connection not possible

freaky · Post by **freaky** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:17 am

Hi guys,

some days ago i reinstalled my windows XP with SP3 instead of SP2 and also armagetron 0.3, what i used to play before. i configured everything and i think the game didn't really save my configuration, but i didnt care that far. I started it again, configured it again and started trying to connect...

and here is what i get:

it takes really long until i get this screen (about 1-2 minutes)
then it takes again really long and i get this one:

can you help me?

i think it doesnt matters, but im using a intel Dual Core 2x3 GHz on a ASRock Board with 2 GB memory and a nvidia 8600GTS

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:56 am

heh, Z-man I would suggest getting windows 7 beta and figure out how to fix it, I believe it is the same Netcode changes. since this is exactly what it did to me when i was using windows 7. i believe this is most likely Desolates problem also. If you need a key I have several of them now heh.

Or if there is anything i could do to help just contact me in IRC

Infa(mous) · Post by **Infa(mous)** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:13 am

EDIT: Nvrmind. I was being stupid.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:33 pm

On it. They're not making the download easy for people who don't use Internet Explorer and are not surfing with admin rights.

freaky · Post by **freaky** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:01 pm

huh sorry, i couldn't follow you,...what can i do so far?

Pink Tomatoes · Post by **Pink Tomatoes** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:27 pm

Freaky: Unfortunately, it is the original file is the problem, and it is a problem with the source code.

It is probably best to download 0.2.8, until the problems with the 0.3 build are fixed

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Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:41 pm

Pink Tomatoes wrote:Freaky: Unfortunately, it is the original file is the problem, and it is a problem with the source code.

Huh? As far as I know, the problem hasn't been identified yet, and the other thread may indicate 0.2.8 is affected as well. Do you know more?

freaky · Post by **freaky** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:03 pm

yep i tried both versions 0.3 and 0.2.8, both it's the same problem

would it help to get an older release of 0.3 oder 0.2.8?

edit: i have the same connection problems when i use my downloaded 0.3 or 0.2.8 verions, with which i used to play with before

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:43 pm

Hmm, the internet server browser also was giving me trouble on the Wii port (that's one of the reasons why there isn't one yet) based on the current 0.2.8 branch. We may be doing something subtly wrong there that only shows in some environments.

Pink Tomatoes · Post by **Pink Tomatoes** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:53 pm

freaky: try epsy's fix described on:
http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopi ... ht=#202085
Delete the frommaster.srv in your Application Data\Armagetron\var folder. Because of the faulty build it has added entries like: "name ___________:4534" which Armagetron 0.2.8 does not like. Please use the 0.2.8 build and report back

. If it still causes problems rename var to var_old.

edit: Well I think that is the case. Example pastebin: http://pastebin.com/mea5474f

Z-man:
I am under the belief that the following are all stemming from the same problem?:
http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopi ... ht=#201977
http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=201972
http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=202066

Suggest we remove the 0.3 from the beta site until a working version is uploaded?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:06 pm

Pink Tomatoes wrote:Suggest we remove the 0.3 from the beta site until a working version is uploaded?

Definitely. What, precicely, is the faulty build?

Also, could someone upload a broken frommaster.srv file? I appear to be unable to generate one.

Pink Tomatoes · Post by **Pink Tomatoes** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:08 pm

Z-Man wrote:
Pink Tomatoes wrote:Suggest we remove the 0.3 from the beta site until a working version is uploaded?
Definitely. What, precicely, is the faulty build?

r8697 Windows 0.3: http://beta.armagetronad.net/fetch.php/ ... -r8697.exe

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:14 pm

Z-Man wrote:On it. They're not making the download easy for people who don't use Internet Explorer and are not surfing with admin rights.

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/0 ... r-to-patch that gives you direct links to download. also you may want http://blog.hznet.nl/2009/01/10/how-to- ... ows-7-key/

EDIT: I think it is the resource error, I deleted the resources in app data and program files and it seams to be working fine

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:43 pm

Ah. The problem is quite simply that failing DNS lookups of names like __________ take ages on Windows, probably because they try the wins method which is painfully slow (using broadcasts and waiting for the response). Asynchronous DNS queries would help there. Nothing wrong with 0.2.8 code per se.

The broken build has been removed from the download list. Next step is to investigate what the **** happens in there

freaky · Post by **freaky** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:43 pm

wow, as a matter of fact i found the frommaster.srv, deleted it and was able to connect to a server and play!

thanks alot

i hava a present for you, if needed:

frommaster.srv.broken

regards, freaky