DirectIP help

[rawisalok]

Yes i am starting to Direct Ip with my friend and as soon as it gets to the match the menu comes up and the message reads "connection lost" this happens all the time in the same exact spot. We get through team selections and stuff but it always loses connection

any help will be much appreciated

 

[pluhi]

Hi!
Do not use locale.ini or NOCD exe.

 

[rawisalok]

wat do u mean?

 

[pluhi]

Don't use any locale.ini tweaks like enabled referee etc.
Nocd exe is quite obvious i think. Don't use that either. Clean install on both systems is the first step.

 

[rawisalok]

well it still dont work?

is there any fix, that will patch the problem

 

[Brian Potter]

sounds like a firewall problem to me.
ive been playin direct ip fer weeks now so it does work.
make sure you have allowed your oponents ip in your firewall and your friend does the same.

 

[rawisalok]

well it still dont work

i think i may need the online patch but for some reason the online screen dont even come up, it just freezes and nothing happens?

can i get the patch externally?

 

[Brian Potter]

dont know
but i know its working for me without any patch!
b4 it would connect properly i did have to allow the fifa2005.exe access to internet in order to connect to m8s pc tho. as well as permiting his ip.
he had to do same too.
hope this point u in right direction.

 

[rawisalok]

Originally posted by Brian Potter

b4 it would connect properly i did have to allow the fifa2005.exe access to internet in order to connect to m8s pc tho.

what do u mean?

 

[Brian Potter]

i use norton firewall, it has a program control option in its settings , i had to tell this to allow fifa2005.exe FULL access to internet. as norton was silently blocking it before.

 

[MrSmee]

Originally posted by pluhi
Don't use any locale.ini tweaks like enabled referee etc.
Nocd exe is quite obvious i think. Don't use that either. Clean install on both systems is the first step.

Are you kidding me?...FIFA 2004 had tons of connection problems with direct TCP/IP...with totally clean installs and you think it's tweaks that cause the problem...lol
wow.
Smee

 

[turbozob]

Re: DirectIP help

Originally posted by rawisalok
Yes i am starting to Direct Ip with my friend and as soon as it gets to the match the menu comes up and the message reads "connection lost" this happens all the time in the same exact spot. We get through team selections and stuff but it always loses connection

any help will be much appreciated

Make sure you have the following ports opened in your firewall program you are using it:
Note that if you have a firewall and want to play online, the following TCP/IP ports must be open in the outbound direction:
HTTP 80 TCP/IP
HTTPS 443 TCP/IP
MsgConn/IM 13500-13599 TCP/IP
Roomsvr 26200-26299 TCP/IP


The following UDP ports must be opened for game packets, for the outbound and inbound connections
Game Packets 3658 UDP

 

[pluhi]

Originally posted by MrSmee
Are you kidding me?...FIFA 2004 had tons of connection problems with direct TCP/IP...with totally clean installs and you think it's tweaks that cause the problem...lol
wow.
Smee

1. Who cares about Fifa 2004?? This is a Fifa 2005 topic.
2. With locale.ini you will lose the connection every time (using the same locale.ini on both machines can help. Im not sure.) So the FIRST STEP to success is what i've said.
Whats your problem?

 

[MrSmee]

Originally posted by pluhi
1. Who cares about Fifa 2004?? This is a Fifa 2005 topic.

1st off 2005 has same TCP/IP direct problems like the same piece of trash they put out last year.

2. With locale.ini you will lose the connection every time (using the same locale.ini on both machines can help. Im not sure.) So the FIRST STEP to success is what i've said.

Success lies within the manufacturer and there ability to test there product before bringing it to market and not force there consumers to come to public forums to find fixes for something that should have been taken care of before reaching final beta...remember 2004 (woops!... there's that nasty mentioning of 2004 in the 2005 thread again...Gasp!) final was released publicly and still basically a beta last year and received little or no after market support from EA Sports and the FIFA dev team.

I would say that the same problems are apparent this year.

Whats your problem?

Apparently I don't have one...I didn't buy FIFA 2005...

The 2005 demo was a big enough piece of trash to convince me it wasn't worth purchasing.

The main point?...there should be a supported patch to fix the problem...maybe the dev team could learn something from the FPS community....they beta test with the public and address key areas such as multi-play and direct TCP/IP in there demos...before going gold.


MrSmee