Connection failing, nothing has worked so far

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Connection failing, nothing has worked so far

Post by Rikjs »

Hi,

I'm always getting the message "I'm sorry, a connection could not be established". Every time. The very nano second I click connect. I've tried it with The Void, Discovery, GLS, manual list fix, anti-virus (ESET) disabled and uninstalled even though it's on the white list and should work, I've disabled IPv6, run it in compatability mode as administrator and standard. When running FLserver.exe I can see my server in the list along with other internet servers so there's no problem communicating with the global server. I'm not running a LAN server, it doesn't show on that list. I can't even connect to my own server. I'm not re-installing again, it took a day for me to be able to play single player and this problem has been hanging around since first install.

I've followed every guide and viewed every knowledgebase. I can't be the only person on Vista that just can't get it to work.
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Re: Connection failing, nothing has worked so far

Post by LIMAN »

Hi.

If you have router make sure you add freelancer to the allowed list.
Maybe the problem is in Freelancer Mod Menager,thry this:
FLMM may don't work right under Vista system, just right-click on the shortcut or FLMM.exe -> Properties, tick on "Execute as Admin" and set the compability mode to Win XP or Win 2000.
You have instructions in pictures here.

I hope this helps.
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Re: Connection failing, nothing has worked so far

Post by Unib5 »

Mate, you've got EXACT same problem as me.
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Re: Connection failing, nothing has worked so far

Post by Retribution »

Same problem I had

Rolling back windows updates on vista to DECEMBER fixed it for me.
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Re: Connection failing, nothing has worked so far

Post by Rikjs »

[quote="Retribution";p="205479"]Same problem I had

Rolling back windows updates on vista to DECEMBER fixed it for me.[/quote]

I rolled back updates but it's still not working. I also uninstalled VMWare for good measure but that didn't make a difference either.
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