PlaneShift

Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: krok666 on July 24, 2003, 11:28:17 pm

Title: is server down?
Post by: krok666 on July 24, 2003, 11:28:17 pm: plz post with the anwser.... or add my email to inform me... i could use help getting started with this game.... christiansk8ordie@hotmail.com
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Post by: Kiern on July 24, 2003, 11:35:02 pm: I dont think it is (haven\'t tried in a couple of days though)...try putting in the ip: 203.81.47.74 instead of the server name planeshift.fragnetics.com
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Post by: krok666 on July 24, 2003, 11:40:44 pm: this my first time trying to play... i connect earlier... but i didnt have it set up completely then....
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Post by: Moogie on July 24, 2003, 11:55:54 pm: Quote
Originally posted by krok666
christiansk8ordie@hotmail.com

Sorry but I couldn\'t stop giggling when I saw that... God how sad am I. :D

You can check the server availability from http://planeshift.fragnetics.com which is the main server webpage.
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Post by: krok666 on July 24, 2003, 11:58:31 pm: lol ty :P
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Post by: krok666 on July 24, 2003, 11:59:57 pm: arggg that link dont work :S
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Post by: Moogie on July 25, 2003, 12:16:58 am: I just clicked it myself, it works.
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Post by: krok666 on July 25, 2003, 12:18:54 am: hmmmm oh well thats not my prob anymore... now when i logg on... when it connects to world my comp freezes.... or crashes :S
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Post by: Moogie on July 25, 2003, 12:46:01 am: What are your system specs?
Do you have up-to-date graphics drivers?
Which mode are you running the game in?
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Post by: krok666 on July 25, 2003, 01:23:10 am: my comp has... windows xp, 128mb ram, pentum 4 1.50 ghz dunno about the drivers...
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Post by: Drilixer on July 25, 2003, 03:38:37 am: hmmm... so you actually see the area around you and you cant move or it goes down during loading?
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Post by: krok666 on July 25, 2003, 06:01:43 am: well after you logg in on your chr.... then its starts to installize world..... it my client crashs then
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Post by: CadRipper on July 25, 2003, 09:13:22 am: Does it crash with a specific error message ?

I\'m not sure 128 MB of physical memory will be enough, this program takes much more. Even if you have enough virtual memory, you may experience a lot of swapping (hard-disk accessed all the time).

How much virtual memory do you have by the way ? Try to set this value to min=max=512 MB or more.
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Post by: chrischoo on July 26, 2003, 04:46:56 am: If you are able to read the main server webpage at http://planeshift.fragnetics.com then you should also be able to use planeshift.fragnetics.com as the server you connect to. The server that hosts the server website is the same one that hosts Planeshift itself. If your web browser can take you to the server website it means that Planeshift will be able to connect properly to the server.

Otherwise if it doesn\'t happen that way then using the IP address would be more helpful.

As a rule of thumb, DNS changes take a maximum of 3 days to propagate across the Internet, although this can be somewhat reduced. It\'s been longer than that now so I think that if you are still facing some problems it is quite unusual.

I would also recommend against using the IP address of the Planeshift server to connect whenever possible. In the unlikely event that we move Planeshift to another server it could be slightly troublesome to coordinate people who connect using IP addresses.
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Post by: Kiern on July 26, 2003, 06:41:16 am: Quote
Originally posted by chrischoo

I would also recommend against using the IP address of the Planeshift server to connect whenever possible. In the unlikely event that we move Planeshift to another server it could be slightly troublesome to coordinate people who connect using IP addresses.

True, it\'s probably smarter to try the server name first, but so far I haven\'t been able to connect that way (I get server unreachable every time) and then when I put in the ip it works.
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Post by: Flameon on July 26, 2003, 08:47:19 am: Quote
Originally posted by chrischoo
If you are able to read the main server webpage at http://planeshift.fragnetics.com then you should also be able to use planeshift.fragnetics.com as the server you connect to.

My problem is : Neither i can connect to the Server nor i \'m able to read the main server page
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Post by: ~AiTee~ on July 26, 2003, 09:01:40 am: how come i get the same thing as well?

seems like it only happens for newbs that only just created, it starts loading and when it gets to loading world, it freezes.

i got 256mb ram, 1.5 ghz and cable 1mb/sec internet, it isn\'t anything to do with me right?

and yeah, i\'m using the IP address cos the fragnetic one is \"unreachable\" even though i can read the main server page.

and there is no specific error message...
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Post by: Flameon on July 26, 2003, 09:09:29 am: i get this message when i try to upload my character :

\" the server is not running or not reachable. Please check the website......\"

I\'ve switched off my firewall before i started this. Or has it got s.th. to do with my Router?
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Post by: ~AiTee~ on July 26, 2003, 01:30:04 pm: You gotta put the IP address (203.81.47.74) when you upload instead of the other one with planeshift and fragnetics, but don\'t get your hopes up, it won\'t run anyway...
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Post by: Flameon on July 26, 2003, 01:58:25 pm: Quote
Originally posted by ~AiTee~
You gotta put the IP address (203.81.47.74) when you upload instead of the other one with planeshift and fragnetics, but don\'t get your hopes up, it won\'t run anyway...

yes you\'re right it doesn\'t work
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Post by: Isgrimnur on July 27, 2003, 12:56:38 am: I tried getting in using the IP address earlier today and it does load up but it took my system about 25 mins the first time to get in. Unfortunatly I couldn\'t do a lot once I was in because of the terrible lag in the entrance area at the moment.

After rebooting my system and logging in for a second time it only took about 10 mins to get in.

You were right about the planeshift.fragnetics.com not working though.