Aitrus Report post Posted December 25, 2006 (edited) I am constantly "Connecting to server", cant login, or create new character Processor Speed: 2Ghz RAM: 1024mb Graphics Card: NVIDIA Geforce 6200 256mb Hard drive space (In GB): 80gb Hard drive 20 spare Version of Eternal Lands running:Newest Operating System and version:Windows XP Home service pack 2 Contents of error_log.txt: Log started at 2006-12-25 16:31:58 localtime (South Africa Standard Time) [16:31:59] Error: Can't open file "quest.log" [16:31:59] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates132/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com [16:31:59] Error: Can't open file "commands.lst" Internet connection speed: Communications 48.8 kilobits per second Storage 6 kilobytes per second 1MB file download 2.9 minutes Subjective rating Slow What else you have running other than eternal lands. This includes on the taskbar on Windows. Exactly when and what you were doing while the error occored. Norton, but i did everything in the norton help guide. Also: I did the work around in trouble shoot and i got the error log above ! Edited December 25, 2006 by Aitrus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mar(c) Report post Posted December 25, 2006 (edited) I just posted in your Greetings topic (and removed it there ): If you haven't been playing for a while, you probably still have the old server address in el.ini (we changed to another game server 3 months ago).Find el.ini (most likely it's C:\Program Files\Eternal Lands\el.ini on Windows, or ~/.elc/el.ini on Linux), and edit the server_address line to this: #server_address = "game.eternal-lands.com" Does this solve it? Edited December 25, 2006 by Mar(c) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aitrus Report post Posted December 25, 2006 (edited) I just posted in your Greetings topic (and removed it there ): If you haven't been playing for a while, you probably still have the old server address in el.ini (we changed to another game server 3 months ago).Find el.ini (most likely it's C:\Program Files\Eternal Lands\el.ini on Windows, or ~/.elc/el.ini on Linux), and edit the server_address line to this: #server_address = "game.eternal-lands.com" Does this solve it? Err... No. It seems to be a port 2000 error, and i have my fire wall disabled! My ini is. Only directives that start with a # are taken in consideration Anything else is treated as a comment For the directives that accept a boolean value (on/off), 0 is off, 1 is on !!!WARNING!!! Make a backup of this file, before messing with it. In case it gets corrupted, the game might not start at all, etc. Login settings: #server_address = game.eternal-lands.com #server_port = 2000 #username = "" #password = "" video modes: 1 = 640x480 16bpp 2 = 640x480 32bpp 3 = 800x600 16bpp 4 = 800x600 32bpp 5 = 1024x768 16bpp 6 = 1024x768 32bpp 7 = 1152x864 16bpp 8 = 1152x864 32bpp 9 = 1280x1024 16bpp 10 = 1280x1024 32bpp #video_mode = 4 #full_screen = 0 #no_adjust_shadows = 0 #shadows_on = 1 #use_shadow_mapping = 1 #max_shadow_map_size = 1024 #clouds_shadows = 1 #show_reflection = 1 #show_fps = 1 #limit_fps=0 #poor_man = 0 #use_vertex_array = 1 #use_mipmaps = 0 #use_point_particles = 1 #particles_percentage = 100 #mouse_limit=15 #normal_camera_rotation_speed = 35.0 #fine_camera_rotation_speed = 5.0 #sit_lock = 0 #item_window_on_drop = 1 #view_digital_clock = 0 #relocate_quickbar = 0 #show_stats_in_hud = 0 #show_help_text = 1 #auto_afk_time = 5 #afk_message = "Automessage: I am currently away from my computer" #use_global_ignores = 1 #use_global_filters = 0 #text_filter_replace = smeg #save_ignores = 1 #log_server = 1 #name_text_size = 1.0 Reserved for future usage #name_font = 0 #chat_text_size = 1.0 Reserved for future usage #chat_font = 0 #no_sound = 0 #sound_gain = 100 #music_gain = 100 For Windows NT/2K/XP #browser = "start iexplore.exe" For Win9* If you don't use quotation marks, the spaces will be stripped. browser = "c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" For Linux: Just put a # before the browser you use, and make sure there there are not two or more browsers selected. That is, deselect the windows browser browser = konqueror browser = opera browser = mozilla browser = netscape Choose your language - all languages available are located in the ./languages/ folder in your eternal lands directory. The languages are however easily extendable and if you wish, you can translate the client into your language by editing the files found in the languages directory. #language = en This option is currently only available on linux, and allows you to specify a directory other than the current directory to load data from. For Gentoo users, the ebuild installs in /usr/share/games/eternal-lands. #data_dir = /usr/local/games/el/ #render_fog = 1 #use_vertex_buffers = 1 #click_speed = 300 #compass_north = 1 #caps_filter = 1 #log_chat = 2 #windowed_chat = 1 #write_ini_on_exit = 1 #ati_click_workaround = 0 #use_alpha_border = 1 #use_floating_messages = 1 #local_chat_separate = 0 #guild_chat_separate = 1 #server_chat_separate = 0 #mod_chat_separate = 0 #highlight_tab_on_nick = 1 #isometric = 0 #perspective = 0.15 #near_plane = 35 #buddy_log_notice = 1 #gamma = 1 #shadow_map_size = 3 #use_compiled_vertex_array = 1 #enable_sound = 0 #enable_music = 0 #show_statbars_in_hud = 0 #afk_local = 0 #autoupdate = 1 #use_old_clicker = 0 #use_frame_buffer = 0 #windows_on_top = 0 Edited December 25, 2006 by Aitrus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted December 25, 2006 Open a dos box and type telnet game.eternal-lands.com 2000 What do you see? Piper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aitrus Report post Posted December 25, 2006 Open a dos box and type telnet game.eternal-lands.com 2000 What do you see? Piper It tries to connect, and then the screen goes black. the same happens with the green leaf one unfortunatly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted December 25, 2006 Open a dos box and type telnet game.eternal-lands.com 2000 What do you see? Piper It tries to connect, and then the screen goes black. the same happens with the green leaf one unfortunatly. Okay, so you have a general problem with port 2000. You are sure, you have the firewall disabled? Are using a router to connect to the internet? Any kind of network which may block port 2000? Piper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aitrus Report post Posted December 25, 2006 Open a dos box and type telnet game.eternal-lands.com 2000 What do you see? Piper It tries to connect, and then the screen goes black. the same happens with the green leaf one unfortunatly. Okay, so you have a general problem with port 2000. You are sure, you have the firewall disabled? Are using a router to connect to the internet? Any kind of network which may block port 2000? Piper Hmm i connect through a laptop right next to my cpu xD I use a 3g card[but i only get gprs in this back water town i live in], both computers use norton, both have el as an ok thing, and the ip adress is all set up, also they both have the fire wall disabled >.> I dont know what else to say Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted December 25, 2006 Maybe a typo in some configuration? Like allowing port 200 or 20000 instead of 2000? Lets see if you can reach the test server. Type telnet game.eternal-lands.com 2001 and i bet you will see a short message which says "Test server". Piper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aitrus Report post Posted December 25, 2006 Maybe a typo in some configuration? Like allowing port 200 or 20000 instead of 2000? Lets see if you can reach the test server. Type telnet game.eternal-lands.com 2001 and i bet you will see a short message which says "Test server". Piper Indeed, i saw test server with some random characters after that. Ok so how would i change which port i allow? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted December 25, 2006 Heres Bleurens HowTo for Norton Internet Security, hope it helps a little bit. http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25559 For more Windows related help, how to allow ports, maybe someone else has any idea? (i use windows very seldom, so im out of ideas) Piper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aitrus Report post Posted December 25, 2006 Heres Bleurens HowTo for Norton Internet Security, hope it helps a little bit. http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25559 For more Windows related help, how to allow ports, maybe someone else has any idea? (i use windows very seldom, so im out of ideas) Piper *sigh* I went through all the norton stuff. i guess i will have to wait until someone else can help me further, Thanks for everything so far piper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted December 26, 2006 Yes, Norton is a pain in the ass, I think you should completely disable it and chose some other antivirus vendor. AVG is free, and better than Norton. Alternatively, call them and bitch about the problem. I am resonably sure this problem is caused by their incompetence, so it's them who should solve it. There is nothing we can do about it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Looter Report post Posted December 26, 2006 along time ago i had a similar problem, i did all the norton stuff and it didnt work, so tried messing with windows fire wall and after a couple of attempts all worked well again, a friend of mine had a similar problem and this did not work for her, but i guess due to the fact it solved my problem its worth giving it a go try this it worked with my problem start > control panel > security centre > windows firewall> advanced > restore defaults > restart computer ..... it will warn you some programs my not work properly , i clicked it anyway and all was fine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masoftheund Report post Posted December 26, 2006 As Entropy said, try removing Norton completely. At least, this will let you know if Norton is not the problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites