Ive submitted a tech report to EA so you never know it might help! Thats with regards to the crashing.
I just hope the next patch will fix my prob. If i put the CD in my drive and let the game run it seems to increase the chance of it working more than if i launch the game from the desktop shortcut. it was always a bit unstable but the 1.1 patch seems to have made the crashes more frequent.
NFSU2 has however decided to crash on me a lot now.
Theres a real big arguement over the TCP/IP protocol and Windows sockets. I should not need windows sockets (full raw sockets) in my usual day to day activities. Its my over zealous (maybe?) lock down of my PC. If u used socket lock from GRC, go back in and enable sockets again. either NFS is an attack tool or i am really missing something here!!!!Īnyway the point is, if u play NFS Underground 2 and you cant get online, check to see if your sockets are ok on your install. We surveyed applications and found the only apps using this on XP were "We have removed support for TCP sends over RAW sockets in SP2. The ****** thing works!! EA need raw sockets to get me gaming online? So I run the program and put everything back to XP standard.īack to the sniffer. This demonstration was only created to prove — without a shadow of doubt — that Microsoft can EASILY engineer a superior and secure solution to the problem of unnecessary raw socket exposure."Īhh ok so maybe i have been too secure!! LOL "Please note that SocketLock is NOT meant to be used with the final release of Windows XP. I used it because i had no need for raw sockets. There is a program called socket lock on there. Great site, I am sure many of u have been there. Hmmm every other game I own works ok online (Renegade, Doom3, Joint Ops, TOCA, Soldner.)Ĭasting my mind back, I remember going to Steve Gibson's website. Got a funky error of "Could not open socket"!!! Socket? eeeek!! Installed AnalogX packet sniffer and hit the start button.
I came across AnalogX and tried that, since the download was a lot smaller than ethereal, and i couldnt be bothered to wait that long (!) for ethereal. The aim here was to run it and see if NFS was actually sending anything. For those who dont know, that simply shows me the data that goes to and from my pc. Thinking that the game might be just lying (the error message was shown instantly so it looked like it didnt even try to connect to EA) I went onto the net in search of a packet sniffer. So anyway i open up a few ports and try again. Thought it was strange since the router is normally pretty insecure with outgoing connections- its usual stance is to block everything from the outside world. It tells me to open up some ports on my firewall. Slightly puzzled, I read the readme.txt file (the one ur supposed to read striaght away :x ) Out of habit I tried GameSpy but of course no games there since its all done through the game itself! haha so anyways I click on "online" in the game only to be greated with the following: "Connection lost, please retry, please make sure you are connected to the network", or words to that effect. Got home, installed it, and drove around the virtual world like some rude boy (minus the baseball cap).Īfter a few days i thought id try the online gaming. NFS has always been a great game and of course i jumped at the shelves when i went to my games shop I could bore u all with what ive been up to but to be honest its really boring!