Connection trouble

13thSpiral's picture
hello. I've been wanting to play this game for ages, especially with FisBiscuit always trying to get me to do so. I've been having trouble with connecting though and was too nervous to ask you guys until now (fish said you all wouldn't eat me, SO I TRUST HER ON THIS 8C )

when I try to connect online through the game's network screen it always shows the status "connecting" to error and up until recently always showed that 40 players were online. today though it began to display it as 37 players.

+my desktop is an hp pavilion mx703. my laptop is an hp vista (although it is currently away in texas getting a repair)

+I have allowed the game to access the internet through my firewall

+ I also have my router set to alowing games through it. the router is wireless although I still suspect it due to the same problem persistingon both my computers

if you need anymore information, please tell me. I've been dying to play TEF.

EDIT: Also, I have looked around various sites on what may be causing it, but I have had no luck in given suggestions for similar problems

Also, my parting gift for you...

HAGAR. HAGAR.

HAGAR. HAGAR. HAAAGARRR.

Bump fo' fo' you you.
Zeekii's picture

Hmm...I'm not sure what's

Hmm...I'm not sure what's causing your problem but I just had to come here and say:
OM NOM NOM
And that guy is freaky...I hope you get your problem sorted. Sorry I couldn't help!

Anotharrrrr bump :v -waves

Anotharrrrr bump :v

-waves at Zeekii-
PleasureLine7's picture

I had the same problems as

I had the same problems as you long time ago ..I made the automatic connection mode on and let the game try to connect for an hour and it worked :s did you ttried to play in XP2 compatibilty mode?

Btw: Fishbiscuit Get back to superjail Shocked (wanted to say that (a) )
Zeekii ( want to walk in the forest with uuuuuuu Sad )
Stop wasting your time and praise the sun god damnit
13thSpiral's picture

The laptop uses Vista

The laptop uses Vista
Zeekii's picture

Sorry to take over your post,

Sorry to take over your post, but I'm in the forest now PleasureLine ^^

-waves back at Fish-

Pleasuuure-- NO WAY I'M GOING

Pleasuuure--
NO WAY I'M GOING BACK THERE. IT'S A MAD HOUSE. A MAD HOUSE.
PleasureLine7's picture

Oh come on fisbiscuit ! The

Oh come on fisbiscuit ! The warden is a hoot and jailbot is...just kind os stressed XD

Well vista is not a very good friend of TEF so you have to click on the forestviewer.exe and set the compatiblity mode in windows XP 2

Here i come zeekii YAY Sticking out tongue
Stop wasting your time and praise the sun god damnit
13thSpiral's picture

thank you, I'll try this when

thank you, I'll try this when the laptop comes back.

do you have any ideas what may cause this on an older version of windows (anything before vista)?
13thSpiral's picture

so I tried running it in

so I tried running it in various compatibilty modes, but to no avail. Fish and I can tell it's trying to connect, but it keeps giving errors (if only they told you what the error is)

I also made sure the patch is installed and I have the most recent version.

C'mon, guys! -waves pompoms-

C'mon, guys! -waves pompoms-
Lu's picture

Well, I'm playing on Vista

Well, I'm playing on Vista right now and it's working fine...
When you start up the game, you have to right-click on the desktop icon and select 'Run as Admin'.

Tally's picture

WHATS THIS YOU SAY? A FREIND

WHATS THIS YOU SAY? A FREIND OF THE FISH? Hi. :3

I would reinstal because I've 'downloaded it wrong' a couple times. But I know theres more techical people out there to help ya out. ff
Density's picture

A friend of Fish

A friend of Fish O:!

>>
<<

Well. You look...kind of tasty...But I'll do my best to resist eating you D:
"although it is currently away in texas getting a repair"

I live in Texas :'D /shot.

Okay you're right. That isn't helping >>

I'm honestly not very good with computers/vista. But I can give you a warm welcome :'D I hope everything get's fixed soon so we can eat you play in the forest soon 8D
Pegasicorn's picture

Is Internet Explorer set to

Is Internet Explorer set to "work offline"? This can cause problems.
13thSpiral's picture

The fish is my best friend

The fish is my best friend irl actually C8

Well, I tried running as admin, no luck, ie is set to work online, and reinstalling saddly does not seem to fix the problem :c
13thSpiral's picture

any other ideas? :c

any other ideas? :c
Pegasicorn's picture

Sadly, I'm at a loss. D=

Sadly, I'm at a loss. D=
13thSpiral's picture

bump 8C

bump 8C

Have you tried to reset your

Have you tried to reset your Network connection and make sure your proxy isn't blocking the game. You can also try to see if you can get connected to Msn messenger, if that has problems it'll come up with a trouble shoot, which in my case fixed my proxy settings and let the game connect.

Quote: `it always shows the

Quote:


`it always shows the status "connecting" to error and up until recently always showed that 40 `players were online. today though it began to display it as 37 players.

One question : by connecting recently do you mean you just installed version 3.31 and trying to connect now? cause if thats the case then try earsing this version and re installing it, theres sometimes a bug. Or: If you HAVE tried connecting over 100th times and it says error, try pressing on connect automatically and wait to see if it actaully connect the pictos in even if they dont spread. Also: if it says like u said 40 players one day , and then 37 next day : its just showing how many players are on. Sorry , other then the re installing version 3.31 and pressing on connect automatically i have no clue whats wrong since you already listed all the things that are usually the problem arent this time. (sorry if im confusing its 4 am here and I have to wake up at 6)


13thSpiral's picture

It's version 3.31 with the

It's version 3.31 with the patch. The news loads and it keeps changing how many people are online. It's attempting to connect, but something is blocking all it's attempts.

I will check the proxy. Hopefully this will be what's wrong.