you need to make sure you have ports open in your router for gamespy. They have a list on gamespy for hosting Tron, if I recall they used halo for the list, The list I use may not exactly like gamespy's.
Make sure your(Tron 2.0) server port (UDP)is the same as the open port.

TCP 13139, 28900, 29901
UDP 28800, 29900, 29901, 27888

I use more ports to host Tron 2.0, by adding a 28XXX on my router, and server settings with my static IP. (I use mac address filtering, otherwise, it may be a bit simpler)

Windows firewall (ICS) if you use it, should have only exceptions allowed, for Tron 2.0 tronsrv.exe, and lithtech.exe (I only have a list in exceptions, not connections menu, although the connection must be enabled.)

Then, your software firewall should allow Tronsrv.exe also.


That's it!

OKay, I'm VERY confused here. I'm somewhat technical illiterate, so can anyone tell me how to "forward ports 27888 and 27889 to the LAN IP" of my PC or what that even means?

I really wanna do a nondedicated server for Friday Night Fights tommorow afternoon.

OR

How do I tell me firewall to have exceptions allowed for TRON 2.0, tronsrv.exe, and lithtech.exe? I can already play online, it's just when I try to open up a nondedicated server, I get that annoying Standard Substandard "failed to list server on Gamespy" message.

Remember, I'm technically illiterate, so please tell me what to click and how to get there step-by-step if possible.

Thanks!

TRON.dll Wrote:OKay, I'm VERY confused here. I'm somewhat technical illiterate, so can anyone tell me how to "forward ports 27888 and 27889 to the LAN IP" of my PC or what that even means?

It really doesn't get any easier than the guide at portforward.com . . .

To determine your computer's IP that you need to forward to (if you don't know it already), then follow the guide on this page:
http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm
Use the "ipconfig /all" command, and look at what it says your "IP Address" is. That's the number you want.

The problem is that every router and every software firewall is different. We can give you general advice, but the screens will always look different between different brands of routers and software. So we can't tell you *exactly* what to do, step by step.

I already gave the advice you needed to get started. Go to portforward.com, pick out your modem/router model, and then look at how to forward ports for FEAR. The instructions for FEAR are exactly the same for Tron 2.0, except that you need to add 27889. You don't need any other ports than 27888 and 27889. Jademz has a different, more complicated setup than you that only applies to him. You don't need all those extra ports.

If you'd let us know what software firewall you're using (if any), that would help. I could probably direct you to a guide that deals with your specific software firewall.

Yep, that sounds like it would work.

I also edited my previous post to provide a little more info.

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I can't give you any advice unless you tell me what software firewall you're using. Is it the one built into XP, or did you install a different one?

Also, do you know if you have a router or not? You've never mentioned it, one way or the other.

Okay, no router between you and the internet . . . good. That makes things a lot less complicated.

Well, I had this nice long explanation typed up about the XP firewall. But then I found out that it only allows you to open one port per application. You can't open multiple ports. Which is absolutely asinine.

So the solution is . . . install another firewall. It seems to be the only way you're going to be able to host a Dedicated Server. Sorry.

Either that, or turn off the firewall completely. Which I'm sure you don't want to do. (I certainly wouldn't!)

You could get Comodo, Zone Alarm, or Sunbelt, which are all free. I personally recommend Sunbelt, because it's the easiest to use.

You never said anything about Norton 360!

Okay, first off . . . dedicated, not dedicated, it doesn't matter. You can't host using XP's firewall. Period.

Now, Norton 360 comes with its own firewall, that gets installed by default. (Unless you choose not to install that part.) It turns off the one in XP. Which is good. That's what you want. You don't want double firewalls.

If the firewall part of 360 got installed, you need to work with that instead.

If it didn't get installed, you still need another firewall than the one in XP.

And it's possible that maybe the Anti-Virus part is blocking what it thinks is suspicious activity. But it's more likely that the firewall in 360 is there, and active.

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Norton/Symantec has been making software firewalls for years.


Okay, maybe there is a way to make this work using XP's built-in firewall. But you've just reminded me how much XP's firewall sucks, and why I never used it. I strongly urge you to use the Norton 360 firewall or something else instead.

And don't have two firewalls running at once. If you discover that 360 has an active firewall running, don't enable XP's as well.

Anyway, *if* the XP firewall is the only one you have, and you really, really want to keep using it TRON.dll . . . then try this. But I can't guarantee it will work.


You know how you found the "Exceptions" tab? Well, next to it is one labelled "Advanced". Click on it.

Click the topmost "Settings" button.

On the "Services" tab, click the "Add" button.

You'll actually need to click the "Add" button twice, and fill in this box twice: so each looks the same as these two screenshots. The only thing you have to change is the "Name or IP Adress" part in both cases. That "192.168.2.4" number is *my* computer's number, but yours is not going to be the same. Use the "ipconfig /all" command I told you about earlier, to find out what your IP address is and type it in both times. If you don't have a router, your IP address should be reported as "127.0.0.1". Otherwise, it will be "192.168.xxx.xxx".

Then after you're done, you should have two entries labelled TRONSrv.exe and both should have checkmarks in the boxes. Then click OK.


This *should* work for both the dedicated and non-dedicated servers, but I can't guarantee it because I didn't test it.

I can guarantee if you are not behind the router, which btw is a bad idea, it is because you have your settings on your firewall set too high, or "stealth".

Here's a screeshot (click to enlarge) of the settings I used in my linksys router I just dug up, and it's running the Friday Night Fights server right now.

Here's a 2 screenshots of my free firewall.

screenshotscreenshot
If you'd like, I'll keep the server up for as long as you need, it's on it's own ded. 1GB upload line. (there are a few servers down due to his(Anderson) server is being rebuilt)

i cannot get my tron.exe to pop up its not even there when i look for it? i have windows vista can u do a barney style breakdown for that?