querying master server/cannot connect to newsfeed

[chiefcharlie]

i have already tried everything suggested in teh sticky and it did not help me at all i would either like some help to fix this issue or my money back i didint pay 10$ to play sp

 

[Morello]

If it can neither connect to the news server or the master server then more than likely something is refusing Killing Floor access to the internet, such as a firewall or some other network filtering. Check that the game is allowed through any security programs you have.

Also you can try using the Steam server browser to see if that brings back servers, and whether you can connect through that.

 

[chiefcharlie]

the connectin just hangs there and doesint ever connect :|

if it helps i doint have any other problems with other steam games just this one and my firewall is off so that caint be blocking no other security program is open

 

[chiefcharlie]

now after like 10mins it just says connection failed

 

[Skalli]

and my firewall is off so that caint be blocking no other security program is open

Maybe your router is blocking it (hardware firewall).

 

[chiefcharlie]

Maybe your router is blocking it (hardware firewall).

possibly wouldint suprise me my isp is **** and just randomly drops anymore

 

[chiefcharlie]

so how do i go about getting a refund since this game doesint work

 

[Xienen]

If there's a hardware firewall blocking it, you should have control over that. Your router contains that hardware firewall and you can configure it yourself, if you'd like to try to get the game to work.

 

[Grinder_No1]

Also you can try using the Steam server browser to see if that brings back servers, and whether you can connect through that.

ooooh! oh yes yes yes this worked absolutely fine!!! thanks dude, you're a hero!

 

[Teoma]

The answer I came up with is:

Make sure "127.0.0.1 localhost" is the first entry in your hosts file, OR it has no entries.

What I found was happening when i hosted a Listen server & procmon.exe'd it was...

For Example: HOSTS file has www.microsoft.com mapped to 127.0.0.1 and was the first entry.
KF Server would then talk to itself by using www.microsoft.com:7707
Which to me means its using "localhost" as I'd expect, but by resolving names it's confusing itself.
Once I had changed that it then resolved 127.0.0.1 as my computer name and worked.