Connection issues

Freyja's picture
Yeah, i've been trying to get in-game when I shouldn't, what a tweest

The problem is that I decided to reinstall to try and fix my connection problems. It only seems to have made it worse. So far out of many attempts it's only gone green once, and during that time I didn't appear on the map anyway. I used to be able to get a green dot if I tried enough times buuut that doesn't seem possible anymore.

The rest of the time the dot goes orange...and stays orange no matter how much running around, mooing, or fiddling with settings. I tried turning "run in background" off and on, running as admin, running in Windows XP mode, turning the graphics settings waaaay down. Nothing works.

Sometimes the pictos spread and sometimes they don't- that isn't as much of an issue as the orange dot. I know from previous experience that sometimes this means I don't see people at all or they don't move/have no set/basically the wrong information on my screen and sometimes this happens to me for other people.

CURSE YOU ORANGE DOT


Any ideas or is this a sign that I should get my work done instead of vidya games?

Sometimes opening multiple

Sometimes opening multiple game windows works for me, "listening" and zooming in an out and changing camera angles, and laying around and waiting.

OR GO DO YOU WORK.

You said you've fiddled with

You said you've fiddled with the settings, but have you touched your nature details yet?
My game will only connect fully when nature detail is all the way up. Sticking out tongue

Also, as Nika said, multiple windows help too! Smiling

Good luck, that's all I've got.
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Waning-Sun's picture

Making note of this. My

Making note of this. My game's been doing this to me too lately.
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Freyja's picture

Trying multiple windows and

Trying multiple windows and whatnot with nature settings all the way up- no luck! Will wait and see if any of them actually connect though

Like Nika said, try opening

Like Nika said, try opening two or even three windows up. It may take a bit, but nothing longer than ten minutes and it should connect. I had the same problem you're having a few weeks ago. Was annoying, but doing the multiple windows thing worked for me. I also ended up re-installing the game, too, so I don't know if that helped it even more or not. Didn't hinder anything though.
Freyja's picture

Managed to connect in 2

Managed to connect in 2 windows on my 2nd attempt at multiple windows...both of them are still orange, though.

I have noticed that using the Forestviewer.exe file in the actual game folder sometimes connects faster than the default game exe? Which is odd but doesn't change much.

SoliloquyChryseis's picture

I think it's the game itself.

I think it's the game itself. This literally happened to me for an entire week, then randomly fixed itself. I think its traveling through every single person on TEF because everyone I have spoken to has had the same issues.

It will pass, it just takes a while, and you might get lucky Sad
Freyja's picture

Aggghhh guess i'm just gonna

Aggghhh guess i'm just gonna keep trying for a while
No luck today

Hmm yeah I've had the same

Hmm yeah I've had the same problem as well. The only thing I can advise has already been said, but I do hope it works for you in the long run. I normally just run around and jump myself and that seems to get it going
Freyja's picture

I got lucky today! Two

I got lucky today! Two "forestviewer" windows went green and connected! I guess it is just a matter of luck.
Had the settings turned down extremely low, didn't really do anything except open a ton of windows if anyone wants to know how. It really is just luck I think.