New to Guild Wars need Help!
IGURRYI
I just got my Guild Wars in the mail, and everytime I try to install it says that it can't connect to the internet? My pc is hooked directly into the modem, What do I need to do?
bsoltan
What operating system do you have?
Have you tried running it as administrator?
Have you tried running it as administrator?
IGURRYI
yes I am always logged into admin. I believe it's Windows XP Home. Before I got the game I wanted to try the free trial so I downloaded everything and I got the same message. I click intall Guild Wars, then the maessage, "Unable to connect."
insanethemadone
Might be your antivirus blocking it as it states while installing
AMDSpeed
Could be that your firewall is not giving permission to access the internet.
killerbot3009
hmm...strange problem, but if it wasn't working before you purchased the game it might have made more scene to come on a forum and ask questions before hand.
I also had the same problem when i installed it.
Make sure it is set to be allowed access through your firewall, i know that i had major problems installing it when i bought it. if i remember correctly try turning off the firewall completely and connecting to the game. if this works the all you need to do is tell ure fire wall to allow Guildwars "safe Passage"
I also had the same problem when i installed it.
Make sure it is set to be allowed access through your firewall, i know that i had major problems installing it when i bought it. if i remember correctly try turning off the firewall completely and connecting to the game. if this works the all you need to do is tell ure fire wall to allow Guildwars "safe Passage"
Roen
If you can open up a browser and post on this forum, obviously your internet connection is working. Check your firewall. It's probably blocking it. You may need to put in an exception for GW.EXE allowing it to make outbound connections.
IGURRYI
It's really strange cause I've tried with my firewall completly turned off and it still doesnt connect.
Rites
are you in a college campus and using their broadband? if so you need to have a chat with their techs to allow GW to connect.
turned off firewall from both the comp and router/modem?
ummm... ok out of ideas
turned off firewall from both the comp and router/modem?
ummm... ok out of ideas
BTSchnarfy
Are you running PeerBlock, or some other IP filtering program? If you have PeerBlock, you'll need to "Allow HTTP" in order for Guild Wars to access the servers.
IGURRYI
I'll try to figure out the last suggestion, I'm not on a school campus. I play online with XBox but this is my firtst time trying online on my PC.
IGURRYI
figured it out guys, I had to open a port in my personal firewall. Is it okay if I install Factions before Guild Wars? Still waiting on the game.
Roen
You can download the client from the website. The same client runs all the games. Which content you play depends on what licenses you add to your account.
IGURRYI
Okay, it works, but the codes arent working that came with the game because I bought it used?? Any thoughts?
Crom The Pale
If the codes have been used by the previous owner of the game then you need to purchase new ones. IN other words you have been scammed.
Chthon
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figured it out guys, I had to open a port in my personal firewall. Is it okay if I install Factions before Guild Wars? Still waiting on the game.
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killerbot3009
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Okay, it works, but the codes arent working that came with the game because I bought it used?? Any thoughts?
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the CD keys are required to play the games unfortunately. hopefully you paid for it using something that you can reclaim money though eg. Ebay, Paypal. if not sorry but u got scammed pretty plain and simple
TheRaven
Yep, sorry you got scammed. Don't buy any online MMO used. Used accounts are worthless.
Contact the seller and ask for your money back. If they made an honest mistake and just didnt' realize you can't sell a used account then they'll be cooperative. If not, then go thru Paypal/Credit card and report it as a scam and get your money back thru them.
Contact the seller and ask for your money back. If they made an honest mistake and just didnt' realize you can't sell a used account then they'll be cooperative. If not, then go thru Paypal/Credit card and report it as a scam and get your money back thru them.
IGURRYI
I'm fine with just paying for the cd's. I got Factions and Guild Wars both for 10 bucks used. Is there a site online that I can purchase an online code at?
HawkofStorms
No... you got nothing.
You can download the entire game for free from the main Guild Wars site. What you pay for to play the game, is the account.
You got scammed.
You can download the entire game for free from the main Guild Wars site. What you pay for to play the game, is the account.
You got scammed.
killerbot3009
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I'm fine with just paying for the cd's. I got Factions and Guild Wars both for 10 bucks used. Is there a site online that I can purchase an online code at?
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TheRaven
That's how MMO's work. You're paying for the account. The box, manual, cds, maps all come packaged free with that account. You can download everything for free and play the game just fine without the disks. I never even took mine out of the box.
Trust us, contact the seller and get your money back. However, if you bought this off ebay you should also re-read the auction terms. Some sellers explicitedly say you are bidding on the cd's only and not an account. If however they implied that you'd be able to play the game with what you purchased, then they owe you a refund.
Trust us, contact the seller and get your money back. However, if you bought this off ebay you should also re-read the auction terms. Some sellers explicitedly say you are bidding on the cd's only and not an account. If however they implied that you'd be able to play the game with what you purchased, then they owe you a refund.
IGURRYI
Thanks a lot guys, really nice people on this board. I'm new to this whole thing, and everytime I've been to a new board there are usually some pretty big douche bags. I just saw the whole package for $40 so I'll be picking that up soon.
Crom The Pale
Once you get the game be sure to run it once with the download command, will take several hours. This will let you get the entire game, all images and updates in one single download.
gw.exe -image
gw.exe -image
Kharmin
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Thanks a lot guys, really nice people on this board.
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