Hosting

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Jan 26 2007, 2:46 pm
i've noticed that their alot of topics about hosting well im probly having alot of trouble right now. I tried everything they said and nothing is letting ti go online so other can join anyone have some advice I could really use it right now oh yeah im not on a router....
Jan 26 2007, 2:52 pm
Do you have a firewall blocking your port you have chosen?

- GhostAnime
Jan 26 2007, 2:55 pm
In response to GhostAnime
I shouldnt last time I checked they was all down but couldnt hrut to look again, i'll report back on this if it is.
Jan 26 2007, 2:58 pm
In response to Hiruka
Firewall wasnt doing it I dont knwo what else it could be doing....
Jan 26 2007, 3:04 pm
In response to Hiruka
Forum search "how to host portfoward"
Jan 26 2007, 3:07 pm
In response to Dark Bahamut
I've been there and it didnt do anyhting for me...
Jan 26 2007, 3:26 pm
In response to Hiruka
You musta not tried.

Try "port forwarding"
Jan 26 2007, 3:35 pm
In response to Dark Bahamut
still nothing.....
Jan 26 2007, 3:39 pm
In response to Hiruka
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Jan 26 2007, 4:58 pm
In response to Hiruka
my router aint on there and plus it somehting with ym hub wont connect to it or somehting.... idk.... but I hit the hsot button put in my port number and then hit ok and it wont go live.
Jan 27 2007, 1:57 am (Edited on Jan 27 2007, 2:03 am)
In response to A.T.H.K
Hiruka wrote:
yeah im not on a router....

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If you're not on a router, and users can not connect. The only explanation I can give is a firewall. Do you use Windows XP? If so, that has a built in firewall which does cause trouble to many users. My suggestion is to disable it.

To disable it, hopefully your settings are somewhat similar to mine. (Windows XP Service Pack 2.)

Click on Start.
Go to Control Panel.
Double Click - Windows Firewall.
Set it to "Off (Not Recommended)."
Okay

If the problem persists, tell me and I'll see if I can help.

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Actually, it just occured to me, you never actually said users couldn't connect. You said it wont go live. Have you got the necessary code inside your project to connect it to your hub?
world/hub = "YourKey.YourGame"


Put that in your game, under your world declaration and set YourKey to your key and YourGame to your game.
See if that makes it go live.

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The easy way to see what is wrong.
Host the game, and give the IP address and the Port to a user and see if they can connect manually.
eg: byond://202.76.166.212:4000
That's the connection string to any servers/games I host.
Jan 27 2007, 4:23 am
In response to Tiberath
Hey....You want to make sure your windows firewall is down to. Here is how on windows XP.
start>control panel>security center If it shows windows firewall on then disable.
Jan 27 2007, 4:25 am
In response to Revojake
*waves hand* already covered that.

And I think Security Centre is a Service Pack 2 thing.