04-11-2004 15:27									#1
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Hi,

I can't find any servers with CtP 2. I have the patch 1.11 and the new server.dat. I work with a netgear router with port forwarding. CtP 1 online gaming works fine but ctp 2 refuse to work....

any help out here?

	04-11-2004 16:00									#2
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Youll have to be more specific, what happens when you replace the servers.dat file and enter the list of servers?

	04-11-2004 16:48									#3
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i see no server list.... it serches only for servers, it dosn't advance to the server list....

	04-11-2004 16:57									#4
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Then you dont have the most up to date servers.dat file or maybe you put it in the wrong folder?

Heres the one im using that displays the one remaining server.

Into ...\ctp2_program\ctp

	04-11-2004 20:23									#5
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thanks... now ist works

	05-11-2004 02:17									#6
	Got spare money?

Maybe Locutus should replace the version of the servers.dat in the directory by the most up to date one. By the way can anybody tell me I can I create my own servers.dat, for instance for the next time and so that I don't have to look it up.

-Martin

	05-11-2004 02:24									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Martin Gühmann Maybe Locutus should replace the version of the servers.dat in the directory by the most up to date one.

I already did, a few seconds after Maq posted a link to the most up-to-date version

quote: By the way can anybody tell me I can I create my own servers.dat, for instance for the next time and so that I don't have to look it up.

Try to start an MP game yourself. As soon as you're in the server selection screen, you will have the most up-to-date servers.dat file. Only works if your existing file contains at least one valid server though.

	05-11-2004 02:45									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Locutus I already did, a few seconds after Maq posted a link to the most up-to-date version

Well I didn't know.

quote: Originally posted by Locutus Try to start an MP game yourself. As soon as you're in the server selection screen, you will have the most up-to-date servers.dat file. Only works if your existing file contains at least one valid server though.

Well my question was rather about the case if the servers.dat doesn't contain any valid servers. However servers.dat as string isn't part of any source files of the CTP2 project. However you can find the string in anet2d.dll, dp2.lib and dp2d.lib. Unfortunatly I don't have the source code of these files. However I assume the servers.dat is generated from the info in bootserv.txt, well at least it would be logical, as the original version of the file only contains Activision servers and the bootserv.txt is also as string contained in three files I mentioned.

-Martin

	05-11-2004 07:52									#9
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You might be able to find info at http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/anet-server/ Martin.

[quote]It's a bit tedious. You have to use gtest to do it.
The doc to do that is buried somewhere in
http://kegel.com/anet/anet-0.10/doc/testing.htm
http://kegel.com/anet/anet-0.10/doc/gtest.htm
http://kegel.com/anet/anet-0.10/src...ver/README2.txt
or you can ask someone else who's already done it
for an updated servers.dat.[/quite]

	05-11-2004 19:46									#10
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Thank you, Maq. But I'd like also to test this bootserv.txt idea can you give me the name of the most current server again?

-Martin

	05-11-2004 20:09									#11
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911.alink.namesdepot.net

	05-11-2004 22:27									#12
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It's indeed the bootserv.txt from that the initial server list is generated. That's know the content of my file:

code:

911.alink.namesdepot.net 911.alink.namesdepot.net
us1.alink.activision.com us1.alink.activision.com 
us2.alink.activision.com us2.alink.activision.com 
uk1.activision.co.uk uk1.activision.co.uk