NAT is open"? You need to forward UDP ports 2302-2305 to your PC's IP if you use NAT.

[stk2008 14]

or just to test put you ip out side the firewall just to see.

[hAxxOr 10]

How do I put my ip outside my firewall, and I'm on an XP desktop

also, we aren't using the same cd key, we just have the same versions.

I can't connect to all the games now, some games it just comes up with connecting failed. How do I fix that?