brien Posted September 18, 2007 Report Posted September 18, 2007 I played subspace back in 1999. i was only about 10 years old. Yesterday i looked for subspace on the internet. (i didnt remember the name of it, but i found it eventually). I downloaded version 4.0. There is one small problem...i CANT GET INTO A ZONE!!! I read the fourm, and i have seen people with simmilar problems. The zones are red most of the time, with the odd few turning green off and on, and when i click on a green one, it goes to that 'star' screen for about a minute, and then tells me that i cant connect with the server, and to check my connection. That pisses me off, because I just got to university, and i have a fast connection. Ive tried turning off my firewall, that does not work, and when i exit continuum, the zones dissapear. After i try to restart continuum, it gives me a familiar message when i try to get the zone list. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE? I WANT TO PLAY TOOOO!!!!
X`terrania Posted September 18, 2007 Report Posted September 18, 2007 I think he means.. when he leaves a zone or shuts Continuum off the entire zone list banishes when he comes back on. So he has to redownload it..?
brien Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Posted September 18, 2007 Hi sorry about not being in the technical support... Ok. in my directory server addresses list, the only thing I have down is "sscentral.sscuservers.net". When i click download, it reads: "sscentral.sscuservers.net [0%]" for a minute, then a box pops up reading "Unable to retrive new zone listing. Make sure you are using one or more valid directory server addresses. Also, make sure you are directly connected to the internet." Now for the second problem. The only way i can get a zone list with for example "extreme games", i have to reinstall continuum. when i actually get a list for the first time, like i said, they are all red, with REALLY high pings. (like in the 8000's). When one zone goes green (for max 15 seconds), i click on it. It brings me to that "star screen" for a minute, then a box comes up and reads: "failed to connect to server. Check to make sure server is online (it should appear yellow or green on the zone list) and that you are currently connected to the internet." Thankyou for the replies so far, and hoping i can play soon, Brien
PoLiX Posted September 18, 2007 Report Posted September 18, 2007 Do a trace... it sounds like your internet connection is being maxed out. Do you share the connection with anyone? DSL, Dial Up, Cable?
brien Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Posted September 18, 2007 Do a trace... it sounds like your internet connection is being maxed out. Do you share the connection with anyone? DSL, Dial Up, Cable? I have cable. I am at a university...how do i do a trace? thanks
PoLiX Posted September 18, 2007 Report Posted September 18, 2007 choose a zone, and click on the trace button... or View > Trace... or CTRL + T.. Let it run for about 100 cycles. Either or works. --------- Also... Being at a university, they block a lot of ports, or limit the throughput on them... any other games give you this same issue?
brien Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Posted September 18, 2007 choose a zone, and click on the trace button... or View > Trace... or CTRL + T.. Let it run for about 100 cycles. Either or works. --------- Also... Being at a university, they block a lot of ports, or limit the throughput on them... any other games give you this same issue? lol this is the first game that i have tried. what does a trace do and what does it mean?
Samapico Posted September 18, 2007 Report Posted September 18, 2007 Are you on a university computer? Or using their connection?Seems like slowed down/blocked ports... I'm afraid there's not much you can do about that, except speak with your ISP (which is probably your university if you're on campus)
PoLiX Posted September 18, 2007 Report Posted September 18, 2007 Trace... traces the path through which your connection gets to the server. Giving Pings, Packetloss, etc. Run it for 100 cycles, and than Export it, open the .txt you save, and copy and paste me the results. Sounds like it is your uni doing it though.
Samapico Posted September 18, 2007 Report Posted September 18, 2007 Polix (or anyone else with enough powers ), could you merge his topic in 17th Parallel forum into this one? Sounds like it is your uni doing it though.That's what I think as well
PoLiX Posted September 18, 2007 Report Posted September 18, 2007 Polix (or anyone else with enough powers ), could you merge his topic in 17th Parallel forum into this one? Sounds like it is your uni doing it though.That's what I think as well Done
rootbear75 Posted September 18, 2007 Report Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) !@#$%^&*O EVERYONE! I am at a university THE PING TIMES ARE NORMAL... Sometimes the university's internet slows down.Anyone playing with me in the last month has constantly heard me complaining about my lag. Check this topic and you'll see what i'm talking about.. Talk to your Residential Housing Department, and see if they can do anything, or contact your Tech Support Services. also, You can't trace or run a Ping from continuum or the cmd prompt Edited September 19, 2007 by rootbear75
Samapico Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 also, You can't trace or run a Ping from continuum or the cmd promptyou mean 'you can' ?
rootbear75 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 in the University you can't the network/firewall blocks it
Samapico Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 oh... well 'if' you can't ping or trace, then you can't play at all. I thought you were saying he could not, whatever the case... I'm on campus too, and almost everything works, only incoming connections can only work through a very limited number of ports
Drake7707 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 you could use http tunneling software to force stuff through port
Drake7707 Posted September 20, 2007 Report Posted September 20, 2007 incoming still isn't possible, only outbound. Use RealVNC instead of remote desktop, you can set on what port to listen (besides usually universities block all listening ports, also , 21 etc)
Guest Guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Posted September 25, 2007 I have a laptop and when I'm at home, it works fine. When I'm at my university or a public library I get the "Unable to retrive new zone listing. Make sure you are using one or more valid directory server addresses. Also, make sure you are directly connected to the internet." message also. I'm not totally inept at computers, but I haven't taken any courses on them either. Any suggestions? Is it even possible to play? How might I use RealVNC if that's a solution?
Samapico Posted September 25, 2007 Report Posted September 25, 2007 Nope, RealVNC won't help you for that problem And no you won't be able to play on school computers because they block ports... even if you could get the zone listing, you couldn't get in to play any zone
Ganjaman USS Posted September 27, 2007 Report Posted September 27, 2007 unless you find someone to host a SOCKS Proxy for you on a fast internet connection, then its feasable :-) put it on something fun like port and off you go :-D
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