Can't join Servers Thread - Omegalodon

I bought the game a few days ago. By the way well doen on making such an amazing game. But recently I have found that I cant join any servers. It just sits on the connecting screen and then does nothing until I click off it.

Any help will be appreciated.

Cheers
*Noooch

If you are in Windows, run the game as an administrator.

Otherwise, run the game windowed and you might see a popup asking to 'allow connection.' Make sure both boxes are checked and click Allow.

I have done both and still nothing. I was able to join one of my mates who was hosting but it seems i cant join anyone else. Was working not long ago. Then when I tried to play with a couple of mates I couldnt join the server. We had to keep swapping hosts until I eventually joined one. It seems I can only join a select group of servers. my mates are having no such trouble

1. Are you running version 1.3.1?

2. Have you ever been able to join any other games?

3. What kind of internet connection do you have?

4. Try hosting a server and pressing TAB to see your Public IP. The number after the colon is your external port.

5. Try forwarding that port in your router settings. (You may have to look up instructions as each one is different)

It seems you may have an unusual setup, which can occur in some parts of the world with certain ISPs. Let me know as much info as possible and I'll try to fix it in the next patch.

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. ADSL2 12 Meg a second down speed

4. Tried that no one can join

5. Did that, except every time I host a server the port changes

1 Of my mates whom I want to play with is having the exact same problem as I am having. Except occasionnally he can join a server. I have been able to join some but the ones I can join my friends cant and visa versa.

Are they in the same building as you?

some are across the other side of the country and others are closer by. But no one is in the same building

I'm still investigating this, and I assume 1.4 hasn't fixed it. The fact that your port keeps changing is unusual. I experienced that only while testing the game with a 3G connection. I'm going to need as much info about your setup as possible to troubleshoot this. Type of router, how many connected devices, public IP, etc. PM me for privacy's sake.

i have had the problem of not joining so i exit it through task manager and when it starts up the server is gone so im guessing that you join when they end the server, this might just be me

an error i got is that i am already in a server but i just have 1 program of the game open

I have the same problem, and my ports keep changing aswell

I have the same problem, lucky for me I got the demo first before buying it, or I'd have bought a game that I couldn't play. I hope you find out what it is, the game looks really fun.

*Bump* I just bought this game like 20 minutes ago and I can't join any server
Just another waste of money..

Try the following:

1. Run the game as Administrator.

2. When attempting to join, Alt-Tab out and see if there is a Windows Firewall popup. If so, check both boxes and click Allow.

3. Look into your router settings and forward port 25565.

4. Contact the server admin and Direct Connect using the IP address.

This error is due to server admins not correctly forwarding their ports, as is specified in the ReadMe.

I am getting similar results, being to like maybe join a server but mostly I can't

Did you try the steps above?

How do you run the game as "Administrator"?

In Windows go to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Desura\Common\omegalodon

Right-click Omegalodon_Win and choose Run as administrator.

It's impossible for me to run Omeladon as administrator :/ whenever I do it brings up a box and it has the names of the programs that are causing the errors. I'm NO technical badass here, but I think the demo might have something screwed over with it. I trust the game works, because Nerd cubed played it, just please help! :/ I don't want to buy the game unless I know it works.

Post a screenshot of the error.

I am also having problems connecting to servers. I have tried the following:
1. Port-forwarding port 25565 and the port that showed up when I started a game.
2. Allowed the game in both Zonealarm and Windows Firewall
3. Run as administrator
4. Different graphics-settings
Nothing works, I am living in Sweden so it may be that the server is too far away in USA or so.
Going to reinstall, will write here when I am done testing that.

Nope, no luck with reinstall. Checked some file called output_log, said something about server using NAT and it failed.

Can you test if the game works on other computers, ie. a library computer? I'd be interested to know if you're getting blocked due to a region issue as opposed to software issue. I do know a lot of players are US-based.

This is a region issue. Some ISPs do not provide what's called "NAT Punchthrough," which enables connections between DNS systems. Some countries employ their own DNS, and this is a symptom. Larger games overcome this by providing their own punchthrough mechanism with servers in each region, but this is not possible for my small company.

Whenever I try to connect, the the game just crashes after minute or to of trying to connect.
and yes I do have administrator mode on, and Both boxes checked in firewall.

I'm in a university dorm, so port forwarding isn't really an option

Are you using the latest version of the game? You will be kicked if you try to join a server with a different version.

how to downgrade it?i have 1.4,