bzflag on mac

[phoenix65]

hello sir or madame,
i downloaded bzflag on my apple (mac OSX 10.5. and i can go in and see the server list but when i try to connect to one of then it says:
"server not found"
I thought it was the firewall but its on :
"allow all incoming connections"
So if one of you gentlemen and/or ladies could help me I will be very grateful
thank you
from player to player
phoenix650
Joe Raad

[blast]

Which version of BZFlag are you using? And where was it downloaded from?

[phoenix65]

i have the 2.0.14 version and it was downloaded from sourceforge

[blast]

That's not the latest version. Upgrade to 2.0.16 and see if the problem goes away.

[phoenix65]

can you please send me the link

[joevano]

Here is the link, but you already know where to get it...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bzflag/ ... 0X/2.0.16/

[phoenix65]

ok thanks

[phoenix65]

hello again i downloaded the latest version but it still doe's the same problem

[blast]

Try to connect to server bzexcess.com port 5154.

If that fails, try to connect to server 173.45.72.146 port 5154.

If the first one fails, and the second one works, then for whatever reason your computer isn't wanting to resolve domain names within BZFlag.

[phoenix65]

the second one worked. what does that mean?

[macsforme]

the second one worked. what does that mean?

If the first one fails, and the second one works, then for whatever reason your computer isn't wanting to resolve domain names within BZFlag.

Try turning your firewall all the way off. I doubt it's the "incoming" connections. More likely something is preventing the bzflag client from sending the DNS lookup. Although that is strange, considering that you can pull up the server list.

[phoenix65]

i've turned off my firewall but still the same thing is happening

[Gamma Ray]

I can't think of anything else other than those specific domain resolutions are being blocked.
Try browsing (or pinging if you are so inclined) to http://bzexcess.com directly and see if the page loads, if not go to System Preferences > Network then under advanced for the current interface (the one with the green light in OS 10.5+) then under DNS add another DNS Server
I use 213.73.91.35

[phoenix65]

A friend told me about a site to get a list of the servers if you need to get on something. The list shows the IP addresses near the way right. Using that and the port numbers shown on the left, you should be able to access any server normally:
http://list.bzflag.bz/db/
so if anyone is having the same problem you can check it out

__Joe Raad

[blast]

The normal URL is http://my.bzflag.org/db/, and that's the same exact thing that the client uses to get a list of servers. So if someone could access that in a browser, then they should be able to get to in in BZFlag unless their computer is screwed up or their build of the game is broken.

[phoenix65]

hey i have another problem.
i downloaded bzflag 2.4.0 and when i open it the page turns blank and all i can see is
all chat server misc
the bar that is on top of the chat box
ive tried to open it in terminal but that dosent work too

[blast]

Try renaming your configuration file and see if it will launch normally after that.

http://wiki.bzflag.org/Config_File

You'll want to rename the directories for both 2.0 and 2.4, since the problem is likely caused by the configuration upgrade from 2.0 to 2.4. (We copy the 2.0 config, if found, to the 2.4 folder, and tweak a few settings during the upgrade steps)

[phoenix65]

@blast ive tried that but still the same problem