Server Preoblem

[Rasputin]

Hello!
I am new to the forum and in fact to Red Orchestra. I have seen the game in stores for a while and have wanted to buy it, so i thought i would download it on steam. From what i see from practice mode it seems like a good game, but i can't play online. When i click multiplayer the Internet and Buddies tabs are blocked out and it says connecting to news server and in the bottom querying master server. Thats it, nothing else happens. I have tried disabling all of my firewalls and other things but it still does not work. What else could be the problem?. Thanks!

 

[Morello]

If you have a router you need to check that the ports that RO needs are open or forwarded. For the list of these see the stickies at the top of the support forum. It could be that the master server port is being blocked for some reason, so you could try doing a direct connect by adding a server to your favourites after finding out the ip through a site like this one

Try that and report back.

 

[fiftyone]

Don't know !

Do the basics =

Start Steam go to My games, select RO, right click, select properties, then, verify integrity of game files. Steam will check your files to make sure that you have everything you need.

Try and join a server !

If that does not work, quit Steam, delete your "client registry blob" file, which can be found in your main Steam folder.

Start Steam, it will create a new "blob" file.
Try and join a server.

If its still not working get back here for further help !

Good luck...

 

[Rasputin]

Thanks for the quick reply, i have opened the ports on my router, now thanks, however this did not do the trick . I am now trying the steam thing, i'll get back to ya, and thanks

 

[Rasputin]

ok i tried deleting the blog file and connecting to the servers directly, neither seemed to work , i am now trying the porsts again, how do i check if they are open? is there some kind of test?

 

[Yoshiro]

If the game can't connect to news server (which is www.redorchestragame.com - the very page you are using) then something on your end is blocking RO's access to the web.

You might want to put the game in windowed mode (alt and enter) and see if any program is asking to allow RO access to the web.

 

[Rasputin]

Thanks, i could't see anything. I have norton anti virus but i disabled it and all of its features, i have disabled windows firewall as well. I just don't see what the problem is

 

[Yoshiro]

It is something on your end. That is all I can say without more information. Either you didn't open the ports RO uses correctly in your firewall/router or some third party software/firewall is blocking RO's access directly most likely.

make sure to open ALL the ports RO uses.

 

[Rasputin]

i have just disabled my routers' firewall all together, so now every port is open, i just don't get it, theres nothing else that i can think of

 

[Morello]

For testing purposes you should see if your router has a DMZ (de-militarised zone) and put your computer's IP address into that so that it should allow you complete and unprotected access to the internet. Try to connect after you've done that if possible, then report back.

Keeping the computer in the DMZ is risky so you should disable it after you have tested.

 

[Rasputin]

Update: This morning at 6 i managed to connect to a server!, but now i can't. I also noticed that P2P programs were working at this time but now they are not, neither is RO. Why is this? my ISP?, i sent them a letter of complaint but is there a way for me to get around restrictions?

 

[Yoshiro]

Your ISP could be closing ports on their end that you need, yes.

 

[Rasputin]

do you know if there is a way i can stop them from doing that?