AvP Gold Edition direct-IP multiplayer?

Started by Xenomrph, Nov 07, 2008, 02:21:19 AM

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AvP Gold Edition direct-IP multiplayer? (Read 10,376 times)

Xenomrph

I've been trying to do AvP1 Gold Edition multiplayer with some friends, but we're having problems. Although I'm allowing AvPGE to go through my firewall, and although I've done port-forwarding for my router, I still get "no sessions found" errors when I try to connect to my friend's game, and they get the same thing when they try to connect to mine.

What are we doing wrong?

Corporal Hicks

Turn the firewall off while you play.

Xenomrph

Well a friend and I figured it out - my DSL modem was essentially acting like a firewall and not letting me connect to games or let other people connect to games I hosted, so I did some port-forwarding stuff and now it works great. ;D

AcidGlow

So what ports did you forward after all?

Xenomrph

Um... port 80, ports 2300-2400, and ports 8000-8999, if I remember right.

If you know the model number of your router and/or modem, you can go to www.portforward.com and go to their modem/router guides, find your router/modem model, and then pick which game you want to forward for and it'll give you step-by-step instructions with screenshots and stuff. It's very helpful. :)

Scott Kevill

I've already mentioned this in a thread here, but GameRanger is a new alternative for playing Aliens vs Predator 1 (and 2) online. It is the easiest way to play, and doesn't require setting up port forwarding or dealing with other router/firewall issues. This should solve your problem. You can download it at www.GameRanger.com


Lucifero

Quote from: Scott Kevill on Nov 14, 2008, 02:10:51 AM
I've already mentioned this in a thread here, but GameRanger is a new alternative for playing Aliens vs Predator 1 (and 2) online. It is the easiest way to play, and doesn't require setting up port forwarding or dealing with other router/firewall issues. This should solve your problem. You can download it at www.GameRanger.com
o dear Evill  its curious to see your answer here!

Scott Kevill

Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 27, 2016, 06:38:45 PM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Nov 14, 2008, 02:10:51 AM
I've already mentioned this in a thread here, but GameRanger is a new alternative for playing Aliens vs Predator 1 (and 2) online. It is the easiest way to play, and doesn't require setting up port forwarding or dealing with other router/firewall issues. This should solve your problem. You can download it at www.GameRanger.com
o dear Evill  its curious to see your answer here!

That's quite a thread necro. :)

Lucifero

Lucifero

#8
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Aug 28, 2016, 04:09:10 AM
Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 27, 2016, 06:38:45 PM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Nov 14, 2008, 02:10:51 AM
I've already mentioned this in a thread here, but GameRanger is a new alternative for playing Aliens vs Predator 1 (and 2) online. It is the easiest way to play, and doesn't require setting up port forwarding or dealing with other router/firewall issues. This should solve your problem. You can download it at www.GameRanger.com
o dear Evill  its curious to see your answer here!

That's quite a thread necro. :)
true AvP 1 Gold it's a necro tread

Also AvP 2 Gold is a necro speech

shame that GameRanger does not support the old gold dlc  Primal Hunt.




Scott Kevill

Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 28, 2016, 07:55:49 AM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Aug 28, 2016, 04:09:10 AM
Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 27, 2016, 06:38:45 PM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Nov 14, 2008, 02:10:51 AM
I've already mentioned this in a thread here, but GameRanger is a new alternative for playing Aliens vs Predator 1 (and 2) online. It is the easiest way to play, and doesn't require setting up port forwarding or dealing with other router/firewall issues. This should solve your problem. You can download it at www.GameRanger.com
o dear Evill  its curious to see your answer here!

That's quite a thread necro. :)
true AvP 1 Gold it's a necro tread
http://i.imgur.com/tkjqZPkt.jpg
Also AvP 2 Gold is a necro speech
http://i.imgur.com/P6S5LjY.jpg
shame that GameRanger does not support the old gold dlc  Primal Hunt

Yeah, that was something I had been meaning to look into, to do with the ugly way the LithTech engine had to be launched. Never was terribly happy with that implementation.

x-M-x

Quote from: Scott Kevill on Aug 28, 2016, 08:01:55 AM
Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 28, 2016, 07:55:49 AM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Aug 28, 2016, 04:09:10 AM
Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 27, 2016, 06:38:45 PM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Nov 14, 2008, 02:10:51 AM
I've already mentioned this in a thread here, but GameRanger is a new alternative for playing Aliens vs Predator 1 (and 2) online. It is the easiest way to play, and doesn't require setting up port forwarding or dealing with other router/firewall issues. This should solve your problem. You can download it at www.GameRanger.com
o dear Evill  its curious to see your answer here!

That's quite a thread necro. :)
true AvP 1 Gold it's a necro tread
http://i.imgur.com/tkjqZPkt.jpg
Also AvP 2 Gold is a necro speech
http://i.imgur.com/P6S5LjY.jpg
shame that GameRanger does not support the old gold dlc  Primal Hunt

Yeah, that was something I had been meaning to look into, to do with the ugly way the LithTech engine had to be launched. Never was terribly happy with that implementation.


