*gasp* the ports to open for loco are top secret!

shYheim · Post by **shYheim** » 24 Sep 2004 23:12

take a look at this load of garbage

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From: socksfelloff@hotmail.com [mailto:socksfelloff@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 6:59 PM
To: Tech1 (HE)
Subject: Chris Sawyer's Locomotion - Windows XP : North America :

REQUIRED CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Name : jason sokoloff
E-mail : socksfelloff@hotmail.com
Birthday : 08/27/1986
Warranty : Out of Warranty
Product Name : Chris Sawyer's Locomotion
Customer OS : Windows XP
Customer Country : Canada

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION
i need to know what ports to open for this game so i can host games, is it
2043 THROUGH 2400 or 2043 AND 2400?

thanks for your time.

wow atari just went down another notch in my books..i didnt think that was possible. also if anyone happens to know the answer for this i would like to know please since they arnt goin to help me ROFLCOPTER

ampz · Post by **ampz** » 24 Sep 2004 23:36

Why don't you just TRY it?
How hard can it be???
Open the entire range of ports, try the game and make sure it works.
Close all ports and open only the two.
Try the game again.
If it does not work now, then the entire range is required.

shYheim · Post by **shYheim** » 24 Sep 2004 23:43

ampz wrote:Why don't you just TRY it?
How hard can it be???
Open the entire range of ports, try the game and make sure it works.
Close all ports and open only the two.
Try the game again.
If it does not work now, then the entire range is required.

the problem is im 17 so i live with my parents and my dad has a pw on the router, so i have to ask him to do it and he refuses to open that many ports for a game because of some stupid reason, so he wants me to find out first if he has to just open 2 ports he will do it.

DarkMatter · Post by **DarkMatter** » 25 Sep 2004 01:59

Or it could be that Atari hasn't bothered to update their database yet. The message says, "Unfortunately this information is not currently available," not "It's so secret that if I told you, I'd have to kill you."

Oh, and did you happen to check the manual?

shYheim · Post by **shYheim** » 25 Sep 2004 02:25

DarkMatter wrote:Or it could be that Atari hasn't bothered to update their database yet. The message says, "Unfortunately this information is not currently available," not "It's so secret that if I told you, I'd have to kill you."

Oh, and did you happen to check the manual?

i....lost it.... however people talk about a pdf one but i dont seem to have it, unless you have to DL it.

DarkMatter · Post by **DarkMatter** » 25 Sep 2004 07:02

Riiiighttt...peeps always lose 144 page spiral-bound manuals...

Anywho, it shoulda been on the cd.

jules · Post by **jules** » 25 Sep 2004 09:57

shYheim wrote:
ampz wrote:Why don't you just TRY it?
How hard can it be???
Open the entire range of ports, try the game and make sure it works.
Close all ports and open only the two.
Try the game again.
If it does not work now, then the entire range is required.
the problem is im 17 so i live with my parents and my dad has a pw on the router, so i have to ask him to do it and he refuses to open that many ports for a game because of some stupid reason, so he wants me to find out first if he has to just open 2 ports he will do it.

Weeelll instead of trying the entire range first, just try the two ports first, THEN if it doesnt work you need the range, and is safer than the other way round. And why do you need the router passworded with a password your not allowed?

ampz · Post by **ampz** » 25 Sep 2004 11:20

Well, I just checked. It says in the manual exactly which ports you need to forward. There you have your answer.

Don't expect anyone to tell you the exact ports here, because the only way you could have "lost" your manual in two weeks is if you illegaly copied the game.

ChrisCF · Post by **ChrisCF** » 25 Sep 2004 14:42

STFU. I cleaned up my desk recently and found 500-page books I'd forgotten I had.

Little Biscuit · Post by **Little Biscuit** » 25 Sep 2004 15:03

Hi there. The manual says:

If the connection fails, you might need to manually configure your firewall to open the following ports:

-6073
-2032 through 2400

I guess that's all you needed to know. Have fun!

shYheim · Post by **shYheim** » 25 Sep 2004 17:00

well thanks for the help...those who did help instead of bashing me for getting a game illegally which you have no proof if i did or didnt.

John · Post by **John** » 25 Sep 2004 17:07

ampz wrote: Don't expect anyone to tell you the exact ports here, because the only way you could have "lost" your manual in two weeks is if you illegaly copied the game.

not really......
i mena, i use a laptop mainly and i never carry manuals around, cuz they are a righ tpain and way a ton, also i usually virtual-cd the cd onto the harddrive, so i dont need the cd.
but when you get a new game, you generally refer to the manual A LOT and have it lieing next to the computer, and stuff gets placed ontop of it and......

its happened to me before.....(but i did find the damn thing)

DarkMatter · Post by **DarkMatter** » 25 Sep 2004 18:43

shYheim wrote:well thanks for the help...those who did help instead of bashing me for getting a game illegally which you have no proof if i did or didnt.

