Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Why cant I Join my friends games?
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Lately i have been experiencing some problems with halo for pc. My friends games no longer show up in the game lobby, nor can i use direct connect. I have played with them online before, and i cant understand why it has suddenly decided to stop working. Does anyone else have this problem, and know how to fix it?

  • 07.17.2004 12:36 AM PDT
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Servers tend not to show up right away. Have you waited long enough?

  • 07.17.2004 1:05 AM PDT
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Heres whatcha do....My friend and I like to host rooms and play eachother all the time. Just use AIM(if youdont have it try MSN Messenger or anything of the like.) talk to eachohter so when the room is ready you can search for it. If it doesnt show up, Try the IP thing. If that doesnt help, I dont know what else to do. Maybe somebody else out there knows something.

  • 07.17.2004 5:06 AM PDT
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What do your filters look like in the Gameroom?

I'm also a big fan of the "send me the IP via IM" method that Trunk Munkey suggested above. It's much quicker and more accurate than wading through hundreds of other servers trying to locate the one you are searching for. :)

  • 07.17.2004 10:55 AM PDT
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Well ive waited for 10 mins before i gave up, and as for direct ip his ip is the same as my routers so it dosent look online for him. Ive played with him before, so i dunno why it just stopped working. I also have no filters on so thats not the problem, disabling my network connections didnt help, so im at a loss as of what to do.

  • 07.19.2004 10:58 AM PDT
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Sounds like your friend just got a new router or something. You both will probably have to put your gaming rigs in the DMZ of the router so it's not using a private IP.

  • 07.19.2004 1:05 PM PDT