<t> I've been seeing the "Forum login failed. Lobby system error." for the last couple of days, but did manage a multi-player (via the lobby, not direct) game yesterday (20th).<br/>
Today though (21st), get the same forum login failure, and although I can see people in the lobby, when I attempt to ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>since getting my new vid card in and now playing PITF in multiplayer, every time i connect with my opponent [ i host ] i get the message "that the host (me) has to open port 1944 to connect BUT we always connect i just get the message, and i acknowlage the message and a way ...

<t> I'm the original poster - an update:<br/>
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We tried tonight having my friend run an application which tried to connect from his PC to mine using my IP address, and port 1944. I'd opened that port on my firewall, and when he ran the program I could see the connection coming in.<br/>
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Hi Steve

Thanks for your reply. We'll try this in the next day or so and report back

nick

<t> I'm playing a Panthers in the Fog with a friend, and using the lobby system to connect. Quite often during the game though, things lag a bit, and not infrequently (maybe one game in four) the whole thing "freezes". Lagging we can cope with, freezing is more of a pain.<br/>
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When it ...