Cant play online in vista...

[inferno]

No active firewalls, sometimes sees online sessions, when i join it says cant connect to server.

Sometimes it doesnt get that far and stops responding.

works fine offline.

Any ideas?

[SimonV6]

I'm the same, never been able to connect yet?
Turned my firewalls off and still no connection?
like you, I can see the online sessions, but can not join them?

I hope someone can help

Simon

[jboweruk]

Managed to connect a couple of times, but usually get thrown out sooner or later, and I don't mean kicked, it just crashes.

[timelord]

I get the same with Realflight G3.5 I cannot even act as server since creating a home network for some reason. Something to do with IP Adresses i think.

[Tim Procter]

I had the very same until I emailed Phoenix about it..

You have to enable DMZ in your router and enter the IP Address (see screendump) and mine has worked ever since, Its nothing to do with Vista/XP and my firewall is still enabled..

Hope this helps.

[inferno]

i have THOMSON ST585v6sl router and no DMZ options... DMZ just bypasses the firewall so if i turn the router firewall off ill be able to get online?

[Rat]

Should be able to get the same effect by forwarding the ports that phoenix uses. UDP 9000 -9005

[inferno]

Rat u have pm, need more values for the port forwarding options on my router... thanx.

[jboweruk]

I was playing it just fine last night... I've took the Crystal out of my old TX so I can use that. But I have Vista and no probs whatsoever with online. At least apart from the probs I had above, but no change in settings from that to last night... Weird.

[LaurenceGough]

Mine works fine on Vista, only prob I have is with the crashing every 10-20 mins or so.

[jboweruk]

Online or off? Mine don't have any probs offline, can fly for hours.

[LaurenceGough]

Online, I don't really play offline hardly. I can't remember if it crashes offline or not now, never on it long enough.

[inferno]

Sorted it with some port forwarding cheers!