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Creating games (Serious Problem!)
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Posted by: Allanb
Whenever I play starcraft of warcraft3, no one joins my games (maybe 1 rarely). When my friend makes the same game, he gets 10 joiners in the first 15 seconds. I have 1.6ghz P4, Cable, and Windows Xp.
Last time I posted here several months ago people said it was a bug of some sort with blizzard games but no one knew how to fix it. Im really desperate.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
-Allan
Posted by: Xtren
I think I have the same problem as you actually. While I was on vacation I played a lot of Warcraft III on another PC and whenever I created games tons of people would join. Since I got back and started playing War3 on my PC no one has joined games that I created.
Posted by: Bobaroo
Do you have any type of firewall or router?
Posted by: Xtren
Well that could be a problem, only thing is that I get quite a ew attacks, so if I disable my firewall some virus or something might get through, might it not? Is there anything else I can do then?
Posted by: Gunslinger
In the past, with Windows 2000 and XP, the problem was caused by an imcompatibility with recvfrom function on the socket. Sent an ICMP error report. Starcraft didn't like it, and wouldn't allow people to join games.
That issue has been resolved, so that would not likely be the case here.
To be perfectly honest, "I can't join games" or "People aren't joining my games" is impossible to accurately diagnose on that information alone, and 99.9% of users are only capable of providing that information and nothing more.
There could be a hundred reasons for this to happen. As for the firewall suggestion, if you're running a firewall, set it to allow UDP packets incoming and outgoing on ports 6112-6119 and 4000.
My money says.....a problem with the matchmaking functions. Not a whole lot you can do about that (nothing).
And to Xtren: Firewalls don't really do anything against a virus. A virus is executed on your machine locally - either as a case of stupid user who opens a .exe attachment (or something like it), or a stupid user who doesn't download the security updates for outlook and gets an auto-executed virus. The firewall is just blocking any unwanted traffic on any port that you specify. The idea is to prevent unwanted access to your computer.
Posted by: Spider
Nah, it's not the matchmaking, Gun. Nobody "joins" those like he described. And if it was the matchmaking, and a team couldn't be formed, it would give him a reason, like he's behind a router or firewall, etc.
(but only if it was he that initiated the Arranged Team)
My guess is that you are behind a router and/or firewall that's not letting the packets through.
Posted by: Xtren
I can still play arranged team with my firewall on, but people can't join my custom games. I can also join other people's custom games, so perhaps the problem is not a firewall afterall.
Posted by: Canis Lupus
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Originally posted by Xtren
I can still play arranged team with my firewall on, but people can't join my custom games. I can also join other people's custom games, so perhaps the problem is not a firewall afterall.
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Firewalls are most evident when people can't join games you create ... so unless the arranged team game was created by you, I think the firewall is still the culprit..
Of course, the best way to find out is to disable the firewall and have someone join your custom game ... if people still can't join it, then perhaps you can go ahead and disregard the firewall as a problem...
Posted by: Allanb
I dont have a firewall. People can join it, but no one even joins it usually unless I tell them the game name.
Last time I posted here I was told it was some sort of connection related problem with the sc/wc3 software. (something along those lines). Ring a bell, anyone?
Posted by: Shalome
Allanb, you said you were using WindowsXP. WinXP has a built-in firewall.
I don't believe it's a conflict with the SC/WC3 software.
From Microsoft Support, article on Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in WinXP:
Disable Internet Connection Firewall
In Control Panel, double-click Networking and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections.
Right-click the connection on which you would like to disable ICF, and then click Properties.
On the Advanced tab, click the box to clear the option to
Protect my computer or network.
Posted by: Canis Lupus
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Originally posted by Allanb
Last time I posted here I was told it was some sort of connection related problem with the sc/wc3 software. (something along those lines). Ring a bell, anyone?
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Actually it was more an inherent problem with Windows... here's your original post:
http://www.opentechsupport.net/foru...=&threadid=4904
Posted by: Xtren
Disabling your built in firewall deffinitely fixes the problem. If you have something like Norton Firewall then you don't have to disabe that though, it's the WinXP firewall that doesn't allow you to connect to games. I found this after some experimenting...
Posted by: Outlaw
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Originally posted by Xtren
If you have something like Norton Firewall then you don't have to disabe that though, it's the WinXP firewall that doesn't allow you to connect to games.
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Any firewall can cause problems like this, it just depends on how you configure it.
Posted by: Xtren
The Windows XP firewall, however, as far as I know, doesn't let you actually configure it. Other firewalls, that you actually have to buy and manually install, will usually ask you if you want them to allow you to connect to internet games before you start playing.
Posted by: Outlaw
Yes, usually.
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