Topic: Dynaverse co-op mission problems (Read 6568 times)

SSCF_LeRoy · « **on:** February 09, 2004, 07:12:51 pm »

Every co-op mission that I've played lately on the D2 and D3 has ended up with me getting a "Play Left" message and my ally disappearing.

NannerSlug · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:16:40 pm »

check this thread out here: http://forums.taldren.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB2&Number=106462&Forum=All_Forums&Words=plug%20and%20play&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=1year&Main=106462&Search=true#Post106462

and see if that helps.

SSCF_LeRoy · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2004, 08:54:11 pm »

My situation is somewhat different, but I'll try it anyways.

SSCF_LeRoy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2004, 06:31:52 pm »

Doesn't help

TOCXOBearslayer · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2004, 08:29:21 pm »

Does this happen on GSA when you are using TS?

DH123 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2004, 09:55:40 pm »

Pleas post your system and connection specs.

SSCF_LeRoy · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2004, 12:20:08 am »

Quote:

Does this happen on GSA when you are using TS?

I haven't used TS and GSA at the same lately. I can play on GSA though. It seems to be just a D2 thing.

System specs are:

-1.67 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2000+

-256 MB SDRAM

-Win XP Home Edition OS

-Dialup internet connection.

CompuServe normally reports a 46.6667k throughput upon establishment of a connection. Sometimes 48k. Don't know how accurate that is though.

I'm going to see If there are any driver updates for my hardware and I'm going to reinstall my game with a newly downloaded copy of the 2.5.5.2 patch. In the past I would patch sequentially from 2.5.0.0 to 2.5.4.1.0 to 2.5.4.1.2 to 2.5.5.0 to 2.5.5.2. Now I have the patch that goes directly from 2.5.0.0 to 2.5.5.2.

TOCXOBearslayer · « **Reply #7 on:** February 12, 2004, 04:53:14 am »

Are you positive that your Internal Firewall has been disabled for XP?

The windows firewall WILL let you connect to GSA games, but not D2 games.

SSCF_LeRoy · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2004, 12:21:20 pm »

Yes, I'm sure that the included XP firewall isn't on. My CompuServe dialup connection under "Network Connections" doesnt' have firewall option. In fact it doesn't have any options at all.

DH123 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 12, 2004, 01:44:41 pm »

Are you the drafter or the draftee?

SSCF_LeRoy · « **Reply #11 on:** February 18, 2004, 10:28:43 pm »

I've tried reinstalling the game and then downloading and installing a new copy of the 2.5.5.2 patch. Didn't work

I can play on GSA, but can't keep allied players in co-op D2 missions

Here's the sequence of events: It begins with me drafting an allied player or an allied player drafting me. The counter counts down for a few seconds, then the mission loads. Everthing seems normal. I'm in mission and my ally's in mission. We both have enough time to go to red alert and say "Hi" to eachother via text before I get the "player left" message and my ally explodes. Same thing with the other guy. I haven't been able to play one single solitary co-op D2 mission on any server after SS2 for some reason

Pestalence · « **Reply #12 on:** February 19, 2004, 07:07:34 am »

Leroy.. here is a set of instructions.. you can try them all, or one at a time.. you may not like it, but it will cover just about everything with exception of a system reinstall...

First, go to Add/Remove Programs .. Delete SFC Op

Delete SFC OP game folder

Run Scan Disk

Run Defrag

Remove your ISP software using same method as removing OP

Scan disk and defrag again

reinstall your ISP software and get back online

Go to your ISP web site and check your DNS and Secondary DNS address (Dial up connection settings)

to check these find your Internet Explorer Icon, right click and select properties, click on the connections tab (if you don't see connections tab, then open Internet Explorer, go to your menu bar and click on Tools, then click on Internet Options,then click on Connections tab)

select your ISP in the white window then click on settings, then at the bottom near your name, click on Properties, then click on networking Tab, then click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the dropdown menu, then click properties.. you will see at the bottom of the box "Use the following DNS Server Addresses" .. depending on your ISP, it may or may not be checked, but most usually are and have DNS numbers listed...

double check your DNS and Secondary DNS addresses as compared to what your ISP states it sould be.. make sure that they match...

once they match, click OK, and OK all the way back to the Internet Explorer Connections tab box...

click settings again, and make sure "Automatically Detect Settings" is checked...

click OK all the way out,.. restart your system, then reconnect to the net.

