ihatebeingcooper

Pretty awesome mission . the radio at the start is even pretty accurate ! I prefer the smaller coop ones , very good job man .

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=734 This one ?

Ok using my PC as a connector works like a champ , but nothing is blocked at all . So for now play then enable a firewall after i play . My mind is too tired to do any more tests with ports and such . Thanx for all the help guys .

My version is 1.02.58136 weird it is not 1.02.58134 like the non steam versions . I did notice the patch highlights , Not sure if my version somehow skip these fixes tho I doubt it . I have removed all routers and firewalls out of the picture . Only my netopia modem is connected , the firewall is off , ICMP forward and Snooping is on , NAT is on . I don't have any software firewalls install , and windows firewall is disabled . Tonight when I get home I'm going to put my modem in bridge mode and use my PC as the connector as my last test .

Verifying integrity did not do it . I used TCPView from sysinternals and can confirm that only 2302 ,2304, and 2305 UDP are listening when I host a game . But no ports are blocked regardless . Its strange sometimes while testing too , sometimes my friend can see 2500 ping other times (alot less) normal ping 62-75 . But still can't join at all . Makes me wonder about ICMP playing a bigger role . But its still not set to block ICMP's .

I have reset my router and reconfigure from scratch , and updated firmware . I did not install the patch , I just let steam do its thing . I do agree on steam making things go wrong . But I do like the idea of not having a certain number of installs like direct2drive . Bulldogs - I'll try the verifying integrity check now . NAT is enabled for sure , I have tried disconnecting all pcs on my network and only one PC connected all the same . Next I'm try to have my PC act as the pppoe connector , since right now i removed my router from the picture .

Ok I have seen posts about not connecting to different hosts , but not one BIS employee help at all . I noticed that this is the only option for support you cannot contact them or I cannot find how to . Getting official response would be a nice and welcome change . Getting answers from DEV would help me eliminate time spent trying all kind of crazy ideas . Spending over 12 hours the last 2 days trying to figure out connection issues is a bit much to spend on a game that has little to zero support . I really thought relic online was badly netcoded , then the mighty BIS takes a supreme lead . I still cannot simply connect to a friends game or host one . Been down opening ports route , from 2302-2308 ports opened , then to DMZing my PC (which in theory would work). But the DMZ stopped me from joining all games altogether(WTH?!?!?!?) . I can join about 5% of games online without DMZ just the ports open . No other firewalls are on . In my amra2.rpt at the bottom i get . NAT Negotiation failed (NNThink - result 3) What does result 3 mean ? Does the build have anything to do with connection issues ? I run the steam version build 58136 . Does gamespy need extra ports open to host ? Does ICMP need to be on or off ? Does the deaf cows have anything to do with this ?

Upgrade your graphics card asap . I'm surprised you get video with it . The minimum gpu is an 7800 which is 7 steps above your card . Check this out Minimal PC System Requirements * Dual Core CPU (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, Intel Core 2.0 GHz, AMD Athlon 3200+ or faster) * 1 GB RAM * GPU (Nvidia Geforce 7800 / ATI Radeon 1800 or faster) with Shader Model 3 and 256 MB VRAM * Windows XP * DVD (Dual Layer compatible), 10 GB free HDD space