[ut2004] I can't seem to join any games w/maps I don't have
Paul
subsolar at subsolar.org
Wed Sep 29 13:52:35 EDT 2004
On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 00:41, Tom Emerson wrote:
> On Monday 27 September 2004 8:02 am, Tom Emerson wrote:
> > whenever I go to a server offering a game for which I don't already have
> [...I get...]
> > failed to download package <x>; server refused to
> >
> > and that's it. Obviously there was more to the message
>
> ok, I finally rubbed two brain cells together and realized/remembered UT also
> "logs" quite a bit of stuff. So now I check the logs after this partial
> message and see:
>
> Log: Browse:
> 67.18.137.170/Index.ut2?Name=Starman9x?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Mr.Crow?team=255
> Log: Resolving uz2.gameservers.net...
> Log: Resolved uz2.gameservers.net (62.212.83.138)
> ScriptLog: PlayerController.ProgressCommand Cmd
> 'menu:GUI2K4.UT2K4DisconnectOptionPage' Msg1 'Connection failed' Msg2
> 'Downloading package 'ONS-Severance[ECE]' failed: Server refused to send
> 'ONS-Severance[ECE]''
> Log: Pending connect to
> '67.18.137.170/ONS-Severance[ECE]?Name=Starman9x?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Mr.Crow?team=255?GAME=Onslaught.ONSOnslaughtGame'
> failed; Downloading package 'ONS-Severance[ECE]' failed: Server refused to
> send 'ONS-Severance[ECE]'
> NetComeGo: Close TcpipConnection 67.18.137.170:7777 Tue Sep 28 22:28:02 2004
> Exit: Socket shut down
>
> aha! so now I see the message is "refused to send", but that seems to be
> baloney because the download progress counter just reached 100%
>
> ... UNLESS...
>
> in an attempt to make people think their connection is awesome, the "percent
> downloaded" is totally bogus and is updated via a simple timer and bears no
> relation to any bytes downloaded -- nahhh -- nobody would do THAT, now would
> they? ;)
>
> So the question remains, "what's the deal?" what should I look for, what
> should I log, etc., to help resolve this? [heck, I'll even run an ethereal
> trace if that's what it will take!]
Usually I get that message when the server has a different version of a
file than the redirect and the game server does not allow downloads.
Regards,
Paul
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