I forwarded all my ports, but it still says UPnp cant start fowarding - goteverything = 0 firstsocket = 17770
Put I didn't even need to foward anything for pb4. Poweruser is on to.
If you've forwarded your ports manually, UPNP will fail to (re)forward those ports. You should turn UPNP off in localprefs.ini.
-- GSH
could u explain how to turn it off I am not good with this stuff
The way I know its working is it says it received packets from ppl looking for sessions.
it did before on pb4, but not on pb4a
Darkwarrior, everyone has a different system so bare with me I'm not as technical as a lot of other folks here but this is how I do it. Install the game from the cd into a folder of my choosing. Then install the new 1.3pb4a patch into that folder. During the install you must wait a few minutes for the C++ stuff to install(it sort of looks like it's not doing anything, just be patient), then at the end of the install it will ask if you want the firewall to be informed of the install, just say yes. Then when you go to host a game you'll see that it isn't working, just alt-tab out of game to desktop and wait a minute. Your firewall will come up and ask if you want to allow this program to get on the internet, click yes. And you are done.
I have my firewall turned off. And I am on vista.
Put I installed pb4a in the same folder is pb4. Should a create another directory
I still cant host a server.
I tried turning off my port fowarding. Still wont work.
Yes, another directory is best for a clean install. And why have your firewall off? This new patch helps make the firewall aware of the new executible. If you have the firewall off then you have to open the ports manuelly and it isn't as easy to do that as before. (read GSH comment, he's the master) I for one don't know how to make a change in the localprefs.ini, or even where to find it. I don't want to know. lol. Just try to do it like I've told you because the new patch works just like I said. So turn your firewall on. Then make your new install.
Ok I wil ltry
still wont work
:?
Plz gsh come and help me. Tell me how to turn Upnd off in localpref.ini
Well what kind of internet do you have? Cable, DSL, Satellite? Do you have a lan network set up at home? Since you have Vista, have you read any documents on hosting games with that Operating System? Here is a link from Microsoft for Vista port setting.
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/4da18300-9044-47b6-9038-595c78db81ab1033.mspx
Darkwarrior, what kind of router do you have, if you have one?
Sometimes I have to restart my router because it likes to misbehave from time to time.
I have a linksys wrt54gl
and I have a cable going into my roughter and sending wirelessly to me
k, you know how to use ipconfig in command prompt?
ya
Make sure you get the internal IP Address correct.
Also make sure to check the enable box and to enable both UDP and TCP.
The Settings I use
Application = Blank; Start = 17770; End = 17772; Protocl = Both; Ip Address = 100 (Yours may differ based on the IP ipconfig gives you). Enabled is checked.
Make sure your PC has a static IP address too.
I dont have a static ip adress
you didnt need a static ip adress for the other versin, why do you need static ip. I cant get that. I got Dynamic
You can set a static IP inside the control panel. The reason static is preferred is because when you open a port through the router to route to an IP address, it tends to be bad if your IP address is dynamic, hence changing... :P
For an external IP, does not matter if it is static or dynamic, hence why they said your PC's IP, not your Internet IP. :)
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can u plz tell me how to set a static ip in control panel
I have vista keep in mind
Ah, the wireless network internet connection. I wish I knew more about it. Can't help on that one.
I don't have vista, but in XP it's Start, CP, Network Connections, Local Area Connection, Properties, then select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Properties. Might be similar in vista.
Here ya go:
http://portforward.com/networking/static-vista.htm
How to do it from the command line:
http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-xp/how-to-set-staticdhcp-ip-address-from-command-line/
The first command has a syntax error. Should be:
netsh interface show interface
Actually you might need the ipv4 part if ipv6 is also installed. I have never actually setup ipv6 so I have never tested myself...
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From experience, DCHP (the aspect of the router which assigns local network IPs -- as opposed to internet IPs) seems to do a pretty good job at keeping IPs consistent, even when the machine is powered down a lot. The only way to know for sure is to log into the router's admin interface, find an option called DMZ, and set your computer to be the DMZ computer. If that fixes the problem, then yeah it has to do with port forwarding and you'll need to re-examine your settings.
when i used ipv4, it didn't recognize it. 'interfaces' either.
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Actually you might need the ipv4 part if ipv6 is also installed. I have never actually setup ipv6 so I have never tested myself...
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Whats this about IP6 and IP4. That's dumb. All computers since Windows 95 have been using IPv4, including the modern computers. Lots of computers and routers dont have support for IPv6 and frankly that doesnt matter right now. It should not even be a factor in the equation of getting this guy to host a game.
Just FYI: IPv4 looks like this: 192.168.0.1 -- Whereas IPv6 uses 8 groups of 4 hex characters and looks like this 2001:0db8:85a3:08d3:1319:8a2e:0370:7334
Which is a lot more complex than an IPv4 address.
It is actually interface, not interfaces. :P
And IPv6 could also be represented in the dot notation, just like ipv4 can be represented in the hex notation. :)
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But why did I not have to do this in pb4
Dark - nobody's sure why pb4 and pb4a differ for you, mainly because you're in a panic about this issue and not communicating very clearly.
-- GSH
Nothing has changed for workability for the rest of us, so it is most likely something changed on your own end, such as a firewall or hardware or something.
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dark warrior i had the same problem and think i got it solved.
I don't know if it's a problem with the router or a bug in the game though.
Here's the scoop.
I had my portforwarding set in the router and under ipconfig the ip address was set right.
i had some, trouble shooting to figure out why no one could join my games i was hosting.
i have like 4 computers on my network that do all kinds of things.
Anyways,
My ip address on my computer was 192.168.1.100
it recently changed when i formated a different computer on my net work (wireless)
since then i couldn't host although in the router the port forwarding was set right.
Anyways i changed in the router settings my network ip addresses to start at 192.168.1.101; forcing the computer that was trying to host games to a new ip address.
This seemed to work and i now can host.
It possibly is a glitch in bz2 because i do alot of network games testing different ships out and configurations. I don't think it's the router.
1. Turn windows Firewall on.
2. Have bz2 (patch=x) x main one you run added to exceptions list.
3. Add the ports 17770-1774 tdp and udp as for the name just put config or etc (whatever you want).
Vola done. Worked for me.
1. You should have the IP address of the computer you are using to host set to a *static* IP.
2. If you are using Windows Firewall, make sure bzone.exe in the folder you are using to host is in the Exceptions list.
3. If you are *not* using Windows Firewall, make sure bzone.exe is allowed access to the Internet in your firewall settings.
4. If you are using a router and it has UPnP capability, make sure it is enabled.
5. If your router has UPnP capability, enable UPnP in Locaprefs.ini or Localprefs_bzone.ini.
6. If you are using a router and it does *not* have UPnP capability, just forward ports 17770..17772 and ports 27900 and 28900 in your router to the *static* IP of the computer on which you are hosting.
7. If you are *not* using a router, make sure your cable or DSL modem is not blocking ports 17770..17772.
8. If you have multiple computers on a LAN, make sure they all have static IP addresses and set their base ports to 17770 +4, 17770 +8, etc., and have the router forward those port ranges to the respective IP's.
For example:
If you have a second PC on a LAN, set its base port (set in its Localprefs_bzone.ini) to 17774 and its static IP to 192.168.15.101.
If you have a third PC on a LAN, set its base port (set in its Localprefs_bzone.ini) to 17778 and its static IP to 192.168.15.102.
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