squawkbox

**dcrideout** · 04-21-2003, 11:14 AM

Can someone please tell me whatis wrong.Installed sb on drive c
,followed all proper directions for creating a multiplayer game,started sb host,then sb main,but when sb looks for the game i created,it cant find it.Can it because Sb is on drive c and fs2002 is on drive e.Please help

**strungout911** · 04-21-2003, 11:57 AM

I'm not real positive. Are you for sure hosting a game in FS?

**dcrideout** · 04-21-2003, 04:44 PM

yep,i am
Once i run ms after running multiplayer,i go back and then have the option to disconnect from multiplayer,so something is screwy somewhere

**TheCrazedLog** · 04-21-2003, 08:39 PM

What DirectX have you got? If you have 8.2 you will have to go to 9 or somehow go back to 8.1 (good luck!)

Anthony

**rara_bb** · 04-21-2003, 09:30 PM

No, no... DirectX is not the problem anymore (you probably refer to the regional settings problem, because of which people had wrong position reports, it was discovered this can be fixed without messing with DX).

dcrideout, you�re probably behind a router or a firewall. Are you using WinXP? If so, switch the firewall that comes with it off.

Any more problems? Report back.

BEn

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**dcrideout** · 04-22-2003, 11:25 PM

I have Win xp ,but i dont think i have a firewall.CAn you tell me how to find out and how to shut it off?

**rara_bb** · 04-23-2003, 08:38 AM

Yes, sure. You do have a firewall, it comes with WinXP and is enabled by default.
I don�t have the English version of WinXP, so I have to guess a little about the terminology. But you should be able to figure it out...

In your Internet Explorer, go to Extras - Internet Options.
Go to the Connections tab.
Select your Dial-Up connection and click Settings.
In the Settings window, click on Properties.
In the Properties window, go to the Advanced tab. There, on the top, you find the Firewall setting. De-check it, and the firewall�s off.

That�ll guide you the way:

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Squawkbox should work now.
Another hint: Use hostsb.dll instead of the SBHost program. The .dll runs within FS2002 and is therefore much more comfortable.

BEn

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