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Can't host or join multiplayer - HELP!!

By on February 9, 2008 2:38:40 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

nyudude

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Hi guys! This game is awesome and I totally love it but I just can't manage to play against any live opponents. When I try to host, I don't get any error messages from ICO but when people try to join, I see them for a second and then they drop. When I try to join, I get disconnected from the server. I've read all the posts on forums and I've put my PC into DMZ on my router, forwarded ports 6000-6112 on the router AND enable UPNP on my router and PC. I've even added 6112 port manually to Windows Firewall as an except and also tried it with Windows Firewall off.. Nothing seems to work. My game is updated to 1.02 via Stardock so I'm out of idea. Maybe anyone tried something else or somehow got it to work? Thanks a lot in advance for any helpful suggestions!
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February 9, 2008 2:42:25 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums
Also, sometimes I get message - your game data differes from host's, please make sure you have the latest update..
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February 9, 2008 2:43:34 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums
Host might have an older version?
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February 9, 2008 3:58:02 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums
Hi guys! I figured it out.. In case you modified values in one of game text files as per suggestions in this forum to reduce pirate attack frequency, that causes problems in multiplayer - it thinks the game is different version. I made a backup of the text file in gameinfo folder so I restored it and everything works fine. Especially since last patch took care of the pirate issue
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