Ne'er said you did. Just highly curious that someone would lose a fairly thick manual in less than a month. Besides, the pdf version of the manual is sitting in the root directory of the Locomotion install. And game also gives a link to it on the start menu.

ampz · Post by **ampz** » 25 Sep 2004 18:55

Ever heard of the simple curtesy of reading the relevant FAQ/manual before asking questions in a forum? The heading "Firewall settings" is even in the table of contents in the manual. And there is a pdf manual on the CD.

You did not only ask about something that was clearly covered in the manual, you also falsely accused Atari of not supporting their customers and keeping information secret when in fact it was right there in the manual.

It is posts like theese that give good things a bad image. And I don't want Locomotion to get a bad image.
But fair enough, I take back what I said about piracy.

SkeedR · Post by **SkeedR** » 25 Sep 2004 18:58

haha ha ha ha.u keep the m...a...n...u...a...l HANDY! shesh!!! i just play the game and figure it out. how hard can it be?!?!?!

shYheim · Post by **shYheim** » 25 Sep 2004 19:08

ampz wrote:Ever heard of the simple curtesy of reading the relevant FAQ/manual before asking questions in a forum? The heading "Firewall settings" is even in the table of contents in the manual. And there is a pdf manual on the CD.

You did not only ask about something that was clearly covered in the manual, you also falsely accused Atari of not supporting their customers and keeping information secret when in fact it was right there in the manual.

It is posts like theese that give good things a bad image. And I don't want Locomotion to get a bad image.
But fair enough, I take back what I said about piracy.

yeah i didnt know that there was a PDF manual on the cd because i dont have a manual, and still maybe they could have at least said refer to manual or something.

weirdy wrote:haha ha ha ha.u keep the m...a...n...u...a...l HANDY! shesh!!! i just play the game and figure it out. how hard can it be?!?!?!

so how exactly was i just supposed to " play the game and figure it out" maybe by a certain year it would tell me the ports to open? rofl..

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 25 Sep 2004 19:19

shYheim wrote:no proof if i did or didnt.

Which basically means you did.

I have to agree that it's mighty suspicious, losing the manual.

"I {LOOOONG PAUSE} lose it {pause}"

SkeedR · Post by **SkeedR** » 25 Sep 2004 19:23

u mr. are obviosly pc illiterate. all u need to do is......... well maybe............... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................. i'll have to think this one through. .............................................. well when it comes to that there should be a BIG (i mean HUGE) sign saying:
THE PORTS FOR LOCO HOSTING ARE ... ... ... ... ...
some ppl these days have no common sense do they.
({[/\ OF TOPIC\/]}) ONCE THERE WAS A MAN called jim. he was happy and every 5 years visited the same cliff. 1 year there was a crack and he thought it might fall down.(uh oh!!!). when he went back, (5 years later), he found a cave had formed, (wow!!!), so he went and got a boat and looked in it and found..............well nothing. 5 years later the cave had gone, (OH NO!!!!!! I HAD BETTER TELL THE COUNSIL, he said), ... later that day he got a pole stuck it in the ground and hung in the arch from it. (is this boring u?). 5 years later, (AGAIN), there was no arch!!!!, (international arch theives, he thought(, although it was actually his pole from earlier)), there was just a stack,( <--look that up), 5 years later he went back and found........THERE WAS NO STACK!!!!!!!!! (this is near the end!!!), so he had seen how the navy would jump to stacks from the mainland and thought jumping to a stump wuold be the same..............He wanted to see his daughter again,...,but never did, he went OVER the stump landed in the sea and .......(duh dum duuuuuuuuummmm!!!!!!).........DROWNED!!!!! ({[/\ OFF TOPIC \/]})
so what i am saying is that it is important to have a manual.

(hehehehehehe.............NOT!!!!!!!!!!!)

DarkMatter · Post by **DarkMatter** » 25 Sep 2004 19:28

shYheim wrote:yeah i didnt know that there was a PDF manual on the cd because i dont have a manual, and still maybe they could have at least said refer to manual or something.

Wait, you don't *have* a manual? You said, "i.... lost it...." when I told you to look in it before. I find it unlikely and improbable, but still possible, that you could/would lose the manual that quickly. However, there is no way at all, short of a packaging error, that you would not get a manual with a copy of the game. Note that I'm not accusing you of pirating the game, just that said circumstances are more than a bit suspicious.

Oh, and Atari probably assumed that you would have read the manual and readme before contacting them.

shYheim · Post by **shYheim** » 25 Sep 2004 19:30

GoneWacko wrote:
shYheim wrote:no proof if i did or didnt.
Which basically means you did.

I have to agree that it's mighty suspicious, losing the manual.

"I {LOOOONG PAUSE} lost it {pause}"

allright it doesnt matter how i got it, the fact is never once did i bring up the fact that i may or may not have payed for locomotion because it is forbiden to talk about it so dont make me look like a bad guy

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