multi problem

[Finch]

i cannot go into internet, says i have to dialup in order to log on... well i have cable and im always online so wahts up wit this?

[mkalthoff]

what OS do you have?

[Finch]

XP, i have a router but that shouldnt make a diff since all the ports are open :-/

[Maquiladora]

XP and a router isnt a good combination for MP I take it you already downloaded the working servers.dat file just in case?

[Finch]

nope i havnt done that, will it work even if i cannot connect? i just press "internet" and it says i have to dial up

[Locutus]

Franses had the same problem in CtP1 a while ago. Below is how he (eventually) solved it. Maybe this helps you too?

Originally posted by Franses
We have good news. First we connected the Soho adapter to one of our Windows 98 machines. It did not immediately connect to the Internet so we defined in Internet Explorer/Internet options/LAN settings "Auto detect settings". After that the W98 machine connected to the Internet and........ YES, also to the CTP servers.

I than took a long shot and defined the same auto detect settings in XP. I remembered from installation that that had not been necessary to connect to the Internet. Indeed, the box was not checked. I checked it, started CTP and IT ALL WORKED.

Thanks to all of you who helped us out here. It gave us a warm feeling knowing that you were all thinking along with us and coming up again and again with new, good ideas.

So it looks we are back again

We only need to install a new servers.dat file because we only found the us1 server and could not get into the lobby. I assume however that that is a totally different problem. Thanks again, guys. Get frightened since we will crush you.

[Finch]

well, that worked... got me past that screen... but it said "connecting/waiting for servers" for about 2 minutes, so i quit and tried to get online and it wouldnt go online anymore... so anyone have any iideas now ?

thx for help neways

[Maquiladora]

Did you download the working servers.dat file? It sounds like your using the old one still.

[Finch]

no i have not, because if i just do "auto detect settings" my internet goes dead, so i cant even get to the servers when i have an active internet connectino because it says i need to dial up

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Finch
no i have not, because if i just do "auto detect settings" my internet goes dead, so i cant even get to the servers when i have an active internet connectino because it says i need to dial up

Your problem reminds me of a problem I had when I started connecting myself to the Internet through a software recommended by my former provider. I had to connect myself to the Internet with this software and then I could open Internet Explorer or Outlook Express. The problem was that IE and OE were configured to automatically connect to the Internet at the moment they were opened, my computer was then ordered to dial a new connection while one was already running.

The whole process resulted in a disconnection and the problem was solved after I disabled the "automatic connection" options.


I don't know if it can help you but I thought it could perhaps give you a hint.

[Dinner]

XP has problems with a lot of games because it lacks the DOS emulation mode that all other versions of windows had. My suggestion is to install a DOS partion on one of your hard drives and then run all your games that are more then one year old off of the partion.

I hope this helps.

[HuangShang]

games can run in DOS??

[Finch]

thx, so XP just sucks for games it seems ohwell, maybe ill play hotseat with my dad and bro then... thx for tips