DF2 Cannot Join Game in Novaworld

[gastur]

I just downloaded Delta Force 2 which I used to play many years ago.



So I have run theNLExePatcher and it says that : we have determined that no patching is required for this product in this directory



I go into novaworld and the screen is all fuzzy, i still can make up where it says public games, thus I click in there, next page is even i bit worse, but i can still see if there is any game (cant read how many players or any other information), so I click in the game and it just hungs in there, i get stack with the 'hand cursor' and nothings happens.



Any help will be greatly appreciated.



Thanks,

[Bluetiereign]

That looks like an ibrowse.dll problem. However, we have a couple of fellows that play DF2 that drop by that might have an answer.

[gastur]

Thanks Bluetiereign...Hope someone will know...Cheers

[Q-dad~TAG]

Novalogic never managed to get the DF2 lobby up working properly after they relocated their servers a month or two ago. The lobby is up, but no (public) servers are showing. They have also stopped replying to e-mails, PMs etc. lately, so we don't even know if they're aware of the problem. In the mean time, you should download, install and use DF Favorites in order to join public DF2 servers. You can find it (and instructions) here...:

http://www.freewebs.com/phobosx3/dffavscheatblocker.htm

[gastur]

Hi Q-dad~Tag

I have follow the steps from there and it seems that everything has been installed correctly. Then I am going to: http://24.222.31.166/_dfpad/default.htm and trying to join a game, I get are you sure you want to start the game and join...i press yes, and then it just hangs in there (Attempting to joing game...If game does not start you may not have the game installed or configured)...Also after installing the favourites i got an empty shortcut 'DF Favourites'...Thanks for the info and the help

[Q-dad~TAG]

If running XP, try turning down the hardware acceleration for your sound card, like this...:

control panel
sounds and audio
under the speaker settings at the bottom click advanced
performance
change hardware acceleration to none

If running Win7 or Vista, there should be similar ways to do the above...

Have you got a software firewall or a router, or both...? Make sure you open the following ports...:

* UDP 3568 (DF2)
* UDP 3569 (DF2)
* TCP 7111 (DFFAVS)
* TCP 7112 (DFFAVS)
* UDP 7114 (DFFAVS)
* TCP 7115 (DFFAVS)
* UDP 7116 (DFFAVS)
* UDP 7122 (DFFAVS)

I hope that will fix things for you...

[gastur]

Hi, I found the DF Favourites under programs :p

So i am trying to connect to DF2 but after I click the "Join" button I get the following: A call to an OS function failed.

I am running window 7 pro, and run the DF2 in compatability mode for windows xp sp2

Thanks

[gastur]

ok, so I have installed everything in a windows xp machine... Open the ports and now i get this
:

I tried running the 'update.exe' under Delta Force 2 folder but nothing happens :-/
However, I am one step closer! who knows maybe i will get to have a game by Xmas! heheh
NOTE: I do not have a CD for the game i just brought it through trymedia

[Ewana]

To get onto the Nova web sites you need to have the cd key for that game.. See if a txt file in the dir of program that you have has a cd key in it... I downloaded from Steam and had to install cd key in account at Nova...

[Q-dad~TAG]

To get onto the Nova web sites you need to have the cd key for that game.. See if a txt file in the dir of program that you have has a cd key in it... I downloaded from Steam and had to install cd key in account at Nova...

This is not relevant for DF2, I believe... Only for DF:LW and newer games... Unless there's a different deal when downloading DF2 instead of buying it in a retail shop.

[Q-dad~TAG]

So i am trying to connect to DF2 but after I click the "Join" button I get the following: A call to an OS function failed.
I am running window 7 pro, and run the DF2 in compatability mode for windows xp sp2

I haven't seen that error message in DFFavs previously. Not sure why it occurs. If you google for the error message itself, you'll get tons of results, and many different explanations, but I didn't see any solution which looked like the obvious one for your problem.

If you haven't already, try running the DFFavs exe files in compatibility mode as well, to see if that helps...

[Q-dad~TAG]

ok, so I have installed everything in a windows xp machine... Open the ports and now i get this
I tried running the 'update.exe' under Delta Force 2 folder but nothing happens :-/
However, I am one step closer! who knows maybe i will get to have a game by Xmas! heheh
NOTE: I do not have a CD for the game i just brought it through trymedia

Ok, I have no experience with the version from trymedia, but I suppose it must be similar or equal to the one they're offering through Steam or at their Novalogic.com site, meaning that it should already have the latest update as well as the nl-exe patch embedded.

That would explain the message you're getting when trying to run the nl-exe patch. Running update.exe shouldn't be neccessary, if it's already included in your version, and it wouldn't work now anyway, nor updating from within the game menus, since they screwed up the online DF2 update as well when relocating their servers a month or two back.

Since you don't have the CD, this means that your version of the game includes a no-CD patch, and that might be the reason why Cheat Blcoker is giving you that message, since that particular no-CD patch didn't exist when DFFavs/Cheat Blocker was created. Thus, it's not accepting this no-CD patch, or really: the version of the Df2.exe file that you've got. I believe there was made an attempt to update CheatBlocker to accept the Steam version of DF2, but that it failed.

I would recommend that you ask for help over at the GolD site, since there are a few guys there who knows a lot about DFFavs/CB, and maybe they can help you out...: http://thegoodoldays.com/ (you'll need to register there before posting, I believe)

[Bluetiereign]

Q~dad,

I just want to thank you for your help. I mean it. It is appreciated.

Happy Holidays.

[Q-dad~TAG]

Np, BTR

Happy Holidays to you as well

[Q-dad~TAG]

Well, I've asked Pause from the C-IX squad, and he suggested that the Easy Update DF2 tool made by Shayne might get your downloaded DF2 version to work properly. You can read more about it (and download it) over at the GolD site, here...:

http://www.thegoodoldays.com/forumcg.../m-1248717398/ (you'll have to register first)

Download it directly from this URL...: http://df2.sabrexhost.com/update.kits/update.df2.zip

Please let us know how it goes...