Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Having trouble connecting to my own dedicated server..
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Here's my setup:
- Running Halo 1.05
- Running Halo Dedicated Server 1.05
- Ports 2302 and 2303 on router are set to forward to my internal IP address
- In my Halo settings, I have my server port as 2301 and client port as 2303 (I think this is so that I can connect to the dedicated server which is at 2302 by default)
- I run Halo, go to multiplayer -> Direct IP -> type in my IP address (internal or WAN.. both gave the same error) and the password
- I still can't connect.. maybe I was wrong but I thought you could run a dedicated server on your PC and connect to it on that same PC while running halo?

Any ideas, been at this one for a couple hours now..


[Edited on 10/18/2004 4:18:34 PM]

  • 10.18.2004 4:03 PM PDT
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I tried putting running Halo Dedicated Server 1.05 on another PC in my house .. I couldn't see the name on the server list and when I tried connecting to it, I received a message "Connection rejected: Your client is older than the server." .. this is a little confusing because I'm running Halo 1.05 and the server is 1.05? I just bought this the other day.. so confused.

  • 10.18.2004 5:42 PM PDT
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Are you using the same copy of Halo? With a no cd patch or something? I'm not accusing you of doing something illegal don't worry, but I think Bungie kind of want you to buy one copy of Halo per PC in order for them to connect... That's how it seems anyway.

  • 10.18.2004 10:53 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

I bought a copy of haloPC (heck, I even preordered) and I can say that on LAN, it doesn't test for legal IP's, cause I have 1 copy of halo, n' can play it on LAN.

If you're on Windows XP, then it's probably your network bridge, they never seem to work with routers. Try deleting them. (go into your network connections, select the blue brigde icon, delete)... Then restart your comp, the ded server should work fine, and you should have full connectivity with your LAN, and WAN networks. If it doesn't work, then you can always re-create the network bridge by selecting 2 connections, and then right-click and select "bridge connections."

  • 10.18.2004 11:53 PM PDT