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[Hoak]

Look at, read, and post to THIS THREAD -- please, let's consolidate all these posts about connectivity issues in one thread so that Epic knows the scale of the issue.

[perkristian91]

same problem. not having any firewall or anything running, not even installed. but on the other hand I have an ASUS motherboard, so I'll try the sollution, and post back if it works for me. hope i have a better outcome than you on it, tried everything.

edit:

no change. blah..

[khan1989]

i feel very stupid now, but after months of giving up, i thought i would try again, and it WORKS, seems that i had peerguardian2 running, and this was blocking the gamespy servers.

[khan1989]

I'm having the exact same issue as you. Not sure whats going on atm.

http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=590086

Going to try this fix as i have an ASUS

"Connection Failed: Some customers are experiencing great difficulty connecting to servers, often resulting in a 'connection failed' error message. Many, once they applied the beta patch, can connect to the UMG deathmatch server, but no other.
Solution: On ASUS motherboards (and potentially others) updating your integrated LAN hardware's drivers have solved this issue.
Solution: If it takes you more than 30 seconds to load a map, the default servers will timeout and believe your client dropped. Things that can improve loadtime are disabling custom characters in the settings menu, increasing the amount of RAM in the system, and upgrading to a fast CPU.
Note: Using a key generated by a pirate key generator online will result in 'Connection Failed'.
Note: Using a key that is already in use by other player will result in 'Connection Failed'.

EDIT: THIS IS NOT WORKING, i have a legit version too, i have no idea what the problem is.. real cheesed off here, ive been conned of my money.

[DarkOne951]

I'm having the exact same issue as you. Not sure whats going on atm.

[khan1989]

I know there are like 100 threads on this, but there still is no answer for it.

I got this game like in December 2008 (late... i know had it on 360, moved to pc gamin recently) was able to play online fine. However since like 14/1/2009, I have not been able to connect online.

Ive tried every method available on this forum.
From forwarding ports... to reinstalling... to deleting ini... to deleting "my games folder"... to resetting winstock... to trying the gamespy id sign-in on the website (which signs in fine on the site)... to disabling my firewall... to disabling my anti-virus.. to nearly destroying my computer because of the frustration.

All i want to know is just one of the following answers to my questions (1 will do)
1) is there a fix?
2) anyone else having the same problem?
3) is ut3 no longer supported by epic?
4) is gamespy no longer supporting ut3?
5) am i doing something wrong?




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