A multiplayer problem

[Stark]

I'm having a bit of a problem with cfs3. If i host a game i find that afterwards i'm unable to join anyone else's game, it just sits on the "connecting" screen for eternity.
Does anyone know the reason for this? Thanks in advance.

[ozzy72]

Stark what firewall(s) are you using? And have you opened the ports through them?

Ozzy

[Stark]

I find firewalls difficult to set up for gaming so i switch them off before i play.

[_Ixe_Zitin]

I think its because the version of cfs3 that you have: if you have the 3.0(like me) you only can play with the people with this version. But there are problems, because i cant make a match: when i create one the people can't get in....

Problems of game

[town]

I find that I cannot get onto CFS 3 or FS2004 but I can get onto CFS 2. how many firewalls does Windows XP have?

[Stark]

I think its because the version of cfs3 that you have: if you have the 3.0(like me) you only can play with the people with this version. But there are problems, because i cant make a match: when i create one the people can't get in....

Problems of game

I'm using the fully patched version of the game. I have discovered that the problem lies in my USRobotics modem/router. The only way around it that i've managed is (after i've hosted a game) to reinitialise the modem. Once it's reset and reconnected to the internet i have no problem connecting to other peoples games.
I hope this post will help anyone else who's being driven potty by this problem.