Great news Gib!
I suspected it was UPnP related.
Enjoy the game!
Jimmy.
| Jimmy and Gib,
|
| I'm all set. I disabled UPnP on my Linksys WRT54G router
| and I can now host multiplayer games, and the DirectPlay
| test is successful. UPnP, according to Linksys' web site
| is meant to help automatically configure your network
| devices. My set up is still working fine without UPnP.
|
| I wasn't aware of a UPnP service that has to be started
| on WinXP. Maybe if it's started on XP and enabled on the
| router DirectPlay will work properly. I don't know and am
| not going to test it because I'm all set with things the
| way they're configured right now.
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Good luck with that Gib. I find it's a good practice to
| connect without
| >using the router to see whether it's causing the
| problem. That will save
| >you a lot of troubleshooting time, and also if it is the
| router, most of the
| >router manufacturers provide free 1-800 tech support
| service.
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
|
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >
| >Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| in message | (e-mail address removed)...
| >|
| >| Yes, I did find your suggestions helpful. I
| haven't gotten a chance to test them out yet, but I'll
| give them a try later.
| >I'm going to try UPnP first. I already tired to enable
| UPnP on my router without any success, but I didn't know
| that I had to start
| >the UPnP service on XP.
| >|
| >| Thanks,
| >| Gib
| >|
| >| ----- Jimmy S. wrote: -----
| >|
| >| Hi Gibraltar,
| >|
| >| Did you try the suggestions I posted? I think
| Step 4 or 8 might help.
| >|
| >| --
| >| Cheers, Windows
| XP MVP Shell / User
| >| Jimmy S.
|
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >|
| >|
| >| Game FAQs:
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >| Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >| MS Support at:
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-
| us;top
| >| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty;
| nor do I confer any rights.
| >|
| _________________________________________________________
| >|
| >| "Gibraltar" <
[email protected]>
| wrote in message | (e-mail address removed)...
| >| |
| >| | Do you have a firewall? If so, did you
| open the ports for DirectX? If you haven't already, you
| might want to read
| >the
| >| Knowledge Base article at
|
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320020 .
| >| |
| >| | Unfortunately, that may still not solve your
| problem. I'm having the same problem, even though I
| followed the instructions
| >in the
| >| Knowledge Base article. The strange thing this
| is that if I don't open up the ports on my router's
| firewall, I can still
| >host
| >| Dungeon Siege games on my internal LAN. However,
| as soon as I open up the ports, the screen freezes
| momentarily, as you
| >described,
| >| and then kicks me back out to the multiplayer
| window. The DirectPlay test gives me the same error that
| you got.
| >| |
| >| | I've opened up all of the ports that were
| suggested, but I still can't host a DirectPlay session.
| Anybody else have any
| >other
| >| suggestions?
| >| |
| >| | Gib
| >| | ----- Phantom519 wrote: -----
| >| |
| >| | I can't host a multiplayer LAN game, in
| Once Upon a
| >| | Knight or Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna
| specifically.
| >| | I click the option to host a game and the
| screen freezes
| >| | for a few seconds and then just stays on
| the same screen.
| >| | I never get to the game options screen. I
| know I can host
| >| | a UT 2003 game, and my TCP/IP config is
| working fine.
| >| |
| >| | After further testing I find that my
| DirectPlay test
| >| | fails when trying to create a session in
| the dxdiag
| >| | utility. Here's the error I get when I try
| to run the
| >| | test and choose Create New
| Session. "DirectPlay test
| >| | results: Failure at step 9 (Creating
| Session): HRESULT =
| >| | 0x80158185 (error code)"
| >| |
| >| | Please help!
| >| |
| >|
| >|
| >|
| >
| >
| >.
| >
