Can't connect

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4. April 2010 - 2:19
pet
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Hi all,

i've not played for some time now,, maybe 12 months, i tried to connect to some servers today but couldnt,, i noticed that there was a new version of 2.0a. so i installed it and removed my old pk3 files but still couldn't connect, when i load game and go to mods it says i have excessiveplus 2.0a and game works ok in single player mode as a test, but when i connect to servers with gamespy it wont connect,, when i try to connect through game with specify it says "No responce from master server" i'm sure i've installed the 2.0a version correct so i cant work out why i can't connect,, please can anyone help ??

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4. April 2010 - 10:24
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eu.jeff
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Re: Can't connect

save youre config in another map, completly delete youre excessiveplus folder and reinstal excessiveplus 2.0

http://www.excessiveplus.net/files/release/xp-2.0a.zip

run quake, load excessiveplus 2.0 and try to do in console
/connect BEER.FREEZER ( beer-freezer )

if that doesnt work, reinstal pointrelease 1.32

( for windows ) http://www.quakeunity.com/dls/27906d9ede43ec9cd0169b0bed0a7519/?lid=1150

( for linux ) http://www.quakeunity.com/dls/c4118d4f117f7527b8f57e9e6f858970/?lid=1149

(for mac ) http://www.quakeunity.com/dls/ba9a033f6c5a96edd41ce0cd669aeb8f/?lid=1213

( for max os X ) http://www.quakeunity.com/dls/1590c4490eb9d2cb62d2d6d8b2e66593/?lid=1655

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4. April 2010 - 10:57
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Re: Can't connect

I highly doubt that you need to reinstall the PointRelease. id's Masterserver might be down. Just don't use the in-game server browser! Get QConnect and connect via the Server Spider. Or connect directly if you know the IP of the server as already suggested by bo3m (using \connect <IP>).

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6. April 2010 - 3:12
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Re: Can't connect

Thx gyus for your suggestions, but im afraid after trying all that i still can't connect,

when i bring down console whilst trying to connect i see this..

initializing directinput

directinput initialized

execing gamespy.cfg

connecting to 91.121.155.211 (This is Evil FFA server by the way )

resolving update.quake3arena.com

update.quake3arena.com resolved to 92.246.40.56:27951

[Evil] FFA! resolved to [Evil] FFA!

resolving authorize.quake3arena.com

authorize quake3arena.com resolved to 192.240.40.56:27952

i'm not sure what all this means, but im sure it's the reason i cant connec't,, ????

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6. April 2010 - 9:45
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Re: Can't connect

i am not sure if that will solve ur problem but worth-trying

just go c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc search for hosts file

open it with notepad and type

127.0.0. then press tab and then write again authorize.quake3arena.com

should be looking somelike like this

         # Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
 
#
 
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
 
#
 
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
 
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
 
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
 
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
 
# space.
 
#
 
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
 
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
 
#
 
# For example:
 
#
 
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
 
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
 
127.0.0.1       localhost
 
::1             localhost
 
127.0.0.1                authorize.quake3arena.com

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13. April 2010 - 21:29
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Re: Can't connect

Ok ,once again thx again all for your suggestions,, it seems now i have solved the problem..

first of all to make sure everything was installed properly, i completely deleted q3 from my pc,, then reinstalled it , also reinstalled pointrelease 1.32,, then installed the new e+ 2.0 ,,, i hoped this would work but still had same problem trying to connect,,,, so i was just messing around with firewall settings and found that if i completely disabled my firewall everything was fine and i could connect without any problem,,

now im just wondering weather my pc will be at risk with my firewall disabled whilst playing quake??,,,,, but anyway im just glad to be back on the servers again, Happy

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