Connection Troubles

Mike83

Mike83

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2007

28 May 2007 at 18:25 - 1
Howdy

I got a free 14 day trial of Guild Wars with a copy of PC Zone. Installed it, and loaded it up, signed up, and made my new character. I picked his name, and then it had an error and didn't load the game world, taking me to my character selection screen. I didn't feel like playing though, as it was late.

Got up this morning, and tried to login, and get stuck on the 'connecting screen, shown here:


Whats the problem? I've tried doing it with my firewall (outpost) and virus checker (Nod32), and still can't connect. I left it for about an hour trying to connect with no joy

Thanks.

Matsumi

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

28 May 2007 at 18:43 - 2
Is Gw.exe listed in the trusted zone of applications in outpost? Also, are you using a router?

Mike83

Mike83

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2007

28 May 2007 at 21:02 - 3
It is in the trusted list, and I am not using a router.

Matsumi

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

28 May 2007 at 21:15 - 4
This is what I ran into from outpost's web site for information on games.

Quote:
Built-in game protection uses write process memory functions. A temporary file is created and initialized when the program starts which location cannot be predicted and which writes into a game process's memory. This activity is considered by Outpost Firewall as suspicious. To avoid blocking, select the Ignore Component Control check box in all rules for the game's executable file (for example, "C:\PROGRAM FILES\EA GAMES\BATTLEFIELD 2\BF2.EXE").
Here's the link

http://www.agnitum.com/support/kb/ar...000195&lang=en

Mike83

Mike83

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2007

28 May 2007 at 21:23 - 5
Thanks. Not quite sure what its asking me to do, I'll have a fiddle with it though.

Matsumi

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

28 May 2007 at 21:51 - 6
Hmm, maybe you would have to go through in creating a rule for Gw.exe from scratch. There's a little guide I found for doing that, not sure if it matters what version of outpost you have. Ports would be TCP 6112 and 80

http://www.outpostfirewall.com/guide/rules/scratch.htm

Mike83

Mike83

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2007

29 May 2007 at 13:34 - 7
Strange stuff. I uninstalled the game, and reinstalled it, and its all working fine now. Thanks for the help.

Matsumi

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

29 May 2007 at 15:08 - 8
lol, figures. I guess if people are having connection problems it's a good idea to try a fresh install first. Good to hear it's working now.