Won't see MOTD
Hi tmc,
Try putting this into a file named
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\allegiance.cfg
Can you also export your registry from:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\1.0
And then post it in here so we can see what your settings are?
Try putting this into a file named
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\allegiance.cfg
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[Allegiance]
PublicLobby=autoupdate.alleg.net
PublicMessageURL=http://autoupdate.alleg.net/autoupdate/motd/messageoftheday.mdl
FilelistSite=http://autoupdate.alleg.net
FilelistDirectory=/autoupdate/game
FileListCRC = 6C1D5475
FilelistSize = 14385
[AllSrvUI]
Site=http://autoupdate.alleg.net
AutoUpdateURL=http://autoupdate.alleg.net/Autoupdate/Game/Standalone/AutoUpdate.exe
AutoUpdateCRC=8CA52A5E
Directory=/Autoupdate/Game
FileListCRC = ABFE9D21
FilelistSize = 2698
; THIS IS A VALID CONFIG FILEHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\1.0
And then post it in here so we can see what your settings are?
-I never tried it without any AV; didnt think about it while reinstalling
-Setting connection port to HTTP doesn't change anything
-Backtrak: already fixed my allegiance.cfg without any effect
-My hosts file is empty (except for localhost)
-No IE proxy settings
-Setting connection port to HTTP doesn't change anything
-Backtrak: already fixed my allegiance.cfg without any effect
-My hosts file is empty (except for localhost)
-No IE proxy settings
Last edited by tmc on Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
You can give my installer a try, maybe it fixes your problem (somehow):
http://www.german-borg.de/files/Allegiance%20Setup%20new.exe
http://www.german-borg.de/files/Allegiance%20Setup%20new.exe
The Escapist (Justin Emerson) @ Dec 21 2010, 02:33 PM:
The history of open-source Allegiance is paved with the bodies of dead code branches, forum flame wars, and personal vendettas. But a community remains because people still love the game.
Unsurprisingly, that didn't help. Thanks though.pkk wrote:QUOTE (pkk @ Nov 11 2010, 05:30 PM) You can give my installer a try, maybe it fixes your problem (somehow):
http://www.german-borg.de/files/Allegiance%20Setup%20new.exe
Also, my alleg install is on a different partition than my OS; would that matter?
Last edited by tmc on Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:09 am, edited 1 time in total.
No, it shouldn't be a problem being on another partition.
The issue is that *something* is blocking Allegiance's access to port 80 (the standard http:// port). We know this because only the MotD uses that, so if you can't see the scrolling message, we know it's an issue with port 80. It could be a router rule, it could be a firewall, it could be AV software, etc. I know you claim to have tried all of these, but the very symptom you have resolves to that specific issue.
By any chance did you have Norton or McAffee on this machine at any point in time and have since removed it? With Norton in particular (but I'll lump McAffee in there, too) you need to use their removal tool. (Uninstall, unfortunately, doesn't really uninstall it completely. The tool is necessary.)
The issue is that *something* is blocking Allegiance's access to port 80 (the standard http:// port). We know this because only the MotD uses that, so if you can't see the scrolling message, we know it's an issue with port 80. It could be a router rule, it could be a firewall, it could be AV software, etc. I know you claim to have tried all of these, but the very symptom you have resolves to that specific issue.
By any chance did you have Norton or McAffee on this machine at any point in time and have since removed it? With Norton in particular (but I'll lump McAffee in there, too) you need to use their removal tool. (Uninstall, unfortunately, doesn't really uninstall it completely. The tool is necessary.)