What about some future updates? that gives us 'dedicated' servers via GR ? so we can run servers 24/7 without having to be in the game via a none dedicated server? (this for AvP2 of course) - not sure how you would do that for AvP1

Would solve a lot of problems.


Keep up the good work.

Lucifero

Lucifero

#11
"Where sin increased, grace abounded"
http://avpunknown.com/avp2master/

pity that some links are not visible in the game ranger chat.
::)


http://www.gameranger.com/games/buy_alt/244


http://www.gameranger.com/games/buy_alt/186















Scott Kevill

Scott Kevill

#12
Quote from: x-M-x on Aug 28, 2016, 09:38:53 AM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Aug 28, 2016, 08:01:55 AM
Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 28, 2016, 07:55:49 AM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Aug 28, 2016, 04:09:10 AM
Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 27, 2016, 06:38:45 PM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Nov 14, 2008, 02:10:51 AM
I've already mentioned this in a thread here, but GameRanger is a new alternative for playing Aliens vs Predator 1 (and 2) online. It is the easiest way to play, and doesn't require setting up port forwarding or dealing with other router/firewall issues. This should solve your problem. You can download it at www.GameRanger.com
o dear Evill  its curious to see your answer here!

That's quite a thread necro. :)
true AvP 1 Gold it's a necro tread
http://i.imgur.com/tkjqZPkt.jpg
Also AvP 2 Gold is a necro speech
http://i.imgur.com/P6S5LjY.jpg
shame that GameRanger does not support the old gold dlc  Primal Hunt

Yeah, that was something I had been meaning to look into, to do with the ugly way the LithTech engine had to be launched. Never was terribly happy with that implementation.


What about some future updates? that gives us 'dedicated' servers via GR ? so we can run servers 24/7 without having to be in the game via a none dedicated server? (this for AvP2 of course) - not sure how you would do that for AvP1

Would solve a lot of problems.


Keep up the good work.

That's possible for AvP2, yes. I don't think it is possible for AvP1.


Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 28, 2016, 01:02:35 PM
"Where sin increased, grace abounded"
http://avpunknown.com/avp2master/

pity that some links are not visible in the game ranger chat.
::)

If that's the one I remember (it was a while ago), it was being spammed in GameRanger to drive users away from GameRanger. So yes, of course it was blocked. Was that you?

Quote
http://www.gameranger.com/games/buy_alt/244
http://www.gameranger.com/games/buy_alt/186

If you're trying to imply that this was the reason then you need to do better detective work.

The "Buy it Now!" feature was introduced in the Mac version of GameRanger probably back in 1999 that was just an affiliate link to a Mac gaming store. I ended up disabling it a year or so later when the company didn't pay any of what was owed (and they eventually went bankrupt).

In 2006 or 2007 when I was building the PC version of GameRanger, I ported the UI across mostly unchanged and never revisited that part.

x-M-x

Quote from: Scott Kevill on Aug 28, 2016, 01:09:36 PM
If that's the one I remember (it was a while ago), it was being spammed in GameRanger to drive users away from GameRanger. So yes, of course it was blocked. Was that you?

That was an old link about an online patch, but if you check that link again it promotes GAME RANGER.

i'm the owner of that link, but not sure who was spamming it.. certainly wasn't me (maybe it was lucifer)

As for dedicated servers? cant wait if you get that in an update.




KingKenny

Quote from: Scott Kevill on Aug 28, 2016, 01:09:36 PM
Quote from: x-M-x on Aug 28, 2016, 09:38:53 AM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Aug 28, 2016, 08:01:55 AM
Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 28, 2016, 07:55:49 AM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Aug 28, 2016, 04:09:10 AM
Quote from: Lucifero on Aug 27, 2016, 06:38:45 PM
Quote from: Scott Kevill on Nov 14, 2008, 02:10:51 AM
I've already mentioned this in a thread here, but GameRanger is a new alternative for playing Aliens vs Predator 1 (and 2) online. It is the easiest way to play, and doesn't require setting up port forwarding or dealing with other router/firewall issues. This should solve your problem. You can download it at www.GameRanger.com
o dear Evill  its curious to see your answer here!

That's quite a thread necro. :)
true AvP 1 Gold it's a necro tread
http://i.imgur.com/tkjqZPkt.jpg
Also AvP 2 Gold is a necro speech
http://i.imgur.com/P6S5LjY.jpg
shame that GameRanger does not support the old gold dlc  Primal Hunt

Yeah, that was something I had been meaning to look into, to do with the ugly way the LithTech engine had to be launched. Never was terribly happy with that implementation.


What about some future updates? that gives us 'dedicated' servers via GR ? so we can run servers 24/7 without having to be in the game via a none dedicated server? (this for AvP2 of course) - not sure how you would do that for AvP1

Would solve a lot of problems.


Keep up the good work.

That's possible for AvP2, yes. I don't think it is possible for AvP1.

I use Gameranger. It would be great to have dedicated server support for AvP2. I hope this gets added one day.

Thanks.

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