Question about time outs

[sordeo]

So it seems that my crappy laptop just takes too long to load and that is a cause of a myriad of MP disconnects with my girlfriend. so, what I would like to know is if there is any way I can force a serving computer to wait longer before dropping a player? Even why I try to host myself my own laptop disconnects. If thats not possible, my computer does hang up on unpacking module for quite a while, is it possible to decompress the module so my game doesn't have to?

[DM Heatstroke]

So it seems that my crappy laptop just takes too long to load and that is a cause of a myriad of MP disconnects with my girlfriend. so, what I would like to know is if there is any way I can force a serving computer to wait longer before dropping a player? Even why I try to host myself my own laptop disconnects. If thats not possible, my computer does hang up on unpacking module for quite a while, is it possible to decompress the module so my game doesn't have to?

NWN only needs 6 kbps for a client connection, sounds like you or your girlfriend has other issues.

[sordeo]

Well, we both just uninstalled and reinstalled NWN and we're hard wired to each other through a hub, not a firewall, with no internet in the connection. So I was thinking the disconnect was because my computer would not be communicaating while loading and then timing out on the response. I can't even host a game, like I said my laptop drops itself from its own game because of a time out.

[DM Heatstroke]

Well, we both just uninstalled and reinstalled NWN and we're hard wired to each other through a hub, not a firewall, with no internet in the connection. So I was thinking the disconnect was because my computer would not be communicaating while loading and then timing out on the response. I can't even host a game, like I said my laptop drops itself from its own game because of a time out.

Maybe I'm not understanding you, but you can't run the stand-alone server & a client on the same machine.

[sordeo]

No, sorry, I mean when I use the ingame multiplayer menu and choose host an internet/LAN game, I wait for it to unpack the module, and then I get booted back to the main menu with "Server response timed out You have been disconnected". I'm not using the stand alone server program at all. When we set up her laptop as the server, after I choose a character, I sit on a blank screen for 2 or 3 minutes and then either get "Server response timed out You have been disconnected" or straight out crash. I was having this issue for the first time 2 days ago, so I uninstalled NWN and installed it fresh, no premium content, no gamespy, and then installed PRC and ran first PRC Pack then ocfix. Still having the same problem now.
Sorry I didn't go into more detail like that before hand, I'd hoped there'd be a simple answer like "you can change this setting in nwnplayer.ini" or "you can decompress the module with 7zip and put it in this folder and the game wont have to decompress it anymore".

[ElgarL]

Post the specs of your laptop so we can see if there is a physical reason it can't run multiplayer.

[DM Heatstroke]

No, sorry, I mean when I use the ingame multiplayer menu and choose host an internet/LAN game, I wait for it to unpack the module, and then I get booted back to the main menu with "Server response timed out You have been disconnected". I'm not using the stand alone server program at all. When we set up her laptop as the server, after I choose a character, I sit on a blank screen for 2 or 3 minutes and then either get "Server response timed out You have been disconnected" or straight out crash. I was having this issue for the first time 2 days ago, so I uninstalled NWN and installed it fresh, no premium content, no gamespy, and then installed PRC and ran first PRC Pack then ocfix. Still having the same problem now.
Sorry I didn't go into more detail like that before hand, I'd hoped there'd be a simple answer like "you can change this setting in nwnplayer.ini" or "you can decompress the module with 7zip and put it in this folder and the game wont have to decompress it anymore".

Post your server logs too.

[sordeo]

I doubt it is a hardware problem as we were playing together on these laptops before, then it seemingly just stopped
working one day. However our hardware remains unchange and neither of us are having any other problems, regardless of that I am running on a 1.66 Ghz Intel Atom N450 (thats 2 CPUs) with 1 gig of ram. Using the built in Intel GMA 3150. This is definately the lower of the two specs but it is certainly adequate for NWN, as I've had no slow down issues as of yet, and I've put in a lot of ours both SP and MP with my GF on these systems. Server logs I'll put in another post in a few minutes.

[sordeo]

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[Fri Oct 22 00:57:33]Server Starting Up: 10 Second Heartbeat logging has been disabled
[Fri Oct 22 00:57:34]---- Server Options ----
Max Players: 6
Char Levels: (1-40)
Player Password: NO
DM Login Enabled: YES
Server Admin Login Enabled: YES
Post Game To Internet: YES
Game Type: Action
Difficulty: 3
PVP Setting: PARTY
Vault: LOCAL
Only One Party: YES
Enforce Legal Characters: NO
Item Level Restrictions: NO
Player pausing: ENABLED
Auto Save: Enabled
Auto Save Interval: 3
Saving Characters in Saved Game
---- End Server Options ----
Connection Attempt made by a (GHLDGWRH)
[Fri Oct 22 00:57:44] a [127.0.0.1] (GHLDGWRH) Joined as Server Admin 1
[Fri Oct 22 00:57:44] a (GHLDGWRH) Joined as Player 1
[Fri Oct 22 00:57:45] Loading Module: Chapter2
[Fri Oct 22 00:59:09] a Left as a Server Admin (0 SA's left)
[Fri Oct 22 00:59:09] a Left as a Player (0 players left)
Primary player removed. Shutting down
[Fri Oct 22 00:59:10] Shutdown timer completed. Shutting down.
[Fri Oct 22 00:59:10] Server Shutting Down

That is a log right after the problem. I did not choose to log out of the game myself. I went from loading to the main menu.

So I've learned if I disconnect from every network I can load sucessfully, the problem is when I am on a network. My network's architechture is very simple, a laptop with an ethernet cable to a hub, and another laptop with an ethernet cable to the hub, with no internet connections. It definately is a hub, not a firewall. I'm getting to the point  that I'm actually planning to swap out my ethernet cables to see if one is broken maybe. Of that I am skepital though, because we can see each other's computers with windows, and we can see each other's games in NWN.

[sordeo]

OK so I tried a different cable, no dice. It can't be my hub its just over a week old and we were playing together on it before and our pings together are very low still roughly 013. I'm at a loss as to what else I should look at.... Just a note too, I'm obviously connecting to a different network with the internet to send these messages. We both disconnect from that network to play NWN multiplayer simply to avoid the game being posted on the internet altogether

[sordeo]

Okay, so I think I just figure it out. It seems to be working now. Honestly I'm not sure why I didn't think of this sooner. After DM Heartstroke advised me to change my ports I gleefully ran off and did so. What I didn't clue into was that Windows Firewall was allowing the ports I used to use but not the new ones. I hate Windows Firewall anyway. Sorry to waste your time guys.

[DM Heatstroke]

Okay, so I think I just figure it out. It seems to be working now. Honestly I'm not sure why I didn't think of this sooner. After DM Heartstroke advised me to change my ports I gleefully ran off and did so. What I didn't clue into was that Windows Firewall was allowing the ports I used to use but not the new ones. I hate Windows Firewall anyway. Sorry to waste your time guys.

You really don't need Windows Firewall on if you have a decent hardware firewall in your router &/or modem.