Hello Stephen,
I did try to connect to your server but failed. Perhaps you could ask the
longturn guys (www.longturn.org)? Why do play freeciv game via the internet
and know how to do it!
I think you should also check the log messages of your server. They should
indicate 'why' the connection was refused. Important at that point are also
the network settings; did somebody get a connection from the internet (outside
of your local network)?
Regards
Matthias (aka syntron)
Am Dienstag, 15. Februar 2011, 05:13:37 schrieb Stephen Legate:
Hi.
As you can see from the below conversation, connecting Freeciv players
across the net is not as easy and obvious as RTFMing would have one
believe. We get a lot of operation completed successfullys, but no
launched clients.
Are we missing a simple piece? I've left my server running and accessible
via Metaserver (...il.comcast.net...). Can YOU connect to the game? Why
or why not?
Thanks for any help,
-Steve Legate
-- Forwarded message --
From: Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: 9PM FREECIV SERVER UP
To: David Legate daveyga...@gmail.com
Cc: Kevin Smith ksmith6...@gmail.com, Randy Schumaker ra...@thectg.com,
John Thong jth...@sbcglobal.net
OK, here's the process, as near as I can figure. Please *TEST THIS TODAY
IF YOU CAN*.
1) Start FreeCiv.
2) Click Connect to Network Game
3) Click on ...Metaserver... (forget exact wording) tab.
4) Find the server on the list that has .il.comcast.net in it. That's
me! 5) MAGIC**
6) Type a message in the chat, letting me know who you are (if it's not
obvious).
MAGIC** = some combination of :
- click on server in server list
- click on AI slot in bottom-right list
- click Connect
I have actually gotten it to work. *If you get to a point where BOTH the
server AND the AI slot are highlighted, and click connect, it connects.* I
think the software does a very BAD job of giving you visual cues that let
you know whether you've clicked in the right place or not, and whether you
should be waiting or proceeding. And the documentation is laughably
deficient.
sigh... indeed. The travails of free software.
-sl
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:38 PM, David Legate daveyga...@gmail.com wrote:
Well ... I found your entry on the metaserver list, clicked on it, made
my name daveygater (password lines still stippled-out), clicked on ai
1, and clicked on connect ... still just got operation succesful
notice but nothing else.
BTW, http://www.whatsmyip.org/ to find out the IP address of the current
internet connection for your computer.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Stephen Legate
chund...@gmail.comwrote:
Mmmkay. FAIL.
Wow; a lot harder than it should be.
I've figured out how to get my server published on the Internet
Metaserver tab. If you get a chance in the next hour or so, see if you
can connect to it. (It's the only server on the list with
il.comcast.net in the name).
I'm going to do the dishes, then I'll check back. If you successfully
connect, type something cute in chat; obviously we won't get the game
started tonight. But maybe next time I can provide step-by-step
instructions.
Or we could all drop $40 on Civ 5. Eh...
-sl
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Stephen Legate
chund...@gmail.comwrote:
NEWSFLASH: try 24.13.141.172 port 5556
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Stephen Legate
chund...@gmail.comwrote:
Obviously, folks are having trouble connecting. David and I are
talking now. Please consult the Freeciv client manual and/or
standby.
The 192. address may not work; try:
68.87.72.134
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Kevin Smith
ksmith6...@gmail.cmwrote:
How do you connect to that port?
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Stephen Legate
chund...@gmail.comwrote:
Connect to 192.168.0.105
port 5556 ( I think)
5 slots total available. e-me or call 773-480-5233 if you can't
connect...
-sl
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Randy Schumaker
ra...@thectg.comwrote:
I'm stuck at Ohare but i probably won't get on the 20:07 flight so
I should be back home by 9pm
Randy Schumaker
Director of Information Systems
Newmark Knight Frank | Frederick Ross
(312) 287-9873 cell
(303) 260-4322 work
On Feb 13, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Kevin Smith ksmith6...@gmail.com
wrote:
I should be in for 9 pm tonight
Kevin Smith
312-375-8603
Priority Associates
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:16 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.com
chund...@gmail.com wrote:
Does 9pm CST on 2/13 work for everybody?
-sl
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:43 PM, John Thong
jth...@sbcglobal.netjth...@sbcglobal.net
jth...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I can do the following:
9pm on 2/12
9pm on 2/13
--
*From:* Stephen
