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It says preparing game but doesnt

Postby kickboxer92 » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:46 pm

When the game starts if i click rolling demo or tutorial it says preparing game but doesnt load and just keeps saying it can anyone help me please
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Postby Phelanpt » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:14 pm

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Postby bert_the_turtle » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:17 pm

Especially pay attention to frenchfrog's posts in these threads.
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Postby xander » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:20 pm

You are probably having network or firewall troubles. DEFCON uses a server/client structure for all game, even those that are not played with other people out on the internets. Both the client and the server will run on your machine, but they need to be able to talk to each other. So, make sure that your firewall is configured to allow DEFCON through. If I recall correctly, you need to open UDP ports 5009-50011.

Give that a whirl, and come back here if it doesn't work.

xander

EDIT: Damn you both, ninja'ing my post. >:(

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Postby Phelanpt » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:25 pm

:P

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Postby frenchfrog » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:38 am

A) Post the debug.txt file found in Defcon directory

B) Could you post an ipconfig output:
1) Press the 'Start' button
2) Select 'Run ...'
3) Enter 'cmd' (if on windows XP/2000) or 'command' (if on windows 9x) in the 'Open' textbox.
4) Press the 'OK' button
5) After the command prompt as opened, enter 'ipconfig'
6) Select the output and paste it here. (You may need from the menu that appears when clicking on top left corner icon the 'Edit' -> 'Mark' and 'Edit' -> 'Copy' functions)

C) Verify that your firewall allows Defcon
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