If you have Ad-Aware 6, run it now, remove everything that it finds (make sure you use the update feature before running it, and all the settings are enabled for deep scanning and archive scanning is enabled)

If you have a Registry Cleaner, use it now to remove any invalid entries that may be in yor system registry.

Double check your system device drivers.. also check you mother board drivers (yes those get updates too.. if using Intel CPU, go to Intel.com.. AMD do the smae.. AMD web site) and also check your modem driver and system Bios for Flash Bios Updates...

Once you have done all this, reinstall SFC OP, Patch with 2552, and try game online... GSA..

If you still get Firewall Error of being dropped in game, then contact your ISP and see which ports that they may be blocking.. post them back here and many will tell you if they are needed for GSA online play...

Hopefully this will get you back online and in games soon...

Again, it is a pain in the Arse, but it is the best way to make your system clean and up to date and to make sure your settings are correct..

SSCF_LeRoy · « **Reply #14 on:** February 29, 2004, 04:55:54 pm »

Here's the current situation:

I've done a complete reformat and reinstall of everything. I wiped the harddrive clean, repartitioned it, reformatted it, reinstalled my OS and all of the software that I use regularly, installed all WinXP updates, updated all of my drivers, and whent to PC Pitstop for a checkup.

According to PC Pitstop, my computer is in tip-top condition... except for one thing: my dowload speed is 24 kbps and my upload speed is 57 kbps

Not only is my upload speed twice as fast as my download speed, but it also exceeds the maximum rated bandwidth for a dialup connection!

Either PC Pitstop is wrong or there's somethin' really screwy with my dialup internet connection

SSCF_LeRoy · « **Reply #15 on:** February 29, 2004, 06:10:14 pm »

False alarm on my upload speed; it's what it should be, but my download speed is stiil just 24 kbps.

SSCF_LeRoy · « **Reply #16 on:** February 29, 2004, 06:24:28 pm »

I have now used several different means to test my internet connection, and they all say that my connection stinks

Any ideas about why my download speed is so slow and if there's any way to speed it up?

Bonk · « **Reply #17 on:** February 29, 2004, 07:58:21 pm »

If you are on dialup (you using an acoustic coupler?

) then make sure that there is no open capacitance on the phone lines in your house... i.e: clear the dust from the modem jack, unplug cheap phones, ensure jacks are good, don't use couplers extensions or splitters, follow the wiring right back to the box... if you still have bad download speeds (high error rates) then ask the phone company to check outside the house and at the pole...

What speed is your modem connecting at?

Of course the ideal soution is to get cable if it is available in your area... I can always tell when someone is on dialup as the mission starts... it slows everything down and adds lag to the battle... I always fear getting drafted or drafting dial-up users on a serious server... as the lag can produce dreadful results (cant really play when ships jump by range 10 at a time).. then there's the lost time of all the disconnected missions... I know that theoretically dial-up should work for SFC, but the fact is dial-up just doesn't cut it for most multiplayer gaming. (unless direct modem to modem )

Sorry to bring the bad news but perhaps examining the phone lines in your house carefully will help.

Edit: Whatever you do DO NOT install "download accelerators" they are bad news.... oh I see your ISP uses custom software... god knows what they have done to your OS with it. If your operating system needs third party software to connect to an ISP, then that ISP is simply unaceptable, you no longer know what your system is doing. If an ISP cannot allow you to connect from any OS as-is then move along. You should be able to connect to your ISP from unadulterated Windows, Linux, freeBSD, QNX, OS2, Xenix... the OS should not matter and no additional software should be necessary. Ask your ISP for a full file manifest (install record) of their software and exactly what it is doing and what third party libraries it is using... I'm quite sure they won't tell you... this classifies as malware in my opinion.

SSCF_LeRoy · « **Reply #18 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:16:53 pm »

Unfortunately, no broadband of any sort is available in this area. A change of dialup ISP's is also unlikely because this household's master AOL account hosts AOL internet accounts for other households. If we changed ISP's here then everybody else in the immediate family would be without an ISP. I'm beginning to think that I'll just have to get used to not playing on the D2 or GSA anymore

EDIT: I still wanna know why my upload speed is so much faster than my download speed.

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