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Cannot connect to server...?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:07 pm
by Brynn
Hello all,

multiplayers' help needed.

Whenever I'm trying to connect to a server (anyone that GameSpy shows on the list) and join a game session to play NWN in multi I get an error message that some kind of *.tlk file is missing. :confused: Do you know what that means and why that file would be gone?

Also, do you know a way to play in multi with my own pregenerated characters?
B/c when I check "Show pregenerated characters" (in multiplayer mode) I only see those that I have created after loading/starting a multi game, but not those that I have on my computer. Are these chars stored on the server...?

Thanks

~Brynn

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:30 pm
by Fiberfar
I can not remember, but I think you need CEP (Community Expension Pack or some such, I don't remeber what it stands for). If you click server info before you log into the server, you should see if it requires CEP, and you should also see if you can import homemade characters.

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:53 pm
by Xandax
[QUOTE=Brynn]<snip>
Also, do you know a way to play in multi with my own pregenerated characters?
B/c when I check "Show pregenerated characters" (in multiplayer mode) I only see those that I have created after loading/starting a multi game, but not those that I have on my computer. Are these chars stored on the server...?
[/QUOTE]

Many/some servers doesn't allow for the usage of "homemade" characters, but keep the characters in a server vault (to minimize the risk of hacked/cheated characters, and to control balance), so you'd on these servers only see the characters you've made on server.

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:16 am
by Brynn
Hm, ok. Home made chars are forgotten, then.

But still I cannot connect b/c of that file missing :(

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:31 am
by Xandax
Well - do you have the CEP installed, as Fiberfar mentions?

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:01 am
by Brynn
I don't know what that is. I have the original game and the two exps installed, and GameSpy...

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:22 am
by Xandax
try taking a look at this url: http://nwn.bioware.com/players/cep.html

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:22 am
by Magrus
[QUOTE=Brynn]I don't know what that is. I have the original game and the two exps installed, and GameSpy...[/QUOTE]

It's the Community Expansion Pack. Just about any server you attempt to connect to requires you to have it. If you don't, you'll get that message. I had the same problem and was frustrated out of my mind.

I don't bother playing online, it's too much of a hassle. Each server has it's own requirements, and so many hak paks are available, I could spend hours trying to find a little addition to be able to run the new server, and then not like it at all. I've completely wasted days doing so until I decided to not bother. :mad:

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:38 am
by Brynn
[QUOTE=Magrus]It's the Community Expansion Pack. Just about any server you attempt to connect to requires you to have it. If you don't, you'll get that message. I had the same problem and was frustrated out of my mind.[/QUOTE]
So I have to buy ANOTHER exp pack to be able to play online?! :eek:

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:46 am
by Fiberfar
[QUOTE=Brynn]So I have to buy ANOTHER exp pack to be able to play online?! :eek: [/QUOTE]

Nope, you have to update your game, and it should ask if you want to install CEP and some other things.

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:50 am
by Brynn
Well, I updated the game recently. Don't remember being asked for CEP, though...

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:23 am
by Magrus
[QUOTE=Brynn]Well, I updated the game recently. Don't remember being asked for CEP, though...[/QUOTE]

It's free, the link Xandax gave should show you what it is and where to get it. That was sort of a group of players deciding to condense a lot of haks for ease of use to solve the problem I had above. Now, if they did that with the rest of them I'd be thrilled...

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:43 am
by Brynn
Uh, will take some time to download, so I cannot report anything yet but thanks for the help anyway, hope this works.

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:04 am
by Xandax
[QUOTE=Brynn]So I have to buy ANOTHER exp pack to be able to play online?! :eek: [/QUOTE]

Did you even click on my link :p :D (until much later that is ;) )

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:45 am
by Brynn
I did finally but I admit it escaped my attention somehow for the firs time :p

Yes, CEP was missing, thank you very much, it works now. Now I have to find a nice bunch of ppl to play with :D

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:40 am
by Brynn
Another problem occured:

when I host the game and others want to join (either by clicking the game or direct connect) they always get timeout...? Do you have any idea why that happens?

We're trying to play the original campaing, the game is not altered in any way.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:42 am
by Magrus
[QUOTE=Brynn]Another problem occured:

when I host the game and others want to join (either by clicking the game or direct connect) they always get timeout...? Do you have any idea why that happens?

We're trying to play the original campaing, the game is not altered in any way.[/QUOTE]

I second, I tried joining Brynn for a SOU game. The CEP fails its' download, and now, we get rejected from making a game. We can join one already made by someone else, but we can't make one ourselves, or join one the two of us made. :(

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:45 am
by RenigadeRhino
[QUOTE=Brynn]Another problem occured:

when I host the game and others want to join (either by clicking the game or direct connect) they always get timeout...? Do you have any idea why that happens?

We're trying to play the original campaing, the game is not altered in any way.[/QUOTE]

I was there too, with the same problem :( it kept timing out when we tried to join eachothers games. but we were able to join someone elses game... untill they left :( !

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:07 am
by Xandax
Could it have something to do with firewall settings, not allowing incomming traffic to the game?

I have never hosted a multiplayer game, so I wouldn't know for sure - but my immideate guess would be the network/blocking traffic.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:23 am
by Magrus
[QUOTE=Xandax]Could it have something to do with firewall settings, not allowing incomming traffic to the game?

I have never hosted a multiplayer game, so I wouldn't know for sure - but my immideate guess would be the network/blocking traffic.[/QUOTE]

I turned mine off, thinking that was the problem. It times out, regardless, which is what is confusing me. Last year I had no problem whatsoever. :mad: