Okay so I JUST posted a thread kinda exactly like this one. I'll retype what I poested (though I think it somehow never posted)
I'm having the same problem. and I see something similar.
Windows 7
64 bit
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Hello, I JUST bought the game. I've opened my ports and done everything that was on the sticky thread on multiplayer problems and well, nothing has worked.
Basicly, I'm getting this problem;
Whenever I manually type in an IP Address OR click to join another server, I get the CONNECTING, IP _ _ _. _ _ _. _ _ _. _ _ / INDEX.ROM
And it's just stuck there. Nothing will change. Just a black screen and those words. This is also happening to another friend of mine. We bother restarted steam/reainstalled/opened ports / you name it. And I can't fins a solution ANYWHERE.
Any Ideas or Help?
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I'll give some of my Computer Info.
I have an HP Pavillion m9350f
Windows 7 Ultimate
6 GB RAM
AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor 2.5 GHz
64bit operating system