Auth server offline.. but it isnt?
So..
I thought I would play tonight (wishful thinking eh?)
Old install
I dl tribesnextpatch from tribesnext.com
install..
I can play in solo+lan, and I can see all the servers, and people on them.
in online I get login, create an account
I click create an account
< authentication server is unable to be reached or may be offline.
I am running NO firewall, NO AV.. it's all disabled. I do have a NAT on my router, but I can't understand why this would effect anything.
NEW install: I torrent the whole game (waste of 600mb)
I get the same thing with my new install on a separate HDD (yes I patched)
Using the sierraup.exe online shortcut to boot the game
The game boots. I see the first splash screen, then I cannot connect to the auth server. Go figure
I thought I would play tonight (wishful thinking eh?)
Old install
I dl tribesnextpatch from tribesnext.com
install..
I can play in solo+lan, and I can see all the servers, and people on them.
in online I get login, create an account
I click create an account
< authentication server is unable to be reached or may be offline.
I am running NO firewall, NO AV.. it's all disabled. I do have a NAT on my router, but I can't understand why this would effect anything.
NEW install: I torrent the whole game (waste of 600mb)
I get the same thing with my new install on a separate HDD (yes I patched)
Using the sierraup.exe online shortcut to boot the game
The game boots. I see the first splash screen, then I cannot connect to the auth server. Go figure
Comments
the only one that is realistically relevant past what I've done already is the affinity test, which didnt help.
this is a practically clean install of windows, no AV at all.
I have no idea why I can't connect.. tempting to get the ole 56k modem out to test tbh.
The game uses the contents of that page to find the account server location. After that, it connects to the address and port on that page for all account creation activities.
If you're able to see the contents of that URL in a web browser, but the game is unable to connect, 99.99% of the time it's a software firewall, antivirus program doing HTTP filtering, or something else you have installed on your system.
If you think you fall into the 0.01% of the time that it's not a program on your system, you can try connecting to the auth server using a telnet program. If you're in Windows, load a command prompt, type "telnet", then type "open " followed by the IP then a space then the port (on the page there is a colon between those). You can ignore the long hex blob after the address on that page. If the telnet program connects, type in the string "AVAIL" and press enter. If it returns "AVAIL" then you can reach the account server.
The account server has had less than 30 minutes of total downtime this month.
The Windows XP firewall doesn't block outbound communications, so it wouldn't affect outgoing connectivity to the account server. The Windows Vista firewall supposedly does, and could cause these sorts of problems.
What IP do I put into the telnet box?
yes I can see that the auth server is up.. ergo this post
I dont doubt that the auth server isnt down, I just dont know why I can't connect to it :
When I try to login it says credential download failed. When I try to create a new account it says account server offline/unavailable. I have Windows 7.
Many thanks.