Forged Alliance Forever

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-26T17:33:00+02:00

Funny, yesterday I started FAF and it was set with a random port and upnp checked, I tried to join a game and it failed, after I just went to port options and changed it to 6112 and disabled upnp, I tried to join the same game and it worked, I tried another one and it worked too. I even dont have 6112 port forwared in my router anymore.

Statistics: Posted by Moritz — 26 Apr 2012, 17:33

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-25T09:40:39+02:00

Did you tried another port than 6112 ?

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 25 Apr 2012, 09:40

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-25T09:31:17+02:00

I decided to make a fresh start, so I removed the port-forwarding I did and set FAF back to default game port settings. Then I redid the ports using http://www.portforward.com's guide for my Thomson TG872T router and used the port checker they provided. Included is a screenshot which contains the result of the port checker
Note: I had UDP selected for this screenshot, but I have also checked the port with TCP

Statistics: Posted by Tarnikaala — 25 Apr 2012, 09:31

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-23T14:39:34+02:00

I've tried your method Moritz, but it doesn't seem to work for me. I somehow managed to play 1 or 2 games this time yesterday, but that might be because I changed the forwarded port on the router. Tried to connect to a few games just now and none of them let me in

Statistics: Posted by Tarnikaala — 23 Apr 2012, 14:39

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-21T17:01:32+02:00

At least I can connect now if I do this steps:

-Set 6112 port upnp unchecked and restart FAF
-Try to join a game, it will fail, so wait a few seconds and cancel
-Set a random port (like 5345) and enable upnp
-Until I don't close FAF I can join any game, after I close FAF I have to redo all steps

Statistics: Posted by Moritz — 21 Apr 2012, 17:01

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-21T13:27:06+02:00

I HAVE THE SAME ISSUES ...GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS LOBBY? IS SO HARD TO HAVE FUN WITHOUT BEING A IT GENIUS OR PC GENIUS....

Statistics: Posted by ologus78 — 21 Apr 2012, 13:27

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-18T16:17:20+02:00

And of course, right after I post that I've lost connectivity, it comes back I might depend on the host because its been known to connect to some people but not others

Statistics: Posted by Tarnikaala — 18 Apr 2012, 16:17

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-18T16:14:12+02:00

after successfully connecting to 2 games, I can no longer connect >.< Now I'm really stumped. I don't think it's a router issue because I have connected to games previously before this problem came about :\

Statistics: Posted by Tarnikaala — 18 Apr 2012, 16:14

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-18T16:01:42+02:00

I fixed it!! I had UPnP enabled on the router and when I disabled it I was able to connect to a game. It must have been conflicting with the port-forward or maybe my network doesn't like UPnP or I dunno but FAF works now!! Thanks for all the help guys much appreciated

Statistics: Posted by Tarnikaala — 18 Apr 2012, 16:01

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-18T09:45:31+02:00

Tarnikaala wrote:
I just tried a LAN game setup between two of my computers using the 6112 port and both computers can connect to each other just fine. What should I try now?

I have assumed that when you said two of your computers these are computers on your LAN if that is the case then…

That tests any software firewall you might have such as: Windows Firewall, Comodo, Zone Alarm ect, but it does not test the configuration of the firewall in your router or port forwarding, UDP packet transfer is behind your router/gateway. Try the same test if you can with a friend on the internet that way you can confirm packets are going through your router OK. If that works configure FAF UPnP feature to off and set it to use the port you used in your test.

As said before if you host you will need to tell your friend your WAN IP address, an easy way to find it is http://www.mywanip.com/

Statistics: Posted by X-Peri-MENTAL — 18 Apr 2012, 09:45

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-18T08:11:51+02:00

Try to forward another port (like 4321) and put the same number in FAF lobby.

Some users experience problems with 6112 while any other port seems to work nicely.

6112 is used by Battle.net, so maybe they are some special rules about it in some routers.

Also, check if you don't have an extra space after your login when you.. log in.

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 18 Apr 2012, 08:11

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-18T03:23:46+02:00

I just tried a LAN game setup between two of my computers using the 6112 port and both computers can connect to each other just fine. What should I try now?

Statistics: Posted by Tarnikaala — 18 Apr 2012, 03:23

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-17T17:20:24+02:00

As router/firewall configuration seems to be the first thing to blame it might be worth trying to set up a LAN game (option in Forged Alliance main menu) with a friend, if you are able to connect with no problem then your setup is fine, it is also worth testing the connection with the other person being the host (most router firewalls default to allow all outgoing and block all incoming). I had the same problem last Friday trying to connect to games on FAF I knew my router and firewalls were configured correctly and the direct LAN game successful connection proved that.

It does mean though the host needs to pass his WAN IP address to his mate [and port number, use same as FAF for test purposes]. I hope this is of help.

Statistics: Posted by X-Peri-MENTAL — 17 Apr 2012, 17:20

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-17T01:40:26+02:00

Ze_PilOt:
I had the port set to 6112 and I tried with UPnP turned on and off and at one point with the router port forwarded using www.portforward.com's guide for port-forwarding Supreme Commander.

thygrrr:
The firewall on my Thompson Gateway TG782T router is disabled and it also has options for using UPnP which are currently set to enable UPnPand I set windows firewall to allow both Forged Alliance and FA Forever. I do not believe I have a third party firewall enabled I will doublecheck that. How would I go about setting it to recommended settings? Thanks for the replies it's really appreciated

Statistics: Posted by Tarnikaala — 17 Apr 2012, 01:40

Re: Cant connect to any games.

2012-04-16T16:19:13+02:00

Your answers lie in the log, Pilot:

Code:: 2012-04-16 22:11:21,650 INFO faf.client Outgoing JSON Message: {"command": "game_join", "uid": 69513, "gameport": 6112} 2012-04-16 22:11:22,045 INFO faf.client Handling game_launch via JSON {u'args': [u'/ratingcolor 00000000', u'/numgames 1'], u'command': u'game_launch', u'uid': 69513, u'mod': u'faf'} 2012-04-16 22:11:22,045 INFO faf.fa.upnp Creating UPnP port mappings... 2012-04-16 22:11:22,046 ERROR faf.fa.upnp Couldn't get StaticPortMappingCollection 2012-04-16 22:11:22,048 INFO faf.fa Running FA with info: {'recorder': u'Tarnikaala', 'game_time': 1334578282.048, 'uid': 69513, 'version_info': {'lobby': '0.7.511'}, 'featured_mod': u'faf'} 2012-04-16 22:11:22,048 INFO faf.fa Running FA via command: "C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe" /ratingcolor 00000000 /numgames 1 /rating 114 /init init_faf.lua /log "C:\ProgramData\FAForever\logs\game.log" /savereplay gpgnet://localhost/69513/Tarnikaala.SCFAreplay /nobugreport /gpgnet faforever.com:7001 2012-04-16 22:11:22,069 INFO faf.client FA has launched in an attached process. 2012-04-16 22:11:28,891 INFO faf.client port used : 64594

The app failed to create UPnP mappings for port 6112, and used external port 64594. That means there is no UPnP router available, the feature is disabled, the user has no permission to do it, or windows firewall is set up too aggressively (or off), or a third party firewall might be running.

Setting it to run with recommended settings might help a lot already.

Statistics: Posted by thygrrr — 16 Apr 2012, 16:19