RACE 07 dedicated server help

[Yves Larose]

hi guys, i just installed the race 07 dedicate server and tried it but when i'm trying to connect it says that it can't connect so i was wondering if someone could help me please :thumb:

thanks in advance

 

[shenken]

Moved into the correct forum section

 

[Andrew Evans]

hi guys, i just installed the race 07 dedicate server and tried it but when i'm trying to connect it says that it can't connect so i was wondering if someone could help me please :thumb:

thanks in advance

do you show has having a ping of 5000 on the server list?
firewall is blocking it, in that case...

 

[Ben Tusting]

I Can set up a dedicated server and people can join but I can't seem to join why is this?

 

[Neil Gault]

I Can set up a dedicated server and people can join but I can't seem to join why is this?

are you trying to run the server and join it from the same ip address?

 

[Ben Tusting]

Yep and I'm guessing i can't do that ?

 

[Neil Gault]

Yep and I'm guessing i can't do that ?

you should be able to if you change the port range in the server ini file, in gtr2 there was a help file to show you how to do it but i do not think there is anything similar for race07 but a quick look at the ini file and it looks like you would have to change these lines
PortRangeBegin=0
PortRangeEnd=0

afraid i can not test as i have my dedicated server installed on another pc with a different ip address so have never had this problem.

 

[Ben Tusting]

but a quick look at the ini file and it looks like you would have to change these lines
PortRangeBegin=0
PortRangeEnd=0

So would i have to change it to that or it needs to be changed from that?

 

[David Lemon]

I've tried this and spent hours in the router trying to get it to work which i eventually did but any more than 2 or 3 cars and the lag was unbearable, you need a lot of bandwidth to run a decent amount of cars for what it's worth I turned off the firewall on the pc and set up a DMZ in the router

 

[Oliver Amos]

you should be able to if you change the port range in the server ini file, in gtr2 there was a help file to show you how to do it but i do not think there is anything similar for race07 but a quick look at the ini file and it looks like you would have to change these lines
PortRangeBegin=0
PortRangeEnd=0

afraid i can not test as i have my dedicated server installed on another pc with a different ip address so have never had this problem.

You don't need to. I run a race07 online dedi server from my pc regularly and can connect to it without any changes.

 

[David Lemon]

The problem is normally in the router!

 

[James Yates]

The problem is normally in the router!

Exactly - its to do with port forwarding

Click this and find your router

 

[Neil Gault]

the standard ports are TCP+UDP 48942 – 48957 and UDP 26900-26907 so you need to change it from that.
i am not sure if you have to specify which ports within the ini file or if it will accept changing it to say +1
For gtr2 you could specify the ports used within your plr file but with race07 it is slightly different.

 

[Neil Gault]

The problem is normally in the router!

yes but if you have 2 systems sitting behind a router both trying to use the same ports then what system does the router forward the data too?
This is why one system needs to change the ports used.

 

[Dietmar]

Do I need a second license for the server, especially when I run it on a separate PC?

 

[Ben Tusting]

I have opened all of the necessary ports along with the steam ports but it's still doesn't work

 

[Dietmar]

Just tried it now myself.

• Started the Server (on same PC running Vista)
• Windows asked me whether to block/unblock
• I said 'unblock'
• Started client, went to LAN Game
• Found my server
• Connected
• Raced

 

[Stuart Thomson]

I had exactly the same experience as Dietmar, my total amount of firewall/router config/turmoil was clicking on "Unblock"

 

[Dietmar]

Maybe to add one thing (as I just repeated the same under XP, due to my crashing Vista), when I defined my server I unchecked on the first page the Internet Server option.

 

[Richard Bunschoten]

if i start dedicated_server.exe in steam folder , it gives me an error saying it doesnt find steam.dll

do i need to start this some other way ..??

i want to practice the wet race ..