Am I the only one not getting any...?

[happybluelizard]

Hi All,
I have been unable to get into the game for three days now. When I get to the logon screen, Fragnetics will have numbers flashing next to it (usually somewhere between 250 & 400). I will also see the word "failed" occasionally flicker in between the numbers, but it's usually only for a second or two. BTW, does anyone what those numbers mean?

I can log in & pick my character, but then within a few minutes in I'll get the message "Server is not responding, try again in 5 minutes. Check http://laanx.fragnetics.com for status." My computer doesn't get the chance to finish "loading world".

I've gone through all the forums & tried every suggestion offered with no luck. I have Windows XP Home. Has anyone been able to play the game in the past three days or am I one of the unfortunate few? If it isn't the server crashing, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your time,

[Liadan]

might be an odd question, but what speed of internet do you have?


in my experience, I've only gotten those messages if there's too much of a lag between client-server. It might have to do with your speed, but I might be wrong.

Also, are you using a firewall, either hardware/software?

[Earl_Listbard]

Hi All,
I have been unable to get into the game for three days now. When I get to the logon screen, Fragnetics will have numbers flashing next to it (usually somewhere between 250 & 400). I will also see the word "failed" occasionally flicker in between the numbers, but it's usually only for a second or two. BTW, does anyone what those numbers mean?

I can log in & pick my character, but then within a few minutes in I'll get the message "Server is not responding, try again in 5 minutes. Check http://laanx.fragnetics.com for status." My computer doesn't get the chance to finish "loading world".

I've gone through all the forums & tried every suggestion offered with no luck. I have Windows XP Home. Has anyone been able to play the game in the past three days or am I one of the unfortunate few? If it isn't the server crashing, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your time,

Lol, happybluelizard 


Ahem.... When I first saw this thread I thought about this


But erm, first I'd like to know what is your net speed, and a really dumb question here, what is your game version?


Just figure the duh questions should be answered first, eh?

[neko kyouran]

If you are running on a home wireless network setup, try utilizing a wired one, or move closer to the base station as you be getting dc'ed from all the dropped packets due to a flaky wireless connection.

[happybluelizard]

I have a cable modem. Speedtest.net just measured the speed for downloading at 6692kb/s & uploading at 2028kb/s. A ping sent ~300 miles was 11ms.

I downloaded the game (for the first time) last week. It's 0.4.0.0 Steel Blue.

The computer is connected to a router via wire. The router is connected to the cable modem also via wire.

There's two software firewalls: Windows & McAfee. I've already given permission for Port 7777. (the two programs are probably a bit overkill, eh? )

Could memory play a factor in this as well? I'm in the process of upgrading to 1GB, but right now I have a slug-slow setup of 256MB.

To Master Listbard: They say that's what sells, right? It must - it got you to read my message!

[Earl_Listbard]

Memory shouldn't play such a factor really... Maybe in game lag... slightly...


But as far as I know it shouldn't make such an impact.


edit: Im kinda unsure on this... So I wouldn't rule it out.

[Xuma Amux]

256MB is not enough ram to run PlaneShift on, 512MB is probably the min, try again after you get the 1GB

[Ichishima]

Dude I can't go on either it says failed anyone else have that? Is the serv down or...?

[Gravemind]

Lol, happybluelizard 


Ahem.... When I first saw this thread I thought about this

The roflcopter just crashed into the lollercoaster. Better call the lmaobulance.

That was also the first thing that popped into my head when I read the topic title.


On a moar serious note, I get server fail messages constantly after 9pm australian GMT+10. Can't log in at all, and it was like that until I went to sleep at 1am.

I figured It would be better not to post a whole new topic about it, and my question is basically the same, anyone else experiencing this?
I play on dial up and windows xp with 1gb ram, the kinda computer that runs doom 3 well, PS runs perfect usually.

[Elvicat]

gees i'd never run 2 firewalls, not on the same system anyway, so turn off the windows one as it could be interfering with the other one and causing conflicts