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(August 5th, 2014, 15:52)Lord Parkin Wrote: I put network relay into the engine during CivRev so that all players could connect as long as ANY ONE PLAYER was accepting incoming connections, but I'm sure none of that ever went back into Civ4.
Random aside: wouldn't you naturally use the Pitboss server host for that? That is kind of the point of a host...
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I don't know if anybody has done any testing the last 7 hours, but my NatNeg server home computer has been asleep and wouldn't have responded. I've disabled sleep mode now.
I have to run.
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(August 5th, 2014, 12:24)Caledorn Wrote: These lines should be present in the hosts file:
Code: 127.0.0.1 motd.gamespy.com
84.216.80.162 civ4bts.natneg1.gamespy.com
82.116.84.39 civ4bts.natneg2.gamespy.com
82.116.84.39 civ4bts.natneg3.gamespy.com
84.216.80.162 civ4bts.available.gamespy.com
Keep in mind that you need Admin Rights to edit the hosts file, and on Win8/8.1 systems the hosts file won't appear. So basically what you do is that you find Notepad (in Win7 you find this in the start menu - on Win8 you can press Start and type "notepad" in the search field and it will appear in the list on the right), and then you hold down your left shift key and right click the shortcut, and select "Run as Administrator". When Notepad is open, you press the menu File and then click Open. In the field "File name" type this: "c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" and click enter. It will open your hosts file, and you can copy/paste the above information into the file. Then click Ctrl+S and close the file (If you receive a dialogue saying it can't save the file you haven't properly opened notepad as administrator - try again following the instructions above).
NB! We have encountered one person where Windows ignored the hosts file altogether, which I am 99% certain is because of an Anti Virus program (in that case it was AVG Free). The hosts file is a popular place for domain hijacking, so some Anti Virus/Internet Security suites simply overrides the hosts file altogether for your protection. To test if your hosts file is working properly after you have modified it, please start a command prompt (press Win+R and type "cmd" and press enter) and type the following command: "ping civ4bts.natneg2.gamespy.com" - you should get ping timeouts, but it should attempt to ping 82.116.84.39. If the IP address it attempts to ping is different than that, double check that the modifications to the hosts file has actually been made - and if it has, then you probably have an AntiVirus/Internet Security suite that overrides it. We'll deal with that kind of problems later, when we've tested whether or not this Gamespy server emulation works.
If the ping is successful to 82.116.84.39 then you're set to go. Try to log in to the game together with someone who also has done these modifications - preferably someone you know you were able to log in at the same time with before the Gamespy servers went offline. Please give feedback here in the thread whether it worked or not!
I found and fixed a bug in my natneg server, so if people can retest this, that would be great.
I have to run.
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I've made those changes and am logging in. Does someone want to bounce off me?
I'm rboldharry at the usual if you want commentary...
Completed: RB Demogame - Gillette, PBEM46, Pitboss 13, Pitboss 18, Pitboss 30, Pitboss 31, Pitboss 38, Pitboss 42, Pitboss 46, Pitboss 52 (Pindicator's game), Pitboss 57
In progress: Rimworld
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I can log in to test (but not play) within about 30 to 45 minutes or so.
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Anyone around to test? I've made the changes to my hosts file and have a few hours to try connecting.
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Hey guys, a heads up that I will be away on the weekend of 16/17 August. Depending on the game situation, I may be able to leave instructions in my thread, but can't be sure yet. Hope it won't be too much of an inconvenience even if I end up needing a pause
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FYI:
(August 7th, 2014, 11:09)Caledorn Wrote: Thunderstorm!
All games down.
I have to run.
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