Cant connect to gamespy - No Firewall

[DazL]

Heyas,

I recently bought a copy of Civ IV through Ebay. Its an original copy. After installing and upgading to the latest patch, I tried connecting to a multiplayer game.

The create account form acts weird to me, as in doesnt react to me hitting enter. I tried to create an account on gamespy, tested it there and I could login. But ingame when I use the info, I cant login either. The form just stays on the screen and nothing happens.

Is there some sort of unique key on the cd that prevents using a 2nd hand copy of Civ IV to play online?

I disabled my firewall for checking and my pc is in a DMZ, so no port issues I guess.

Anybody got an idea where to look?

Thanks in advance,
DazL

 

[Tangram]

I can't say I have a solution for you, but you're not alone. There's another thread here about this problem. I was wondering if it was a router compatibility issue, but I guess if you're in the DMZ, it disproves that theory. And I'm having this problem with a copy I bought from EB, so it has nothing to do with getting it second-hand.

EDIT: Nevermind, I see you already found the other thread.

 

[rilzic]

Just want to say i got the same thing as you all...

I've played CIV I, CIV II, CIV III, and now CIV IV but am thinking about not buying Warlords... where's my multi.

 

[stanmons]

Hi,

After 2 hours of Civ4 debugging I got multiplayer working with version 1.61! I started from exactly same problem, login did not do anything but halted for a second.

I would say the problem solving falls in two categories in this order:
1) Connectivity (firewall) issue resolving
2) GameSpy account resolving

Firewalls and port configurations are discussed widely around the forum. I disabled Windows firewall, configured Norton carefully to allow all UDP 2056 traffic and other TCP traffic (just in case) specified by gamespy. I also checked my ADSL router is not blocking any traffic. All set!

Next I set on debug logging in Civilization 4 ini file to:

; Enable synchronization logging
SynchLog = 1
; Enable the logging system
LoggingEnabled = 1

This allowed me to see in logs following entry:
ERR: The uniquenick provided is incorrect.

I googled it to do with GameSpy. Now I new connection works just fine! My girlfriend (civ fanatic!) had created an account earlier today in www.gamespyid.com which I tried. Did not work. I also tried one older account. No luck. After some searching I found a post (thanks!) about a solution: no account created OUTSIDE the Civ4 game will work. I guess Civ4 account creation provides some data normal www.gamespyid.com registration does not. Ok, I went and created another account now INSIDE Civ4 which worked with no problems and I found myself in multiplayer lobby! Tested once that login also now worked. Debug off and to play!

I hope I have been able to give you some ideas.

 

[flyingawaytoday77]

hi stanmons

i dont quite understand what you are saying can u rephrase it so it sounds english to me? ( i dont understand that much about computer language ). i am having the same problem too with this stupid multiplayer, so please help!!

 

[crunch]

start civ, create a new gamespy account from within the game, multiplay.

 

[flyingawaytoday77]

start civ, create a new gamespy account from within the game, multiplay.

hi crunch

my pc freezes when i do that.