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#1 Henskelion

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Posted 09 July 2013 - 03:54 AM

So this might be one of those questions that has a really obvious answer, since I've never known too much about RA2/YR from a programming standpoint and rarely ever played online or LAN, but anyway, here goes the question.

 

So today I tried installing MO on an old HP laptop so that I could try playing LAN with my brother, and after messing around we finally got it to work to the point where we could start up a game. However, once the game loaded and we got about 30 seconds into the match, I'd get an error message reading "Connecton Error" and it'd both of us back into the lobby. I tried messing around with some IP and Firewall settings for about an hour before giving up, and so I figured I'd just ask the people who would know the game better than I would before wasting more time.

 

So, relevant information:

 

- Both the installs were patched up to 1.006 for RA2 and 1.001 for YR.

 

- My computer was running on Windows 7, while his laptop had Windows XP installed (maybe different OS's would cause problems?)

 

- Changing Firewall settings didn't help

 

- Both our games were running The First Decade, with the unofficial 1.03 patch installed (AFAIK this shouldn't affect anything)

 

- Both games were installed using the same TFD DVD, but using different serial numbers.

 

- Both games were running with discs in each drive (for my desktop I put the TFD disc in, while his laptop had my original copy of YR inserted)

 

- We were playing through our router (we tried connecting our computers directly through an ethernet couple as a crack solution at one point, but with this method we found that, while he could see me in the lobby screen, I could not see him)

 

 

Those are all the things I can think of at the moment. I hope someone can respond with an obvious solution or workaround, that would be extremely helpful.



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Posted 09 July 2013 - 02:16 PM

Connection Error or Reconnection Error?

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#3 Henskelion

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Posted 09 July 2013 - 08:48 PM

I'll have to confirm it later but I'm 95% sure it was a "Reconnection Error".



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Posted 09 July 2013 - 10:05 PM

Did you happen to play on gamespeed 6?
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#5 Henskelion

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Posted 09 July 2013 - 10:15 PM

Did you happen to play on gamespeed 6?

No, gamespeed 4.

 

Also, just confirmed it now that it is in fact a Reconnection Error, not a Connection Error.



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Posted 10 July 2013 - 08:01 AM

Does it happen on any map? Some maps are more prone to reconnection errors than others.
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#7 Henskelion

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Posted 10 July 2013 - 10:42 PM

We tried several YR and MO maps, including Tsunami and Tribarreled. The RCE occurs a little less than 10 seconds into each match, before I can even build my first power plant.



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Posted 11 July 2013 - 09:57 AM

I just noticed no mention of NPSE. Are you both using NPSE#0022?

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Posted 11 July 2013 - 06:36 PM

I just noticed no mention of NPSE. Are you both using NPSE#0022?

 

Yes, we both had NPSE#0022 installed (considering it was part of the download package that contained MO itself)



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Posted 11 July 2013 - 07:18 PM

Oh yeah, doesn't TFD1.03 provide you with Terrain Expansion? That's usually a big no no. Actually, the whole patch is a no-no IMO.

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#11 Henskelion

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Posted 12 July 2013 - 04:51 AM

I can try uninstalling it on both computers and just using the 1.02 patches, and see if that works.



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Posted 12 July 2013 - 06:20 AM

Yeah Terrain Expansion causes reconnection errors among other potential unstability.


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