"Failed to connect to the server"

SiLenT60 · Post by **SiLenT60** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:36 pm

Windows Version (and Service Packs): Vista
Processor Speed: AMD anthlon 64x dual core?
RAM:1gb
Video Card (Make and Model#):nvidia 6150 LE /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />
Sound Card (Make and Model#): Realtek?
Connection Type (Dialup, Cable, DSL, other): Cable (wireless)
Modem (Make and Model#):comcast modem
Router (Make and Model#):linksys
Internet Service Provider(company name): Comcast
Location(State/Province/Locality, and Country): Richmond, VA USA
Installed Mods: none.

Problem Encountered at Step #: between 9 and 10
Which Program (ASGS/Allegiance): Allegiance
What Error Message: Failed to connect to server
Comments (What you tried, description, etc): I get in the game, connect to lobby, and i can see all the listed games and their status (running, waiting) and it even refreshes, but, however, when i attempt to join said games, alleg promptly replies with the error message "Failed to connect to server". i tried reinstalling the game. I made sure it was allowed through my firewall and all that jazz. Hope you guys can help

Grimmwolf_GB · Post by **Grimmwolf_GB** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:51 pm

Please post the name of your firewall and your anti virus software.

SiLenT60 · Post by **SiLenT60** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:52 pm

I dont have any current anti virus (working on that) and its Windows Firewall

edit: i tried to make a game for s&g's , it gave me a failed to join, and i just refreshed.. my game is running... wtf?

Post by **FreeBeer** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:08 pm

Yeah.. the game launches, but you're failing to connect. You'll be able to see it in the lobby when that happens. Sometimes degragging your hard drive helps in these circumstances... when you first join a game, Alleg loads a lot of data into memory. A fragmented hard drive (and low memory, but you don't have that problem, I would think) takes a long time to load it all in. The game times out in the meantime.

danzilla · Post by **danzilla** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:03 am

That happens once in a while to me too, but not often. Usually just a matter of waiting a minute (or a few) and trying again. When I see it happening it's usually when my cable connection is acting up with lost packets. (stupid damn cable company/employees... every damn time we go through the same equipment checks at their insistance, but it's always their equipment that's at fault.)

SiLenT60 · Post by **SiLenT60** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:21 am

Normally I would agree, but this continues to happen all day, and has for the last 2, so I'm assuming something else is the cause here.

Edit: Is the ATL.DLL important?

SiLenT60 · Post by **SiLenT60** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:45 pm

Okay, It's been a while and I've tried a few (ok, a lot) more times and it's definitely not working. Would switching to .net 2.0 help, cause i still have 1.1. also, when i reinstall, i note an error message saying ATL.dll is not available for writing? anyway im assuming that that file is missing. Any help here is appreciated, i really wanna play again /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

ogorass · Post by **ogorass** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:54 pm

You don't need .NET 2.0. Don't install it untill the new ASGS is out (TwoWeeks). The .dll problem rings a bell, but I'm to wasted to try and recall what it was... I'll get back on it tomorrow.

DrBeginner · Post by **DrBeginner** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:36 pm

sounds like ATL.dll is in read only mode. Find the file. right click on it. choos properties. and uncheck "read only" on it. make sure your admin first.

SiLenT60 · Post by **SiLenT60** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:04 am

nah, ATL.dll is not read only.. The exact error message for it is "Error opening file for writing : ATL.dll - abort - retry - ignore etc... so.. i dunno whats going on becuase its still in the folder, and its not read-only