Can't connect to the master Server

Amarantha Pricklypear

This happens everytime I try to log onto multiplayer. Is there anyway I can skip the wait and just log right into Arabel?

The Count of Depths

If you ever find out, I'd like to know…

Eliphas

This happens for me every single time too, Im so used to it now though but I often go do something else while it does cause for me it kinda takes a little bit of time to actually get through it.

luteijn

You could try adding a bogus entry to your hosts file, making it impossible to even try to find the master server. See for instance here:

http://arda2forums.s4.bizhat.com/arda2f ... ic270.html

If 'they' ever fix the master server, this should then be removed again.

lillesmurfen

It's just an added 5-10 second delay when logging in. Hardly a great problem.

The Abbot of Dognlin

Help in luteijn's link cuts the delay to almost 0 seconds for me now.

Nepris

@luteijn:

You could try adding a bogus entry to your hosts file, making it impossible to even try to find the master server. See for instance here:

http://arda2forums.s4.bizhat.com/arda2f ... ic270.html

If 'they' ever fix the master server, this should then be removed again.

This works. No delay anymore. Thanks for the tip.

Delanish

So where is this text editor file which one?

toportime

@Delanish:

So where is this text editor file which one?

I used WordPad on Windows 7, though I had to temporarily enable full permissions for my login on the security tab for the Hosts file, if you change that, make sure you change it back after to prevent accidents.

Edit: Perhaps this info could be stickied? I do not think the master server is coming back anytime soon, perhaps in the players resources forum?

The Abbot of Dognlin

With Windows 7 and probably Vista, try the following:

From the Start Menu, in Accessories, Right click on Notepad and select "Run as Administrator." You may well be asked to confirm this.

Once Notepad is loaded, Choose the File Open menu option and navigate to c:\windows\System32\drivers\etc

Change the dropdown "Text Documents (*.txt)" to "All Files" and you should see the file hosts. Open this file.

Add the line 0.0.0.0 nwmaster.bioware.com as below and save the file.

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#	127.0.0.1       localhost
#	::1             localhost

0.0.0.0 nwmaster.bioware.com